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Warramunga

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Afloat

Tribal-class destroyer. She served in the Pacific and was in Tokyo Bay at the end of August 1945.

ClassTribal class
TypeDestroyer (DD)
HullI44
FateAfloat. Tribal-class destroyer. Survived the war. She was in Tokyo Bay for the surrender. This is not the later frigate of the same name.
Armament (class)Tribal. Four twin 4.7-inch mounts and two funnels.
Command

Laid down, displacement, length, beam, draft, speed, and complement are not stored for each hull, so this table leaves them out.

The armament line is the class drawing, not a measurement of this hull.

U.S. Navy. HMAS Warramunga (I44) underway at speed in early 1943.JPG. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

The pictures on this page are the originals.

Command

Dechaineux, Emile Frank VerlaineCaptain from 23 November 1942NAMackinnon, N. A.Captain from 5 March 1944JMAlliston, J. M.Captain from 30 September 1944Relieved on 18 April 1945MJClark, M. J.Captain from 18 April 1945