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Photograph 300218 Period 1940-19491949-4-4. PORT QUARTER VIEW OF THE DESTROYER HMAS ARUNTA IN HER FINAL CONFIGURATION BEFORE THE UPGRADING OF HER ANTI SUBMARINE WARFARE CAPABILITIES BETWEEN 1950 AND 1952. SHE HAS BEEN REFITTED WITH A
300208 Accession Number: 300208
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SYDNEY, NSW. C.1945-07. PORT SIDE VIEW OF THE DESTROYER HMAS ARUNTA AS SHE APPEARED LATE IN WORLD WAR 2. HER ORIGINAL TWO TONE CAMOUFLAGE SCHEME HAS BEEN SUPERSEDED BY AN ALL OVER SCHEME. SHE HAS BEEN REFITTED WITH A NEW AIR SEARCH RADAR ON THE LATTICE FOREMAST WHICH HAS REPLACED THE ORIGINAL TRIPOD. THE SMALL MAINMAST HAS BEEN STRUCK. SINGLE 40 MM BOFORS AA GUNS HAVE REPLACED THE 20 MM OERLIKONS IN THE BRIDGE WINGS, AMIDSHIPS AND ON THE AFTER SUPERSTRUCTURE. THE PENNANT NUMBER D.5 HAS TEMPORARILY REPLACED HER ORIGINAL NUMBER, I.30, WHICH WAS RESTORED AFTER THE WAR. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION).
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300208
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Photograph
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Black & white - Film original acetate
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Format: 3x4"
Support: Acetate
Support: Acetate
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Overall: 3 1/4 in x 4 1/4 in
Image: 3 in x 4 in
Image: 3 in x 4 in
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Whole
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1
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