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HMAS ''Barcoo'' (K375/F375/A245) was a River-class frigate of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). One of twelve frigates constructed in Australia during World War II, ''Barcoo'' (named after the Barcoo River), was laid down by Cockatoo Docks and Engineering Company, Ltd. in 1942, and commissioned into the RAN in early 1944. Most of the ship's wartime service was spent in New Guinea waters; with primary duties including patrol, convoy escort, troop transport, along with the shelling of Japanese positions. In April 1945, ''Barcoo'' was attached to the Borneo campaign. She was the command ship for a landing craft division at the Tarakan landings in May, and directly supported the North Borneo landings in June, before being assigned to general escort and fire support roles. After World War II, ''Barcoo'' was converted into a survey ship. In 1948, the ship spent over a week aground on West Beach, South Australia after bring driven ashore by a storm. ''Barcoo'' spent the rest of her career surveying the waters of Australia and New Guinea, except for periods of deactivation from 1949 to 1951, and from 1956 to 1959. She was decommissioned for the final time in 1964, and sold for scrapping. ==Design and construction== (詳細はRiver-class design.〔 ''Barcoo'' was in length, with a beam of , and a draught of .〔 The frigate displaced 1,340 tonnes at standard load and 1,923 tonnes at full load.〔 Propulsion machinery consisted of two Admiralty 3-drum boilers, feeding steam to reciprocating vertical triple expansion engines, which provided to drive two propeller shafts.〔 Maximum speed was , and maximum range was at .〔 The ship's company consisted of 140 personnel.〔 Main armament for the frigate consisted of two QF 4 inch (102 mm) /45 Mark XVI guns in single HA/LA Mark XX mounts.〔 This was supplemented by two QF 40 mm Bofors in single Mark VII mounts, and six QF 20 mm Oerlikons in single Mark III mounts.〔 The ship also carried three anti-submarine mortars (one Hedgehog and two Squids) as well as depth charge throwers.〔 ''Barcoo'' was laid down by the Cockatoo Docks and Engineering Company, Ltd., Sydney on 21 October 1942.〔 The ship was launched on 26 August of the following year by the wife of Richard Keane, the Minister for Trade and Customs.〔 ''Barcoo'' was commissioned at Sydney on 17 January 1944.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「HMAS Barcoo (K375)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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