The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Subic Bay, Philippines. View of the stern transom of Guided Missile Destroyer HMAS Hobart II (D39) removed and ready to take a new plate. She had been damaged by missiles after being fired upon by a USAF F-4 fighter aircraft on 17 June 1968. HMAS Hobart, along with other US Navy warships, was engaged in a surveillance of a North Vietnamese radar station on Tiger Island, near Cap Lay, when, early in the morning, an approaching aircraft which had been evaluated as friendly fired three missiles. The first missile 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 and others were wounded. The ship spent four weeks in Subic Bay being repaired and by 26 July 1968 was back on the gun line ten miles south east of Da Nang in support of the 2nd Brigade ROK Marine Corps.
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. The hole in the stern, showing cut D. G. (degaussing) cables of the Guided Missile Destroyer HMAS Hobart II (D39) which had been hit by three missiles. On 17 June 1968, the Hob
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
Subic Bay, Philippines. Damage to the remainder of the aft bulkhead laundry of the Guided Missile Destroyer HMAS Hobart II (D39) which had been hit by three missiles. On 17 June 1968, the Hobart was e
