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HMAS ''Bataan'' (D9/I91/D191) was a destroyer of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). Laid down in 1942 and commissioned in 1945, the destroyer was originally to be named ''Chingilli'' or ''Kurnai'' but was renamed prior to launch in honour of the US stand during the Battle of Bataan. Although not completed in time to see combat service during World War II, ''Bataan'' was present in Tokyo Bay for the official Japanese surrender, and made four deployments to the British Commonwealth Occupation Force. In 1950, while en route for a fifth Occupation Force deployment, the Korean War started, and the destroyer was diverted to serve as a patrol ship and carrier escort until early 1951. A second Korean tour was made during 1952. ''Bataan'' was paid off in 1954, and sold for scrap in 1958. ==Design and construction== (詳細はoverall and between perpendiculars, and a beam of .〔Cassells, ''The Destroyers'', p. 26〕 Propulsion was provided by three drum-type boilers supplying Parsons Impulse Reaction turbines; these provided to the ship's two propeller shafts.〔Cassells, ''The Destroyers'', pgs. 18, 26〕 Maximum speed was , with an economical speed of .〔 The ship's company consisted on 261 personnel: 14 officers and 247 sailors.〔 On completion, the destroyer's primary armament consisted of six 4.7-inch Mark VII guns in three twin turrets.〔 She was also armed with two 4-inch Mark XVI * guns in a twin turret, six 40 mm Bofors anti-aircraft guns, a quad-barrelled 2-pounder Mark VIII pom pom, a quadruple torpedo tube set for four 21-inch torpedoes, two depth charge throwers, and 46 depth charges.〔 In 1945, the number of torpedoes and depth charges carried was reduced.〔Cassells, ''The Destroyers'', p. 238〕 The destroyer was laid down by Cockatoo Docks and Engineering Company Limited at Sydney in New South Wales on 18 February 1942.〔 She was launched on 15 January 1944 by Jean MacArthur, the wife of General Douglas MacArthur.〔 The ship was commissioned into the RAN on 25 May 1945, with construction work completing on 26 June.〔 The destroyer was originally to be named ''Chingilli'', but this was changed to ''Kurnai'' (after the Kurnai or Gunai Aborigines) before construction started.〔Cassells, ''The Destroyers'', pp. 25–6〕 The name was changed yet again prior to the ship's launch to ''Bataan''; honouring ties between Australia and the United States by recognising the stand by US troops during the Battle of Bataan, and reciprocating the US decision to name a cruiser in honour of the Australian cruiser , lost at the Battle of Savo Island.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「HMAS Bataan (I91)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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