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1944-02-27. AERIAL PORT BOW VIEW OF THE LANDING SHIP INFANTRY HMAS WESTRALIA (I) ONE DAY OUT FROM SYDNEY, EN ROUTE TO MILNE BAY. LANDING CRAFT VEHICLE PERSONNEL ARE STOWED ABOARD THE SHIP AND SLUNG FROM THE DAVITS. SHE RETAINS A SINGLE 6 INCH GUN, MOUNTED ON THE STERN, AND TWO 3 INCH AA GUNS, MOUNTED AT THE END OF THE SUPERSTRUCTURE, FROM HER SERVICE AS AN ARMED MERCHANT CRUISER. SINGLE 20 MM OERLIKON AA GUNS CAN BE SEEN AT THE BOW AND IN THE BRIDGE WINGS. ABREAST AND ABAFT THE FUNNEL AND ABREAST THE DECKHOUSE AFT. A TYPE 271 RADAR LANTERN IS MOUNTED ON THE FORWARD SUPERSTRUCTURE. SAMPSON POSTS HAVE BEEN STEPPED ON THE SUPERSTRUCTURE AND A MAINMAST AFT. ALL MASTS HAVE BEEN FITTED WITH DERRICKS TO HANDLE THE LANDING CRAFT. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION)
Starboard bow view of the Landing Ship, Infantry (LSI) HMAS Westralia (I)(C61). Landing Craft, Vehicle-Personnel (LCVP) are stowed aboard the ship and slung from the Davits. The single 6 inch gun moun
1944-02-27. PORT BEAM VIEW OF THE LANDING SHIP INFANTRY HMAS WESTRALIA (I) ONE DAY OUT FROM SYDNEY, EN ROUTE TO MILNE BAY. LANDING CRAFT VEHICLE PERSONNEL ARE STOWED ABOARD THE SHIP AND SLUNG FROM THE
1944-02-27. AERIAL PORT BOW VIEW OF THE LANDING SHIP INFANTRY HMAS WESTRALIA (I) ONE DAY OUT FROM SYDNEY, EN ROUTE TO MILNE BAY. LANDING CRAFT VEHICLE PERSONNEL ARE STOWED ABOARD THE SHIP AND SLUNG FR
1945. PORT BOW VIEW OF THE LANDING SHIP INFANTRY HMAS WESTRALIA (I) (C61). LANDING CRAFT VEHICLE PERSONNEL ARE STOWED ABOARD THE SHIP AND SLUNG FROM THE DAVITS. THE SINGLE 6 INCH GUN MOUNTED ON THE ST
STARBOARD BROADSIDE VIEW OF THE LANDING SHIP INFANTRY HMAS WESTRALIA (I). LANDING CRAFT VEHICLE PERSONNEL ARE STOWED ABOARD THE SHIP AND IN THE WATER ALONGSIDE. A LANDING CRAFT MECHANISED IS CARRIED I
SYDNEY, NSW. 1944-07-03. BOW VIEW OF THE LANDING SHIP INFANTRY HMAS WESTRALIA (I) (C61). LANDING CRAFT VEHICLE PERSONNEL ARE SLUNG FROM THE DAVITS. SINGLE 20 MM OERLIKON AA GUNS CAN BE SEEN AT THE BOW
