RAN · DD

Warramunga

Afloat

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

Class	Tribal class
Type	Destroyer (DD)
Hull	I44
Fate	Afloat. 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	Dechaineux, Emile Frank Verlaine Captain from 23 November 1942 Mackinnon, N. A. Captain from 5 March 1944 Alliston, J. M. Captain from 30 September 1944; Relieved on 18 April 1945 Clark, M. J. Captain from 18 April 1945

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.

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