Portal:Military history of Australia/Units/May 27

The first HMAS Dubbo (J251/M251) was a Bathurst-class Australian minesweeper which was built in Sydney and commissioned into the Royal Australian Navy in July 1942. Dubbo was assigned to anti-submarine duties off the Western Australian coast from 1942 until early-1945. In March 1945 Dubbo sailed to New Guinea and actively supported Australian land forces until the end of the war. The ship's duties included several bombardments of Japanese positions. Following the war Dubbo participated in minesweeping operations in the Solomon Islands and off the Australian coast. Dubbo paid off into reserve in February 1957, and was sold for scrap 11 years later.