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Ship now ready for Sirius work
By ASLT Kerryn Barnes

Volume 50, No. 1, February 8, 2007
 
CLOSE TO YOU: MAS Sirius and HMAS Toowoomba conducting a Replenishment at Sea.
 
Following two weeks of work-ups, HMAS Sirius (CMDR T. G. Crawford) was assessed as “unit ready” after successfully passing her Unit Readiness Evaluation on December 12.

Sirius was assessed in various operations disciplines including command and control, warfare, force protection, communications and information systems, navigation and bridgemanship, seamanship and survival equipment.

The entire crew worked tirelessly, and despite the never ending damage control exercises, 50 cal machine gun firings and Replenishments at Sea conducted with HMAS Arunta (CMDR L. Charles-Jones OAM) the crew’s enthusiasm never waned.

Sea Training Group recognised this dedication, stating that: “Sirius is strongly led with a motivated ship’s company. A good learning culture exists and this, coupled with a determination to transition Sirius from NUSHIP to an operational unit, has been instrumental in ensuring solid progress during work-up.”

A recently released Australian National Audit Office (ANAO) report noted that the delivery of HMAS Sirius was “likely to be delivered within the approved project budget”.