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HMAS Cowra (J-351/M-351), named for the town of Cowra in New South Wales, was a Bathurst class corvette laid down by Poole and Steele at Balmain in New South Wales on 12 August 1942, launched on 27 May 1943 by Mrs. P. C. Spender, wife of Mr. Percy Spender , MP, the Federal Treasurer and member of the Australian Advisory War Council, and commissioned on 8 October 1943. HMAS Cowra paid off to reserve on 4 December 1946 but recommissioned on 20 February 1951 as a training ship for National Service ratings. She paid off on 26 June 19531953 is a common year starting on Thursday (click on link for the calendar). Events January events January 7 President Harry S. Truman announces the United States has developed a hydrogen bomb. January 13 Marshal Josip Broz Tito chosen President of Yugosl, was sold to the Kinoshita Company in January 1962Events January January 1 Western Samoa becomes independent from New Zealand January 3 Pope John XXIII excommunicates Fidel Castro January 4 New York City introduces a train that operates without a crew on-board January 8 Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa is e, towed to JapanJapan (, Nippon/Nihon literally "the origin of the sun") is a country in East Asia situated on a chain of islands east of the Asian continent on the western edge of the Pacific Ocean. The largest of these islands are, from north to south, Hokkaido , Honsh along with HMAS KapundaHMAS Kapunda (J-218/M-218), named for the town of Kapunda in South Australia, was a Bathurst class corvette laid down by Poole and Steele at Balmain in New South Wales on 27 August 1941, launched on 23 June 1942 by Mrs. Mary Lily May Quirk, wife of the Me and HMAS RockhamptonHMAS Rockhampton (J-203/M-203), named for the city of Rockhampton in Queensland, was a Bathurst class corvette built by Walkers Limited at Maryborough in Queensland, launched on 26 June 1941 and commissioned on 21 January 1942. HMAS Rockhampton paid off t in 1962Events January January 1 Western Samoa becomes independent from New Zealand January 3 Pope John XXIII excommunicates Fidel Castro January 4 New York City introduces a train that operates without a crew on-board January 8 Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa is e and broken up. Cowra
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