S2E3 - The Impact of the DDGs on the RAN

This episode was recorded at a seminar to mark the 50th anniversary of the deployment of the first RAN Charles F Adams guided missile destroyers (DDGs) to Vietnam Three seminar speakers discuss the impact the DDGs had on the RAN and their service in the Vietnam War. The first of three episodes. The presenters are Rear Admiral James Goldrick, Vice Admiral David Shackleton and Vice Admiral Rob Walls.
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Further Reading:
• ACSACS Occasional Paper No.7. The RAN DDGs in Vietnam: Their war service and their impact of the DDGs on the RAN
• Perryman, J & Mitchell, B, Australia’s Navy in Vietnam: Royal Australian Navy Operations 1965-72, Topmill, 2007.
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[@liabilitymate4750]

My Dad served on HMAS Melbourne three tours on HMAS Sydney to Vietnam and one on the Gun Line on HMAS Hobart. DDG 39. RIP Mate.

[@shutthegate8232]

Thanks for this. Miss the DDG's & the Daring Class Destroyers, E.g. Vampire/Vendetta.

[@davidburroughs2244]

While in the USN and on the USS Ranger CV61, we visited Australia and I was delighted to see what I thought were Australian Charles F Adams DDGs still in service, as DDG8 USS Lynde McCormick was my previous and first assigned ship and I felt I had a good idea what those fine men were working and living with.

[@DeepseaSteve]

Shackles was the best CO I served under on the steel cat. Loved that ship great crew

[@bossdog1480]

I was on HMAS Perth in '85.