Between the retiring of the Perth-class and the introduction of the Hobart-class, four of Australia’s Adelaide-class frigates (modified versions of the Oliver Hazard Perry-class) held the line. HMAS Hobart (DDGH-39) leads the new three-strong class of guided missile destroyers of the modern Royal Australian Navy (RAN). HOME TIME: Leading Seaman Jake Beams from Beauty Point travelled back on the HMAS Hobart for the Royal Hobart Regatta. HMAS Hobart, shortly after her commissioning in 2017. To do so, they were upgraded with Evolved Sea Sparrow Missiles and the SM-2. Picture: Supplied. HMAS Hobart II one of those warships that responded. HMAS Hobart Weapons The destroyer’s main weapon is a 48-cell Mark 41 Vertical Launch System, capable of firing RIM-66 Standard 2 anti-aircraft missile or quad-packed RIM-162 Evolved Sea Sparrow point-defence missiles, with likely upgrades to carry RIM-174 Standard 6 anti-aircraft missiles and Tomahawk cruise missiles. HMAS Hobart was one of three guided missile destroyers built in the United States for the RAN. She was commissioned on the 18th December 1965 in Boston USA and decommissioned on the 12th May 2000.HMAS Hobart completed three 6 month tours of duty off the coast of Vietnam in 1967, 1968 and 1970. (Photo by Nick-D) 7th - Sailed from Brisbane with HMAS HOBART, US Navy cruiser PHOENIX and five US Navy Destroyers to join for support of operations by TF44 against Japanese invasion in New Guinea. Growing up in … 11th - Rejoined Task Force 44 at Milne Bay for patrol duty off New Guinea ships to … HMAS Hobart III More recently, on Tuesday 19 th June, a group of some 40 members of the NHS visited Hobart III at Garden Island. The ship was undergoing an AMP with parts of the ship not accessible due to dockyard actions, but we were all most impressed by the capabilities and conditions aboard the newest addition to the RAN. HMAS HOBART 1st Deployment 7 March 1967 - 27 September 1967; HMAS Perth 1st Deployment 2 September 1967 - 10 April 1968 After commissioning at Boston Naval Shipyard on 18 December 1965, she continued fitting out and undertook sea trials and exercises, before sailing to Norfolk in … 'On The Gun Line' - The R.A.N's Vietnam War In Detail. A Charles F. Adams class guided missile destroyer, 133.2 m (437 ft) long, 14.3 m (47 ft) beam and a displacement of 4,720 tonnes. That night, the forward spotters along the eastern DMZ again reported the ‘enemy helicopters’ had re-appeared, and the Allied forces sprang into action. HMAS Hobart has become the first Hobart Class guided missile destroyer to conduct a live fire at Exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2020, making it the most sophisticated and lethal warship ever operated by the Royal Australian Navy.. Alongside ships from the United States and Canada, Hobart successfully fired an SM-2 standard missile against an unmanned target as part of the exercise scenario. HMAS HOBART -HMAS PERTH-HMAS BRISBANE Pencil Print THE DAWN OR A NEW ERA being the three DDGs HMAS HOBART -HMAS PERTH - HMAS BRISBANE .Pencil print Royal Australin Na… $49.99 Thanks to Sea Power Centre – Australia. The class is based on an original Spanish Navy design, the Alvaro de Bazan-class, and is classified as an "air warfare destroyer" by the RAN.