Portal:Military of Australia/Units/June 8

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The second HMAS Perth (D 38) was a Perth class destroyer operated by the Royal Australian Navy. Perth was built in the United States and was commissioned into the RAN in July 1965. The ship took part in the Vietnam War, completing three deployments to Vietnamese waters between 1967 and 1971. Perth was awarded the United States Navy Unit Commendation and Meritorious Unit Commendation for her service off Vietnam. Although Perth did not make any further operational deployments, she participated in a large number of exercises in the Pacific and Indian Oceans until she was decommissioned in October 1999. The ship was sunk as a dive wreck off Albany, Western Australia in November 2001.