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Manuscript titled "The 'Melbourne' collisions: 'Voyager' 10th February 1964: 'Frank E Evans' 3rd June 1969: a treatise of analysis and opinion by Cdr A. I. Chapman RAN (Rtd)". Discusses collisions where the aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne cut in two the destroyers HMAS Voyager (off the coast of Jervis Bay) and USS Frank E Evans (in the China sea). Part one discusses the Melbourne/Voyager accident, examining movements of both ships prior to the collision, the roles of both captains and factors affecting their commands, and the First and Second Royal Commissions investigating the accident. Part two examines the Melbourne/Frank E. Evans collision analysing the war training exercise both ships were involved in, movements of the ships, the courts Martial of personnel involved, and the USN-RAN joint board inquiry. Mentions the collision between US carrier Wasp and destroyer Hobson in 1952.
[B&W filmed by RAN Photographer Warren Russell] Survivors of the HMAS Melbourne USS Frank E Evans collison in the ships mess. Wounded being treated. Shot of the damaged bow of HMAS Melbourne. Wessex
Subic Bay, Philippines. 1969-05. HMA ships Melbourne and Parramatta entering the Bay only days before the collision between the Australian aircraft carrier Melbourne and the American destroyer USS Fra
Collection relating to the service of R58711 / 058711 Lieutenant Commander Robert John Sykes, HMAS Melbourne (1955-1982), 1964, 2008. Wallet 1 of 1 - Consists of a short, typed letter Sykes wrote to
South China Sea. 1969-06-03. Extensively damaged American Allen M Sumner class destroyer USS Frank E Evans (DD-754) after coming into collision with the Australian aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne in t
Decommissioned battleship USS Alabama on display at Battleship Memorial Park Mobile, Alabama. USN North American T-28 Trojan trainers and pilots at US Naval Air Station Barin Field, Foley Alabama 19 O
The collection comprises: (i) a hand written transcript of a diary of Surgeon Lieutenant Commander Neil William George Macintosh (RAN Reserve) dated November 1939-June 1942, comprising brief daily not