The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Bow view of the Guided Missile Destroyer HMAS Hobart II (D39) alongside a wharf at Subic Bay, while undergoing repairs after being struck by three guided missiles fired by a United States (US) Air Force F-4 Phantom fighter aircraft on 17 June 1968. HMAS Hobart and other US Navy warships were engaged in surveillance of a North Vietnamese radar monitoring station on Tiger Island, east of Cap Lay, when, early in the morning an approaching aircraft which had been evaluated as friendly fired a missile which struck Hobart amidships on the starboard side, the next two missiles being fired three and a half minutes later. Two men were killed by the attack, Ordinary Seaman R J Butterworth with the first missile and Chief Petty Officer Hunt with the third. Other sailors were wounded. The ship spent four weeks in Subic Bay being repaird and by 26 July 1968 was back on the gun line ten miles south east of Da Nang in support of the 2nd Brigade Republic of Korea Marine Corps.
Subic Bay, Philippines. Starboard view looking aft, showing the tarpaulin covered Ikara house missile magazine of Guided Missile Destroyer HMAS Hobart II (D39) undergoing repairs. The Hobart had been
Subic Bay, Philippines. Aft funnel uptakes of the Guided Missile Destroyer HMAS Hobart II (D39) repaired after being hit by three missiles. On 17 June 1968, the Hobart was engaged in surveillance, al
Subic Bay, Philippines. A hand points to the remains of a damaged grinder in the Machine Shop of the Guided Missile Destroyer HMAS Hobart II (D39) which had been hit by three missiles. On 17 June 1968
Subic Bay, Philippines. A section of the starboard bulkhead of the steering gear room removed to show damage to the Guided Missile Destroyer HMAS Hobart II (D39) which had been hit by three missiles.
Subic Bay, Philippines. A section of the starboard aft no. 1 deck removed to show damage to the Guided Missile Destroyer HMAS Hobart II (D39) which had been hit by three missiles. On 17 June 1968, the
Subic Bay, Philippines. Damage to the minor bulkhead 185 port, part of the damage to the laundry of the Guided Missile Destroyer HMAS Hobart II (D39) which had been hit by three missiles. On 17 June 1
