Hmas Katoomba
HMAS Katoomba
(J-204/M-204), named for the tourist resort of
Katoomba
in the
Blue Mountains
of
New South Wales
, was a
Bathurst class corvette
laid down by Poole and Steele at
Balmain
in New South Wales on
9 September
1940
, launched on
16 April
1942
by Mrs. H. Lloyd, deputy mayoress of Katoomba, and commissioned on
17 December
1941
. In company with
HMAS Deloraine
,
HMAS Lithgow
and
USS Edsall
, she was officially credited with destroying the enemy Japanese
submarine
I-124
on
20 January
1942
, the first enemy submarine sunk in Australian waters.
HMAS Katoomba
paid off to reserve at
Fremantle
on
2 August
1948
and sold for scrap to the
Hong Kong
Rolling Mills on
2 May
1957
. Katoomba
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