The Australian Warramunga destroyer (HMAS Warramunga) in the sea approaches another military ship for cargo exchange. The Pacific Theater of War Operations, World War II.
The Warramunga destroyer photo source: Archive of the Navy of Australia.
Warramunga destroyer (i44/D123) is a destroyer of the Trouble type of the Royal Fleet Australia (RAN). Built during the Second World War, the destroyer entered operation at the end of 1942. Initially, the HMAS Warramunga was appointed to accompany the sea convoys of the Allies, but in 1943 was appointed to the United Australian-American Operational Group 74, and until the end of World War II, he participated in the support of numerous landing of the sea landing in various regions of Southeast Asia.
From 1950 to 1952, the HMAS Warramunga participated in the Korean War, then was converted into an anti -submarine destroyer. Returning into service in 1954, the destroyer became one of the first ships of the Russian Academy of Sciences, which became part of the Far Eastern Strategic Reserve, and made two combat campaigns before he was written off in 1959 and sold in 1963.