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HMAS ''Brisbane'' (D 41) was one of three ''Perth''-class guided missile destroyers to serve in the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). The United States-designed ship was laid down at Bay City, Michigan in 1965, launched in 1966 and commissioned into the RAN in 1967. She is named after the city of Brisbane, Queensland. During her career, ''Brisbane'' made two deployments to the Vietnam War, was involved in the post-Cyclone Tracy disaster relief operation Navy Help Darwin, and deployed to the Persian Gulf during the first Gulf War. ''Brisbane'' was decommissioned in 2001, and was sunk as a dive wreck off the Queensland coast in 2005. ==Design and construction== ''Brisbane'' was one of three ''Perth''-class guided missile destroyers built for the RAN.〔Cassells, ''The Destroyers'', p. 30〕 Based on the United States Navy's ''Charles F. Adams'' class, ''Brisbane'' had a displacement of 3,370 tons at standard load, and 4,551 tons at full load, a length of overall and between perpendiculars, a beam of , and a maximum draught of .〔 Propulsion was provided by two General Electric turbines, which provided to the destroyer's two propeller shafts.〔 ''Brisbane'' could achieve speeds of .〔 The ship's company consisted of 24 officers and 312 sailors.〔 As a guided missile destroyer, ''Brisbane''s main armament consisted of a Mark 13 missile launcher firing Tartar missiles and two Ikara anti-submarine missile launchers.〔 This was supplemented by two 5"/54 calibre Mark 42 guns and two Mark 32 triple torpedo tube sets.〔〔Chant, ''A compendium of armaments and military hardware'', p. 208〕 Over the course of the ship's career, the Mark 13 launcher was modified to fire Standard missiles, two Phalanx CIWS units were installed in 1990, and the Ikara launchers were removed in 1991.〔 ''Brisbane'' was laid down by the Defoe Shipbuilding Company at Bay City, Michigan on 15 February 1965.〔 The ship was launched on 5 May 1966 by the wife of Fred Chaney, Sr., the Minister for the Navy.〔 ''Brisbane'' was handed over to the RAN at Boston Navy Yard on 7 December 1967, and was commissioned into the RAN nine days later.〔 The cost of the destroyer was approximately A$50 million.〔 The ship was given the nicknames ''Steel Cat'' and ''Fighting Forty-One'' (references to her ship's badge and pennant number respectively).〔Cassells, ''The Destroyers'', p. 31〕 During construction, the ship was assigned the United States Navy hull number DDG-27.〔Sea Power Centre-Australia, ''AWD, Hobart, MFU or DDGH – What's in a name?''〕 ''Brisbane'' spent the first nine months of her career undergoing exercises in US waters, before sailing for Australia on 28 September 1968.〔 After visits to Pearl Harbor and Suva, ''Brisbane'' arrived in her namesake city on 17 October.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「HMAS Brisbane (D 41)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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