HMAS Whyalla (J153)

	HMAS Whyalla
History
Australia
Namesake	City of Whyalla
Builder	BHP, Whyalla
Yard number	8
Laid down	24 July 1940
Launched	12 May 1941
Commissioned	8 January 1942
Decommissioned	16 May 1946
Honours and; awards	Battle honours:; Pacific 1942–45; New Guinea 1942–44; Okinawa 1945;
Fate	Sold into civilian service
History
Victorian Public Works Department
Name	Rip
Acquired	10 February 1947
In service	1947
Out of service	1984
Reclassified	Lighthouse maintenance vessel
Fate	Sold in 1984
History
Whyalla City Council
Name	Whyalla
Acquired	Late 1984
Status	Landlocked museum ship
General characteristics during RAN service
Class and type	Bathurst-class corvette
Displacement	733 tons (standard)
Length	186 ft (57 m)
Beam	31 ft (9.4 m)
Draught	8.5 ft (2.6 m)
Propulsion	triple expansion engine, 2 shafts
Speed	15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) at 1,750 hp
Complement	85
Armament	1 × 4 inch Mk XIX gun; 3 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannons (1 later removed); 1 × Bofors 40 mm Automatic Gun L/60 (installed later); Machine guns; Depth charges chutes and throwers;

HMAS Whyalla (J153/B252), named for the city of Whyalla was one of 60 Bathurst-class corvettes constructed during World War II and one of 20 built on Admiralty order but manned by personnel of and later commissioned into the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). The ship was sold to the Victorian Public Works Department at the end of the war, who renamed her Rip and used her as a maintenance ship. In 1984, she was purchased by Whyalla City Council, who put her on display as a landlocked museum ship in 1987.

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