Combat Fleets
Eric Wertheim, Editor, Combat Fleets of the World
Australia recently announced that the HMAS Canberra , the second of six Adelaide ( Oliver Hazard Perry )-class guided missile frigates in Australian service, will be decommissioned in November 2005. The decision to decommission the frigate, which entered service in March 1981, comes as her four newer sister ships are being modernized. The original plan to update this entire class was scaled back due to cost constraints.
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