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| Keywords: HMAS Westralia (AWM 301717).jpg AWM Caption Port beam view of the landing ship infantry en HMAS Westralia F95 one day out from Sydney en route to Milne Bay Landing craft vehicle personnel are stowed aboard the ship and slung from the davits A landing craft mechanised is carried aft She retains a single 6 inch gun mounted on the stern and two 3 inch AA guns mounted at the end of the superstructure from her service as an armed merchant cruiser Single 20 mm Oerlikon AA guns can be seen at the bow and in the bridge wings abreast and abaft the funnel and abreast the deckhouse aft A type 271 radar lantern is mounted on the forward superstructure and an sc radar aerial is carried on the foremast Sampson have been stepped on the superstructure and a mainmast aft All masts have been fitted with derricks to handle the landing craft 301717 Original uploader was Nick-D at http //en wikipedia org en wikipedia 2006-11-25 1944-02-27 Australian armed forces Image copyright Copyright expired - public domain frame cropped PD-Australia Original upload log en wikipedia Rcbutcher CommonsHelper en wikipedia HMAS+Westralia+ 28AWM+301717 29 jpg 2006-11-25 01 15 Nick-D 450×186× 33385 bytes <nowiki>Australian War Memorial AWM catalog number 301717 Sourced from http //www awm gov au/database/collection asp Copyright The AWM record for this photo states that the copyright status is 'clear' The photo was taken in 1944 The AWM allow</nowiki> HMAS Westralia F95 Pacific War in February 1944 | ||||
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