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D.130 Arunta
Royal Australian Navy destroyer
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
Tribal - 1939/11/15
Cockatoo Docks and Engineering Co Ltd, Sydney, 		1940/10/30 1942/03/30 1969/02/13
sunk
Namesake:
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WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
42/05/17 42/08/11     New South Wales - ASW and coastal convoy escort duty   108 
42/08/11 43/05     Australia <> New Guinea convoy duty   108 
42/08/29       sinking RO-33 10 miles SE of Port Moresby (09-36S, 147-06E)   108 
42/09/0?       rescued survivors from s/s Anshun sunk by IJN cruisers 42/09/07 off Milne Bay   108 
43/01/07 43/01/10     evacuate Timor guerillas to Port Darwin   108 
43/01/10 43/01/2?     Sydney - refit   108 
43/05/04     74    
43/06/2? 43/07/31   74 cover Woodlark and Kiriwina landing   108 
43/07/1? 43/07/2??     sail from Esp. Santo to Townswille   108 
43/07/2? 43/08/31     escort and ASW duty in S and SW Pacific   108 
43/08/11 43/08/17     escort LST group from Milne Bay to Woodlark Is. > Noumea   108 
43/08/20 43/08/21     sail from Noumea to Esp. Santo   88  108 
43/08/21 43/08/26     escort damaged Hobart from Esp. Santo to Sydney   108  88 
43/08/31 43/09/21     Sydney - refit   108 
43/09/21 43/10/03     sail from Sydney to Melbourne, then escort convoy to Brisbane   108 
43/10/0 ? 43/10/08     sail from Brisbane to Melbourne   108 
43/10/09 43/10/2?     escort convyo from Melbourne to Townsville, then escort LSIs Manoora and Westralia to Milne Bay   108 
43/10/2? 43/10/28     sail from Milne Bay to Brisbane   108 
43/10/28 44   74     108 
43/11/15 43/11/15   74 Port Purvis, Tulagi   88 
43/11/29 43/11/30   74.2/DesRon4 shell Gasmata area, New Britain   108 
43/12/14 43/12/16 Direct 74.1/DesRon4 land Arawe Peninsula, New Britain   108 
44/01/01 44/02/01 Michae 76.1.3/DesRon4 land Saidor, then escort duty New Gunea <> New Britain   108 
44/02/0? 44/02/2?     Sydney - refit   108 
44/02/01 44/02/0?     sail from Saidor? to Sydney   108 
44/03/01 44/03/27 Brewer 76.1.3 land Admiralty Islands   108 
44/03/27 44/05 Reckle 74     108 
44/05/15 44/05/2? Straig 74.1 land Wakde   108 
44/05/25 44/06/10 Horlie 74 land Biak   108 
44/07/0? 44/07/0? Table 74 land Noemfoor   108 
44/07/1? 44/07/1?   74 shell Aitape (6 days)   108 
44/07/2? 44/08/0? Globe 78 land Cape Sansapor   108 
44/08       Sydney - refit   108 
44/08/15       hunting barges off Aitape   108 
44/08/2? 44/09/01     sail from Sydney to Milne Bay (08/30), after refueling continued to Manus   108 
44/08/20       shell coast off Marubian   108 
44/09/0? 44/09/25 Stale2 74/77.2 land Morotai   108 
44/10/1? 44/11 King2 77.3 land Leyte   108 
44/10/24 44/10/25   RightFor/DesRon24 xSuriga  
44/11 44/11/16 King2 77     108 
44/11/1? 44/12/26     Manus   108 
44/11/16 44/11/1?     sail from Leyte to Manus   108 
44/12/26 44/12/2?     sail from Manus to Leyte   108 
45/01/02 45/01/06 Mike1 77.2.1 land Luzon   105 
45/01/05   Mike1 77.2.1 damage(kami) off Luzon   70 
45/01/06 45/01/09 Mike1 77.2.2     108 
45/01/22 45/02/2? Mike1 77.2     108 
45/02/12 45/02/15 Mike1 77.2 sail from Lingayen Gulf to trail enemy ships off Saigon   108 
45/02/16   Mike1   shell Corregidor   108 
45/03/05 45/03/10     Manus   108 
45/03/1? 45/05/02     Sydney - refit   108 
45/03/10 45/03/1?     sail from Manus to Sydney   108 
45/05/1? 45/05/2?     sail to Manila   108 
45/05/10 45/05/11   74 land Wewak   21  108 
45/06/05 45/06/22 Oboe2 74.3 land Brunei Bay, Borneo   108 
45/06/22   Oboe2 74.1 departed Brunei Bay for Tawi Tawi   108 
45/06/22? 45/07/03 Oboe6 74.1 land Balikpapan   108 
45/07/03? 45/07/11     Tawi Tawi   108 
45/07/11 45/07/2?     sail from Tawi Tawi to Sydney   108 
45/07/2? 45/10/18     Cockatoo Dock, Sydney - refit   108 

Ship status, hull number changes...: 1956/12/21 in reserve; 1968/11/01 sold for scrap
Ship score (awards, enemy ships credited...):
Notice: sunk 65 miles of New South Wales under to w to Formosa for scrapping