# HMAS Culgoa

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{{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](/source/Port_Phillip) in April 1947 shortly after commissioning
 }}

|section2={{Infobox ship/career
 |country           = Australia
 |flag              = {{shipboxflag|Australia|naval-1913}}
 |namesake          = [Culgoa River](/source/Culgoa_River)
 |builder           = [Williamstown Dockyard](/source/Williamstown_Dockyard), [Melbourne](/source/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](/source/Korean_War) 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](/source/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](/source/Bofors_40_mm_Automatic_Gun_L%2F60) Bofors
                      *4 × [20 mm](/source/Oerlikon_20_mm_cannon) Oerlikons
                      *1 × [Hedgehog](/source/Hedgehog_(weapon))
                      *4 × [depth charge](/source/depth_charge) Throwers
 }}
}}
'''HMAS ''Culgoa'' (K408/F408/A256)''', named for the [Culgoa River](/source/Culgoa_River), was a Modified {{sclass2|River|frigate|5}} (or {{sclass2|Bay|frigate|5}})-class [frigate](/source/frigate) that served in the [Royal Australian Navy](/source/Royal_Australian_Navy) (RAN).

==Construction==
''Culgoa'' was [laid down](/source/Keel_laying) by [Williamstown Dockyard](/source/Williamstown_Dockyard), [Melbourne](/source/Melbourne) on 15 July 1943, [launched](/source/Ship_naming_and_launching) on 22 September 1945 by Mrs. Showers, wife of the Second Naval Member of the [Australian Commonwealth Naval Board](/source/Australian_Commonwealth_Naval_Board) and completed on 24 December 1946. She was immediately placed in reserve until her [commissioning](/source/Ship_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](/source/Korean_War).<ref name=SPC/> She received the [battle honour](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Ship_decommissioning) into reserve on 15 April 1954, and used as an [accommodation ship](/source/accommodation_ship) by personnel at {{HMAS|Waterhen|naval base|6}} until she was sold for [scrap](/source/Ship_breaking) to NW Kennedy of [Vancouver](/source/Vancouver), Canada on 15 February 1972.<ref name=SPC/> ''Culgoa'' left [Sydney](/source/Sydney) under tow for [Taiwan](/source/Taiwan) in March 1972.<ref name=SPC/>

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

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

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