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AUSTRALIA 1944. SIGNED PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPH OF AMERICAN GENERAL DOUGLAS MACARTHUR PRESENTED TO HMAS BATAAN. GENERAL MACARTHUR'S MESSAGE READS "TO HMAS BATAAN FROM ONE WHO SERVED THERE". The RAN destroyer was launched at Sydney, NSW on 20 January 1944 by Mrs MacArthur.
COCKATOO ISLAND DOCKYARD, SYDNEY, NSW. 1944-01-15. THE HULL OF THE DESTROYER HMAS BATAAN RESTS ON THE SLIPWAY PRIOR TO HER LAUNCHING AS SPECTATORS GATHER FOR THE EVENT. SHE WAS LAUNCHED BY MRS MACARTH
COCKATOO ISLAND DOCKYARD, SYDNEY, NSW. 1944-01-15. WATCHED BY DOCKYARD WORKERS THE DESTROYER HMAS BATAAN SLIPS DOWN THE GREASED WAYS AND ENTERS THE WATER AS SHE IS LAUNCHED BY MRS MACARTHUR, WIFE OF G
COCKATOO ISLAND DOCKYARD, SYDNEY, NSW. 1944-01-15. THE DESTROYER HMAS BATAAN IMMEDIATELY AFTER HER LAUNCHING BY MRS MACARTHUR, WIFE OF GENERAL DOUGLAS MACARTHUR, WATCHED BY A LARGE CROWD ON THE WHARF.
Mrs Douglas MacArthur on her arrival at the shipbuilding yard to launch a tribal class destroyer, HMAS Bataan for the RAN, was welcomed by officials.
Mrs Douglas MacArthur accompanied by officials of the shipyard and US Army Officers inspecting a naval guard of honour on her arrival at the ship-building yard to launch a tribal class destroyer, HMAS
Mrs Douglas MacArthur being presented with a black opal pendant by the Managing Director of the Dockyard, at the official luncheon following the launching of the HMAS Bataan, a tribal class destroyer,
