HMAS Waller (SSG 75)
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HMAS Waller in Darwin during Exercise Kakadu VI 2003 |
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| Career (Australia) |  |
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| Laid down: | 7 February 1992 |
| Launched: | 14 March 1997 |
| Commissioned: | 10 July 1999 |
| Homeport: | Fleet Base West |
| Motto: | "Tenacity" |
| Fate: | Active in service |
| Badge: |  |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | Surfaced: 3,051 tonnes Submerged: 3,353 tonnes |
| Length: | 77.8 metres |
| Beam: | 7.8 metres |
| Draught: | 6.8 metres |
| Propulsion: |
1 × Jeumont Schneider main motor |
| Speed: | Surfaced: 10+ knots (18.5 km/h) Submerged: 20+ knots (37 km/h) |
| Range: | 11,500 nautical miles (21,300 km) at 10 knots (19 km/h) surfaced 9000 nautical miles (17,000 km) at 10 knots (19 km/h) snorting 400 nautical miles (700 km) at 4 knots (7 km/h) dived |
| Complement: | 45 (8 Officers) |
| Sensors and processing systems: |
Thales underwater systems scylla bow sonar Thales Underwater Systems GEC-Marconi Kariwara, Thomson Marconi Narama towed array or Allied Signal TB 23 Kelvin Hughes I-band navigation radar Thales optronics CK043 search and CH093 attack periscopes Anechoic tiles fitted |
| Electronic warfare and decoys: |
Edo ES-5600 ESM, Argo AR-740 Strachan and Henshaw SSDE |
| Armament: | Boeing/Rockwell integrated system McDonnell Douglas UGM-84 Harpoon 6 × 21 in (533 mm) tubes for sub harpoon and Gould Mark 48 torpedo - total of 22 carried 44 mines in lieu of torpedoes Fitted for but not with Land Attack Cruise missiles with combat system AN/BYG 1 US Mk 48 ADCAP Combat System AN/BYG 1 based on Raytheon's CCS Mk 2 |
HMAS Waller (SSG 75), is a Collins class submarine laid down by the Australian Submarine Corporation at Osborne in South Australia on 7 February 1992, launched on 14 March 1997 and commissioned on 10 July 1999.
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[edit] Name
The submarine is named after Captain Hector Waller (1900 - 1942), DSO and Bar who, in 1942, was commander of the cruiser HMAS Perth that was part of a combined Allied force when it was ambushed by the Japanese. All except Perth and USS Houston were sunk.
Later, the two ships were intercepted by a Japanese invasion fleet escorted by two cruisers and 12 destroyers. Enormous damage was inflicted on the Japanese fleet. Waller ordered Perth be abandoned as the Japanese closed in. Perth was sunk with her captain, but not before he had fired two torpedo tubes at the convoy. Houston was sunk shortly afterwards.
[edit] Notable Achievements
During RIMPAC 2000, HMAS Waller successfully "sank" two USN Los Angeles class fast attack submarines, before getting within torpedo range of the USS Abraham Lincoln Nimitz class aircraft carrier, undetected.
During Exercise Tandem Thrust in 2001, HMAS Waller "sank" two USN amphibious assault ships in waters between 75 metres (200 feet) to 105 meters (350 feet) deep, barely more than the length of the submarine itself.
[edit] Upgrade
Beginning in 2002 and concluding in 2007, HMAS Waller was upgraded with the Raytheon CCS Mark Two command/control system and Mark 48 ADCAP torpedoes. [1] Waller is the first of the six Collins class submarines to be upgraded, with the entire class predicted to be outfitted by 2010. [1]
[edit] External links
- ^ a b AAP. "PM to inspect upgraded submarine".
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