HMAS Manoora (L 52)

HMAS Manoora (L 52)

HMAS "Manoora" (L 52) (formerly USS "Fairfax County" (LST-1193)) is a "Kanimbla" class Landing Platform Amphibious ship currently in service with the Royal Australian Navy

The ship was constructed for the United States Navy as a "Newport" class tank landing ship by the National Steel and Shipbuilding Company at San Diego in California. She was acquired by the Royal Australian Navy and commissioned as "Manoora" in 1994, for use as an amphibious transport ship. This required the ship to be extensively reconstructed, essentially making it a new vessel; the second ship of the "Kanimbla" class.

Operational History

"Manoora" has seen active service in the Persian Gulf (2002, 2003) and non-combat service in The Solomon Islands (2000, 2001, 2003) and East Timor (2006).

In 2001, "Manoora" was involved in a diplomatic incident involving a Norwegian cargo ship, MV "Tampa" and a group of asylum seekers rescued by "Tampa". They were transferred to "Manoora", and were then transported to Nauru as part of Australia's "Pacific Solution" asylum seeker program.

"Manoora" undertook an extensive refit during 2004, allowing the vessel to carry the heavier M1 Abrams.

External links

* [http://www.navy.gov.au/HMAS_Manoora RAN website for HMAS "Manoora"]


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