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HMAS Newcastle (FFG 06)
HMAS ''Newcastle'' (FFG 06), named for the city of Newcastle, New South Wales, the largest provincial city in Australia, was an ''Adelaide''-class guided-missile frigate. The last ship of the class to be constructed, ''Newcastle'' entered service with the Royal Australian Navy in 1993. During her career, the frigate has operated as part of the INTERFET peacekeeping taskforce, served in the Persian Gulf, and responded to the 2006 Fijian coup d'état. The frigate was decommissioned on 30 June 2019 and transferred to the Chilean Navy on 15 April 2020 and renamed as ''Capitán Prat'' (FFG 11). Design and construction Following the cancellation of the Australian light destroyer project in 1973, the British Type 42 destroyer and the American ''Oliver Hazard Perry''-class frigate were identified as alternatives to replace the cancelled light destroyers and the ''Daring''-class destroyers.Jones, in Stevens, ''The Royal Australian Navy'', p. 220 Although the ''Oliver Hazard Perr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
US Navy 100624-N-6854D-014 HMAS Newcastle (FFG 06) Pulls Into Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, To Support RIMPAC 2010
The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territories, nine Minor Outlying Islands, and 326 Indian reservations. The United States is also in free association with three Pacific Island sovereign states: the Federated States of Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau. It is the world's third-largest country by both land and total area. It shares land borders with Canada to its north and with Mexico to its south and has maritime borders with the Bahamas, Cuba, Russia, and other nations. With a population of over 333 million, it is the most populous country in the Americas and the third most populous in the world. The national capital of the United States is Washington, D.C. and its most populous city and principal financial center is New York City. Paleo-America ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
