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HMAS Hobart, prior to her transfer to the RAN

The first HMAS Hobart was a Leander class light cruiser which served in the Royal Australian Navy during World War II. Hobart was originally built for the Royal Navy as HMS Apollo and commissioned into the RAN in September 1938. She saw action in the Red Sea in 1940 and participated in the Battle of the Coral Sea in May 1942. She was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine in July 1943 and did not re-enter service until December 1944. Hobart participated in the amphibious assaults on the Philippines, Borneo, and Wewak and was present in Tokyo Bay on VP Day. Hobart paid off to reserve after the war and was decommissioned in 1962.