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HMAS Hobart in California during 1992

The second HMAS Hobart (D39) was a Perth class guided missile armed destroyer of the Royal Australian Navy. She was built in the United States and was commissioned at Boston, Massachusetts in December 1965 and arrived in Australia for the first time in September 1966. Hobart saw active service during the Vietnam War and began her first tour of duty off Vietnam in early 1967. During her second tour in June 1968 she was mistakenly attacked by US aircraft resulting in the deaths of two of her crew. Hobart was only lightly damaged, however, and later completed a third tour off Vietnam. Hobart paid off in May 2000.