HMAS Waller

	HMAS Waller entering Pearl Harbor in 2008
History
Australia
Name	Waller
Namesake	Captain Hector Waller
Builder	Australian Submarine Corporation
Laid down	19 March 1992
Launched	14 March 1997
Commissioned	10 July 1999
Homeport	Fleet Base West, Perth
Motto	"Tenacity"
Status	Active as of 2016
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General characteristics
Class and type	Collins-class submarine
Displacement	3,051 tonnes (surfaced); 3,353 tonnes (submerged);
Length	77.42 m (254.0 ft)
Beam	7.8 m (26 ft)
Draught	7 m (23 ft) at waterline
Installed power	3 × Garden Island-Hedemora HV V18b/15Ub (VB210) 18-cylinder diesel motors, 3 × Jeumont-Schneider generators (1,400 kW, 440-volt DC)
Propulsion	Main: 1 × Jeumont-Schneider DC motor (7,200 shp), driving 1 × seven-bladed, 4.22 m (13.8 ft) diameter skewback propeller; Emergency: 1 × MacTaggart Scott DM 43006 retractable hydraulic motor;
Speed	10.5 knots (19.4 km/h; 12.1 mph) (surfaced and snorkel depth); 21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph) (submerged);
Range	11,000 nautical miles (20,000 km; 13,000 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) (surfaced); 9,000 nautical miles (17,000 km; 10,000 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) (snorkel); 32.6 nautical miles (60.4 km; 37.5 mi) at 21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph) (submerged); 480 nautical miles (890 km; 550 mi) at 4 knots (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph) (submerged);
Endurance	70 days
Test depth	Over 180 m (590 ft) (actual depth classified)
Complement	Originally 42 (plus up to 12 trainees); Increased to 58 in 2009;
Sensors and ; processing systems	Radar:; GEC-Marconi Type 1007 surface search radar; Sonar:; Thales Scylla bow and distributed sonar arrays; Thales Karriwarra or Namara towed sonar array; ArgoPhoenix AR-740-US intercept array; Combat system:; Modified Raytheon CCS Mk2;
Armament	6 × 21-inch (530 mm) bow torpedo tubes; Payload: 22 torpedoes, mix of:; Mark 48 Mod 7 CBASS torpedoes; UGM-84C Sub-Harpoon anti-ship missiles; Or: 44 Stonefish Mark III mines;
Notes	The sonars and combat system are in the process of being updated across the class, to be completed by 2010. These characteristics represent the updated equipment.

HMAS Waller (SSG 75) is the third of six Collins-class submarines operated by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN).

Named for Captain Hector Waller, the boat was laid down in 1992, and launched in 1997. Despite the RAN initially refusing to accept the submarine for service, Waller has demonstrated the capabilities of the Collins class against surface and submarine targets during several international war-games.

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