 "Wollongong" was laid down by Cockatoo Docks & Engineering Company on 29 January 1941.She was launched on 5 July 1941, by the wife of Jack Beasley, then Minister for Supply and Shipping, and was commissioned into the RAN on 23 October 1941.After entering active service, "'Wollongong" was deployed as a convoy escort in Australian waters.