HMAS Bataan (I91)

HMAS Bataan
History
Australia
Namesake	Battle of Bataan
Builder	Cockatoo Docks and Engineering Company
Laid down	18 February 1942
Launched	15 January 1944
Commissioned	25 May 1945
Decommissioned	18 October 1954
Honours and awards	Battle honours: Korea 1950–52
Fate	Sold for scrap
General characteristics
Class and type	Tribal-class destroyer
Displacement	2,116 tons
Length	377.5 feet (115.1 m) overall 355 feet (108 m) between perpendiculars
Beam	36.5 feet (11.1 m)
Installed power	3 × Admiralty 3-drum boilers 44,000 shp (33,000 kW)
Propulsion	2 propellers; 2 steam turbines
Speed	36.5 knots (67.6 km/h; 42.0 mph)
Complement	14 officers, 247 ratings
Armament	2 × twin 4.7 in (120 mm) guns 1 × twin 4 in (102 mm) DP guns 6 × 40 mm Bofors AA guns 1 × quadruple 2 pdr (1.6 in (40 mm)) AA guns 1 × quadruple 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes 2 × depth charge throwers

HMAS Bataan (D9/I91/D191) was a Tribal-class destroyer of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). Laid down in 1942 and commissioned in 1945, the destroyer was originally to be named Chingilli or Kurnai but was renamed prior to launch in honour of the US stand during the Battle of Bataan.

Although not completed in time to see combat service during World War II, Bataan was present in Tokyo Bay for the official Japanese surrender, and made four deployments to the British Commonwealth Occupation Force. In 1950, while en route for a fifth Occupation Force deployment, the Korean War started, and the destroyer was diverted to serve as a patrol ship and carrier escort until early 1951. A second Korean tour was made during 1952. Bataan was paid off in 1954, and sold for scrap in 1958.