FFG-44 built in USA for Australia as HMAS Darwin
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1984 to 2017 -  RAN - Adelaide class FFG 04 HMAS Darwin |
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| 1981-jul-3 | Laid down | as FFG-44 | |||||||
| 1982-mar-26 | Launched |  | Todd Pacific Shipyards, Seattle | ||||||
| 1984-jul-21 | Commissioned | at Seattle, into RAN | |||||||
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| 1986-oct-4 | Port Visit |  Fleet Review: 75th anniversary of RAN Present at 75th anniversary of the RAN Fleet Review. | |||||||
| 1991 | Deployment | | Persian Gulf Operation Desert Shield/Storm First Gulf War with Seahawk 78 | ||||||
| 2006-apr-7 | Homeport | relocated from Fleet Base West (Perth) to Fleet Base East (Sydney). | |||||||
| 2013-oct-3 | Port Visit | | HMAS Kuttabul IFR 2013 International Fleet Review Sydney 2013 Present at 100th anniversary of the RAN Fleet Review | ||||||
| 2014-jan-19 | Deployment | departed Fleet Base East for 7 month maritime security and counter terrorism deployment to Arabian Gulf and Indian Ocean as part of Operation Slipper. | |||||||
| 2014-mar | Deployment | | Gulf of Aden Operation Manitou Combined Task Force 150 operating around Gulf of Aden | ||||||
| 2015-dec-30 | Deployment | | Gulf of Aden Operation Manitou departed Fleet Base West for 6 month deployment to Middle East region to support CTF mission. Returned to Fleet Base East on 17 Jul 2016. | ||||||
| 2016-mar-14 | Port Visit | |  Muscat Arrived in Muscat, for rest and replenishment visit, with S-70B from HS-816 Flight 5 embarked | ||||||
| 2016-nov-14 | Deployment | |  off Kaikoura Kaikoura Earthquake relief operations diverted from Auckland to assist in earthquake relief off Kaikoura, due 16 Nov. | ||||||
| 2016-nov-20 | Port Visit | | Wellington Harbour visited Wellington, en route Auckland | ||||||
| 2017-dec-9 | Decommissioned | | HMAS Kuttabul in Sydney | ||||||
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