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Amphibious warfare ships of Australia : ウィキペディア英語版 | Amphibious warfare ships of Australia
The Royal Australian Navy and Australian Army have operated 24 amphibious warfare ships. These ships have been used to transport Army units and supplies during exercises and operational deployments. ==World War II and Cold War ships==
The Australian military's first amphibious warfare ships were the three Landing Ships Infantry (LSI): HMAS ''Kanimbla'', HMAS ''Manoora'', and HMAS ''Westralia''. These three ships had been built as civilian motor vessels and were converted to armed merchant cruisers at the outbreak of war in 1939. They were converted again to LSIs in 1943 and took part in United States and Australian amphibious assaults in the South West Pacific Area.〔Seapower Centre – Australia (2005). Page 97.〕 The ships had a capacity of about 1,200 troops, which were landed from boats carried by the LSIs. Following the war, the three LSIs remained in service as transports until 1949 when they were returned to their owners. The RAN borrowed six Landing Ships Tank (LSTs) from the Royal Navy between 1946 and 1955.〔 The LSTs were used as general purpose vessels and did not specialise in amphibious operations. After the LSTs were disposed of Australia was left without any amphibious warfare ships. To rectify this situation the Army purchased four ''LSM-1'' class Landing Ship Medium from the United States Navy in 1959. These ships were operated by the 32nd Small Ship Squadron, Royal Australian Engineers and supported Army exercises and operations. All four of the ships saw active service during the Vietnam War where they carried supplies between Australia and South Vietnam and between South Vietnamese ports. All four ships were decommissioned in September 1971 when the 32nd Small Ship Squadron was disbanded.〔Gillet (2001). Pages 42–45.〕
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