HMAS Toowoomba (FFH 156)
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For other ship with the same name, see HMAS Toowoomba.
 HMAS Toowoomba (right) with HMAS Sirius |
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| Career Australia |  |
|---|---|
| Builder: | Tenix Defence Systems |
| Laid down: | 26 July 2002 |
| Launched: | 16 May 2003 |
| Commissioned: | 8 October 2005 |
| Status: | Active |
| Homeport: | Fleet Base West |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 3,600 tons |
| Length: | 118 m |
| Beam: | 15 m |
| Draught: | 4 m |
| Propulsion: | 1 × General Electric LM2500+ gas turbine and 2 × MTU 12V1163 TB83 diesel engines, driving two shafts with controllable pitch propellers in CODOG configuration. |
| Speed: | 27 knots |
| Range: | 6,000 miles at 18 knots |
| Complement: | approximately 170 Sailors |
| Sensors and processing systems: | Sonars: Thomson Sintra Spherion B Mod 5; hull-mounted; active search and attack; medium frequency. Provision for towed array Air search radar: Raytheon AN/SPS-49(V)8 ANZ (C/D-band) Surface search radar: CelsiusTech 9LV 453 TIR (Ericsson Tx/Rx) (G-band) Navigation: Atlas Elektronik 9600 ARPA (I-band) |
| Electronic warfare and decoys: | ESM: Racal modified Sceptre A (radar intercept), Telefunken PST-1720 Telegon 10 (comms intercept) Countermeasures: Decoys: G & D Aircraft SRBOC Mk 36 Mod 1 decoy launchers for SRBOC |
| Armament: | Guns and missiles: 1 × 5 in/54 (127 mm) Mk 45 Mod 2 gun, various machine guns and small arms, Mk 41 Mod 5 VLS for Sea Sparrow and Evolved Sea Sparrow Torpedoes: 2 × triple 324 mm Mk 32 Mod 5 tubes Fire control: CelsiusTech 9LV 453 (J-band) Combat data systems: CelsiusTech 9LV 453 Mk 3.Link 11 Weapons control: CelsiusTech 9LV 453 optronic director with Raytheon CW Mk 73 Mod 1 |
| Aircraft carried: | 1 SH-2G Super Seasprite or SH-60 Seahawk |
| Motto: | "Fearless" |
The second ship to bear the name, HMAS Towoomba (FFH 156) is an Anzac class frigate, laid down by Tenix Defence Systems at Williamstown in Victoria on 26 July 2002, launched on 16 May 2003 by Ms Judy Blight and commissioned on 8 October 2005.
[edit] Operational History
HMAS Toowoomba hit a navigation marker off Gladstone in March 2006 and was repaired at Williamstown, Victoria. Toowoomba began her first deployment to the Persian Gulf on 4 January 2007.[1]
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