HMAS Kanimbla
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| Commanding Officer | Commander Timothy Byles |
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| Pennant | L 51 |
| Class | Landing Platform Amphibious |
| Based | Sydney |
| Launched | 7 February 1970 |
| Commissioned | 29 August 1994 |
| Displacement | 8534 tonnes8,534,000 kg 8.534e+9 g 18,814,244.148 lb 301,027,991.708 oz |
| Length | 159.2 metres15,920 cm 0.159 km 0.0989 mi 522.31 ft 6,267.717 in |
| Beam | 21.2 metres2,120 cm 0.0212 km 0.0132 mi 69.554 ft 834.646 in |
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| Speed | 22 knots11.318 m/s 40.744 km/h 0.0113 km/s 2,227.91 ft/min 37.132 ft/s |
| Company | 23 Naval Officers, 2 Army Officers, 197 sailors, 18 soldiers and 400 embarked forces |
HMAS Kanimbla was built for the United States Navy as USS Saginaw and was commissioned into the Royal Australian Navy in August 1994. She has under-gone extensive modifications for her new role as a helicopter capable amphibious transport ship.
Kanimbla's primary role is to transport, land and support a force of up to 450 personnel, their vehicles and equipment. Kanimbla is fitted with a helicopter hangar capable of supporting up to four Army Black Hawk or three Navy helicopters. Army landing craft can also be carried on the forward flight deck to provide ship-to-shore transport. Accessed through a stern door, storage space is available on the vehicle deck for Army vehicles and other large items of equipment.
The ship has operations and planning rooms and a comprehensive array of communications equipment to support joint operations. Kanimbla is fitted with the largest and most comprehensive medical facilities in the Fleet, with a 40-bed hospital incorporating full surgical and recovery facilities.
Kanimbla is the second RAN ship to carry the name. Kanimbla (I) was a fast cruiser requisitioned and converted to an armed merchant cruiser for the Royal Navy during World War II . In 1943, she was further converted to an infantry landing ship and commissioned into the RAN.
