HMAS Manoora (L 52)
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 HMAS Manoora during 2006 |
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| Career (United States Navy) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | USS Fairfax County (LST-1193) |
| Namesake: | Fairfax County, Virginia |
| Ordered: | July 15, 1966 |
| Builder: | National Steel and Shipbuilding Company |
| Laid down: | March 28, 1970 |
| Launched: | December 19, 1970 |
| Commissioned: | October 16, 1971 |
| Decommissioned: | August 17, 1994 |
| Struck: | August 17, 1994 |
| Fate: | Disposed of through the Security Assistance Program (SAP), September 27, 1994 |
| Career (Royal Australian Navy) |  |
| Acquired: | September 27, 1994 |
| Commissioned: | 25 November 1994 |
| Homeport: | Fleet Base East |
| Motto: | "In War And Peace |
| Badge: |  |
| General characteristics as Manoora | |
| Class and type: | Kanimbla class Landing Platform Amphibious |
| Displacement: | 8,534 tons |
| Length: | 159.2 metres |
| Beam: | 21.2 metres |
| Draught: | 5.3 metres |
| Propulsion: | 6 x ALCO V16 diesel engines, 2,750 hp each driving two shafts (3 engines per shaft) |
| Speed: | 22 knots (41 km/h) |
| Range: | 14,000 nautical miles (26,000 km) at 14 knots (26 km/h) |
| Boats and landing craft carried: |
2 x LCM8 landing craft |
| Capacity: | 400 embarked forces, 955 square metres of useable tank deck space |
| Complement: | 23 naval Officers, 2 army Officers, 197 sailors, 18 soldiers |
| Armament: | 1 × 20 mm Phalanx Mk 15 close–in weapon system, 6 × 12.7 mm Machine guns |
| Aircraft carried: | 4 x Blackhawk or 3 x Sea King |
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.
[edit] 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.
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