HMAS Perth was the lead ship of the Perth-class guided missile destroyers operated by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). Built in the United States to a modified version of the Charles F. Adams design, Perth entered service with the RAN in 1965.
HMAS Perth underway during the early 1990s
Perth firing on North Vietnamese targets, 23 February 1968
Perth at sea in 1980
Perth and sister ship Brisbane participating in Exercise Kangaroo 95
The Perth-class destroyers were three modified Charles F. Adams-class guided missile destroyers operated by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). Ordered from Defoe Shipbuilding Company during 1962 and 1963, HMA Ships Perth, Hobart, and Brisbane were the first guided missiled-armed warships, and the first naval ships of United States design, to enter service with the RAN. All three ships operated during the Vietnam War, while Brisbane also participated in the Gulf War. The class was decommissioned between 1999 and 2001, with all three vessels later sunk as dive wrecks.
HMAS Perth at sea in 1980
Hobart underway in 1992
Perth and Brisbane in 1995
The bridge and forward gun turret of Brisbane on display at the Australian War Memorial