Portal:Military of Australia/Units/August 25

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HMAS Wagga (J315) was a Royal Australian Navy Bathurst class corvette of World War II. She was built in Sydney and was commissioned in December 1942. During the war she escorted convoys in Australian and New Guinean waters. Following the war she was based at Hong Kong until October 1945, where she conducted mine sweeping and anti-piracy patrols. While Wagga paid off to reserve in November 1945 she was reactivated as a training ship on several occasions during the 1950s. HMAS Wagga was the last of the RAN's 56 Bathurst class corvettes in seagoing commission when she paid off for the final time in October 1960. Wagga was sold for scrap in March 1962.