Decommissioning and Fate
After being prepared for placement in operational reserve, Arunta paid off to reserve on 21 December 1956. During her career, she had sailed 357,273 nautical miles (661,670 km; 411,142 mi). The destroyer was maintained until 1 November 1968, when she was sold to the China Steel Corporation of Taipei for breaking up as scrap metal.
Arunta was taken under tow by the Japanese tug Tokyo Maru on 12 February 1969. On 13 February, the ship began to take on water; although there were attempts to stop the flooding, it was decided that recovery would be impossible, and Arunta was allowed to capsize and sink off Broken Bay.
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