Australian Army ship John Monash (AS 3051)
John Monash (AS 3051) was a cargo ship operated by the Australian Army between 1965 and 1975.
| History | |
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| Namesake: | General Sir John Monash |
| Operator: | Australian Army (1965–1975) |
| Launched: | 1955 |
| Commissioned: | 1965 |
| Decommissioned: | 1975 |
| Identification: | IMO number: 5226350 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 1,010 tons light, 2,413 full load |
| Length: | 233.2 ft (71.1 m) |
| Beam: | 37.6 ft (11.5 m) |
| Draft: | 16.1 ft (4.9 m) |
| Propulsion: | One M47M British Polar diesel, single shaft, 1,120 bhp (840 kW) |
| Speed: | 11 knots (20 km/h) |
| Capacity: |
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| Complement: | 41 |
| Notes: | Characteristics are for the ship's Army service and are from Gillet (1988)[1] |
Service history
John Monash was built for the Associated Steamships Co. and was completed in 1955. She was purchased by the Australian Army in 1965 to provide a means of transporting cargo which was unsuitable for the Army's four Landing Ship Medium and was assigned to the 32nd Small Ship Squadron, Royal Australian Engineers.[1][2] She was also used as a training ship and to supply Army units deployed in South Vietnam.[1] In the later role she completed eleven voyages to South Vietnam between 1965 and 1972.[3] The ship was sold in 1975 to a foreign company.[1]
Notes
- Gillet (1988), p. 119
- Wilson et al (2005), p. 199
- Wilson et al (2005), p. 23
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References
- Gillett, Ross (1988). Australian and New Zealand Warships Since 1946. Brookvale: Child & Associates. ISBN 0-86777-219-0.
- Wilson, EJ; Horsley KW; van der Hoek R (2005). Cancer Incidence in Australian Vietnam Veterans Study 2005. Canberra: Department of Veterans' Affairs, 2005. ISBN 1-920720-39-1. Archived from the original on 16 May 2009. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
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