Royal Australian Navy
HMAS PERTH - DDG 38

HMAS Perth (D 38) was the lead ship of the Perth-class guided missile destroyers
operated by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). Built in the United States to a modified
version of the Charles F. Adams design, Perth entered service with the RAN in 1965.

The destroyer made three deployments to the Vietnam War, earning a RAN battle
honour and two United States Navy commendations for her service. The majority
of the ship's career was spent on training exercises and goodwill visits to
other nations, with one deployment as far as the Mediterranean. Perth was
decommissioned in 1999, and sunk as a dive wreck off the coast of Western Australia
in 2001.