The RAN guided missile destroyers HMAS Brisbane (II) D41(right), and HMAS Perth (II) D38 tie up ...

Accession Number NAVYM0292/01
Collection type Photograph
Object type Negative
Maker Hicks, George Jeffrey
Place made Philippines: Luzon
Date made c March 1969-April 1969
Conflict Vietnam, 1962-1975
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

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Description

The RAN guided missile destroyers HMAS Brisbane (II) D41(right), and HMAS Perth (II) D38 tie up against each other at a wharf at the US naval base at Subic Bay. The Brisbane is relieving the Perth and will be serving with the US Seventh Fleet on the gunline. The crews are preparing to greet each other across the deck rails.