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Perth-class destroyer
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<p>The <i>Perth</i>-class destroyers were three modified <a href="/facts/Charles_F._Adams-class_destroyer/Y031DUH9"><i>Charles F. Adams</i>-class</a> <a href="/facts/Guided_missile_destroyer/1g9lAzwP">guided missile destroyers</a> operated by the <a href="/facts/Royal_Australian_Navy/AkYhdo4B">Royal Australian Navy</a> (RAN). Ordered from <a href="/facts/Defoe_Shipbuilding_Company/D8RhD1KQ">Defoe Shipbuilding Company</a> during 1962 and 1963, HMA Ships <a href="/facts/HMAS_Perth_(D_38)/gBIfPD7x"><i>Perth</i></a>, <a href="/facts/HMAS_Hobart_(D_39)/zjBAT8Dh"><i>Hobart</i></a>, and <a href="/facts/HMAS_Brisbane_(D_41)/d0P12mKH"><i>Brisbane</i></a> were the first guided missiled-armed warships, and the first naval ships of United States design, to enter service with the RAN. All three ships operated during the <a href="/facts/Vietnam_War/W0gfbGTE">Vietnam War</a>, while <i>Brisbane</i> also participated in the <a href="/facts/Gulf_War/6LdLnGdo">Gulf War</a>. The class was decommissioned between 1999 and 2001, with all three vessels later sunk as <a href="/facts/Dive_wreck/FdfaMeGT">dive wrecks</a>. </p>