HMAS Culgoa

{{Short description|1945 River-class frigate}} {{otherships|USS Culgoa}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2017}} {{Use Australian English|date=November 2017}} {{Infobox ship |section1={{Infobox ship/image |image = HMAS Culgoa 1947 AWM 300559.jpeg |image_caption = ''Culgoa'' on Port Phillip in April 1947 shortly after commissioning }}

|section2={{Infobox ship/career |country = Australia |flag = {{shipboxflag|Australia|naval-1913}} |namesake = Culgoa River |builder = Williamstown Dockyard, Melbourne |laid_down = 15 July 1943 |launched = 22 September 1945 |completed = 24 December 1946 |commissioned = 1 April 1947 |decommissioned = 15 April 1954 |motto = |nickname = |honours = *'''Battle honours:''' *Korea 1953 |fate = Sold for scrap in 1972 |notes = |badge = }}

|section3={{Infobox ship/characteristics |class = Modified {{sclass2|River|frigate|5}} (or {{sclass2|Bay|frigate|5}})-class frigate |displacement = 1,537 tons (standard), 2,200 tons (full load) |length = {{convert|301|ft|m|abbr=on}} |beam = {{convert|36|ft|m|abbr=on}} |draught = {{convert|12|ft|m|abbr=on}} |propulsion = Triple expansion, 2 shafts, {{convert|5,500|ihp|abbr=on}} |speed = {{convert|19.5|kn}} |range = |complement = 175 |sensors = |EW = |armament = *4 × 4-inch guns *3 × 40 mm Bofors *4 × 20 mm Oerlikons *1 × Hedgehog *4 × depth charge Throwers }} }} '''HMAS ''Culgoa'' (K408/F408/A256)''', named for the Culgoa River, was a Modified {{sclass2|River|frigate|5}} (or {{sclass2|Bay|frigate|5}})-class frigate that served in the Royal Australian Navy (RAN).

==Construction== ''Culgoa'' was laid down by Williamstown Dockyard, Melbourne on 15 July 1943, launched on 22 September 1945 by Mrs. Showers, wife of the Second Naval Member of the Australian Commonwealth Naval Board and completed on 24 December 1946. She was immediately placed in reserve until her commissioning on 1 April 1947.<ref name=SPC>{{cite web |url=http://www.navy.gov.au/hmas-culgoa |title=HMAS Culgoa |access-date=15 September 2008 |publisher=Sea Power Centre Australia}}</ref>

==Operational history== ''Culgoa'' served in the Korean War.<ref name=SPC/> She received the battle honour "Korea 1953" for this deployment.<ref name=honourslist>{{cite web |url=http://www.navy.gov.au/w/images/Units_entitlement_list.pdf |title=Royal Australian Navy Ship/Unit Battle Honours |date=1 March 2010 |publisher=Royal Australian Navy|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110614064156/http://www.navy.gov.au/w/images/Units_entitlement_list.pdf |archive-date=14 June 2011 |access-date=23 December 2012}}</ref>

==Decommissioning and fate== ''Culgoa'' paid off into reserve on 15 April 1954, and used as an accommodation ship by personnel at {{HMAS|Waterhen|naval base|6}} until she was sold for scrap to NW Kennedy of Vancouver, Canada on 15 February 1972.<ref name=SPC/> ''Culgoa'' left Sydney under tow for Taiwan in March 1972.<ref name=SPC/>

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==External links== {{Commons category|HMAS Culgoa (K408)}}

Category:1945 ships Category:River-class frigates of the Royal Australian Navy Category:Ships built in Victoria (state) Category:Frigates of the Cold War