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Laid down by the Melbourne Harbour Trust at Williamstown in Victoria on 17 February 1941, launched on 7 August 1941 by Mrs. R. G. Menzies (wife of Prime Minister Sir Robert Menzies) and commissioned at Melbourne on 17 June 1942.

Castlemaine paid off to reserve on 14 December 1945Events January January 5 The Soviet Union recognizes the new pro-Soviet government of Poland. January 7 British General Bernard Montgomery holds a press conference in which he claims credit for victory in the Battle of the Bulge. January 12 World War II: and was immobilised at HMAS Cerberus at Crib Point in Victoria as a training hulk for Engine Room Artificers who ran the boilers in part providing steam heating throughout the base.

In September 1973Events January events January 1 United Kingdom, Ireland, and Denmark enter the European Economic Community now known as the European Union January 3 Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) sells the New York Yankees for $10 million to a 12-person syndicate led the Minister for Defence announced that the Australian GovernmentAustralia is a constitutional monarchy. Australia's head of state is Queen Elizabeth II, who holds the title Queen of Australia in addition to her other titles. The Queen is represented in Australia by the Governor-General. Under the Australian Constituti had made a gift of HMAS Castlemaine to the Maritime Trust of Australia to become a maritime museumA maritime museum (sometimes nautical museum is a museum specializing in the display of objects relating to ships and travel on seas and lakes. A naval museum focuses on navies and military use of the sea. The great prize of a maritime museum is a histori. Castlemaine is presently berthed at Gem Pier, Williamstown, adjacent to the historic Customs House.