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HMAS Perth II Brass Junction Box

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Tabet Manufacturing Company

c. 1965

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-12-2001.7.54

Item type

Accessories

Themes

Defence > Navy

Material

Brass

Copper

Enamel Paint

Plastic

Width

123 mm

Height or length

170 mm

Depth

153 mm

Weight

1117 g

Inscriptions and markings

On front "MIL-T 24558/18 SYM 400.1 / NSN5940-00-024-0128 / TABET MFG CO, NORFOLK, VA" on metallic label with "STRESS / RELIEVED" printed on back.

Contextual information

HMAS Perth (II) was decommissioned in October 1999 and gifted to the City of Albany for a recreational dive wreck; being scuttled on 24 November 2001. Prior to the scuttling, the City removed objects as part of preparing an ‘on-shore’ interpretive centre as per the agreement conditions by the State Government of Western Australia.

Keywords

Hmas Perth Ii

Royal Australian Navy

Albany

Princess Royal Fortress Military Museum

Place made

Norfolk, Virginia, United States

Year

c. 1965

Primary significance criteria

Scientific or research significance

Comparative significance criteria