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Hmas Warramunga i44, was one of three Tribal-class destroyers built for the RAN launched in 1942 during World War II. Hmas warramunga's name comes from the Warumungu Aboriginal people from the Tennant Creek area.

On 6 August 1950, HMAS Warramunga sailed to join United Nations forces involved in the Korean War. Most of the ship's first tour consisted of patrols and shore bombardments. During her deployment Hmas Warrumunga evacuated wounded soldiers at Chinnampo in December 1950 under difficult conditions in a narrow channel.

Warramunga and Bataan took part in the Inchon landing and later returned there to harass advancing Chinese forces after their intervention in the war. On 5 February 1951 she ambushed a North Korean force that, by deception,

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