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Princess Royal Fortress Military Museum > Records

HMAS Perth II Medium Switch Box

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United States Navy

c. 1965

Overview

Rectangular grey metal box which has a central plaque. In top is a small metal knob which unlocks to reveal ten (10) chrome-plated switches in the shape of arrows.

Details

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-12-2001.7.67

Item type

Themes

Material

Width

205 mm

Height or length

163 mm

Depth

64 mm

Weight

2337 g

Inscriptions and markings

On front plaque "SWITCH BOX FOR SOUND / POWERED TELEPHONE CIRCUIT / STOCK NO. HF5930-033-5665 / DWG. NO. 9000-S6501-74093 REV. D / TYPE A-17A / NAVY DEPARTMENT / SMITH / BUREAU OF SHIPS" with individual switches named "ENG RM #1 / ENG RM #2 / EMERG. DIESEL #1 / EMERG. DIESEL #2 / I.C. RM / AFT STEERING / ENG OFFICE / REPAIR #5 / AFT GYRO / 2 JV"

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

Place made

United States

Year

Primary significance criteria

Scientific or research significance

Comparative significance criteria

Interpretive capacity

Well provenanced

Google Maps search term / URL

https://maps.app.goo.gl/gWHZtRH1mm24SAjK8

Geotag

-35.030449, 117.912878
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Last modified

Friday, 16 January, 2026

Completeness

88

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