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D.123 Warramunga
Royal Australian Navy destroyer
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
Tribal - 1940/02/10
Cockatoo Docks and Engineering Co Ltd, Sydney, 		1942/02/07 1942/11/23 1963/02/15
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WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
42/12/22 43/02/06     trials, shakedown cruise - Brisbane, Melbourne, Sydney   108 
43/02 43/04     convoy duty to Townsville and Port Moresby   108 
43/02/06       search for submarine out of Sydney   108 
43/02/10       rescued s/s Starr King survivors off Sydney   108 
43/04/19 43/05     Brisbane - refit   108 
43/05/0?     74     108 
43/06/2? 43/07/1?   74 cover Woodlark Is. landing   108 
43/07/1? 43/07/2??     sail from Esp. Santo to Townswille   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 
43/08/29 43/08/31   74 sail from Sydney to Townsville   108 
43/08/31 43/09/1?     Townsville - exercises and 2 convoy runs to Milne Bay   108 
43/09/17 43/09/2?     2 convoy runs (from Melbourne and from Sydney) to Lady Elliot Is.   108 
43/10/2? 43/10/29     Sydney   108 
43/10/29 43/10/3?     sail from Sydney to Brisbane   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   88 
43/12/14 43/12/16 Direct 74.1/DesRon4 land Arawe Peninsula, New Britain   108 
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44/01/0? 44/01/11     sail to Sydney   108 
44/01/01 44/01/0? Michae 76.1.3/DesRon4 land Saidor   108 
44/01/11 44/02/04     Sydney   108 
44/02/04 44/02/14     sail from Sydney to Milne Bay > Cape Sudest > Milne Bay   108 
44/02/1? 44/02/1?     escort convoy from Milne Bay to Cape Gloucester and back   108 
44/02/1? 44/02/27   74 Milne Bay   108 
44/02/14 44/02/1?     carry high senior officers from Milne bay to Cape Sudest>Cape Cretin>Lae, then sail to Cape Sudest   108 
44/02/29 44/03/05 Brewer 74 land Admiralties   108 
44/03/02   Brewer 76.2.1/UF     121 
44/03/05 44/03/1?     convoy duty to Admiralties, Saidor   108 
44/03/19 44/03/22     Cape Sudest - maintenance (AD-3 Dobbin)   108 
44/03/29 44/04/14   74 Milne Bay   108 
44/04/14 44/04/2? Reckle 74 land Hollandia, Aitape   108 
44/05/15 44/05/2? Straig 74.1 land Wakde, Sarmi   108 
44/05/25 44/06/10 Horlie 74 land Biak   108 
44/06/10 44/06/29     Humboldt Bay   108 
44/06/29 44/07/0? Table 74 land Noemfoor   108 
44/08/14       shell Jakasui area   108 
44/08/15       hunting barges off Aitape   108 
44/08/17       screen Australia shelling Marubian   108 
44/08/2? 44/09/01     sail from Sydney to Milne Bay (08/30), after refueling continued to Manus   108 
44/08/20       with PTs sweep New Guinea coast from Marubian to Karawop   108 
44/08/22 44/08/2?     escort Australia to Sydney   108 
44/09/01 44/09/25 Trade 74/77.2 land Morotai   108 
44/09/25 44/10/11     Manus   108 
44/10/13 44/10/21? King2 77.3     108 
44/10/21? 44/10/29   74 escort Australia and Honolulu from Leyte to Manus   81  108 
44/11/0? 44/11/12     escort convoy from Hollandia to Biak > Palau > Leyte   108 
44/11/12 44/11/25 King2 77.1 Leyte Gulf - RP duty   108 
44/11/2? 44/12/26     Manus   108 
44/11/25 44/11/2?     sail from Leyte to Manus   108 
44/12/26 44/12/2?     sail from Manus to Leyte   108 
44/12/30 45/01/06 Mike1 77.2.1 land Luzon   105 
45/01/06 45/01/2? Mike1 77.2.2     105 
45/01/06   Mike1 77.2.2 assist damaged Brooks  
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 
45/03/24 45/03/30 Vict2 74.3 land Cebu City, Cebu Is.   85 
45/03/30 45/04/2?   74 Subic Bay   108 
45/04/2? 45/05/0? Oboe1 74.3 land Tarakan  
45/05/0? 45/05/12   74 land Wewak   108 
45/05/13 45/05/2?     sail from Hollandia to Milne Bay > Sydney   108 
45/05/2? 45/07/05     Sydney - refit   108 
45/07/09 45/07/2?     sail from Sydney to Subic Bay   108 
45/07/2? 45/08/18     Subic Bay   108 
45/08/18       sail from Subic Bay to Manila   108 
45/08/25 45/08/31     sail from Manila to Buckner Bay, Okinawa > Tokio Bay   108 
45/08/31 45/09/06     Tokio Bay   108 
45/09/02       Tokio Bay - surrender ceremony   81 

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Notice: nickname 'Little Mo'