Australian Army ship John Monash (AS 3051)

John Monash (AS 3051) was a cargo ship operated by the Australian Army between 1965 and 1975.

History
Australia
Namesake:	General Sir John Monash
Operator:	Australian Army (1965–1975)
Launched:	1955
Commissioned:	1965
Decommissioned:	1975
Identification:	IMO number: 5226350
General characteristics
Displacement:	1,010 tons light, 2,413 full load
Length:	233.2 ft (71.1 m)
Beam:	37.6 ft (11.5 m)
Draft:	16.1 ft (4.9 m)
Propulsion:	One M47M British Polar diesel, single shaft, 1,120 bhp (840 kW)
Speed:	11 knots (20 km/h)
Capacity:	1,200 tons of cargo or 40 five-ton vehicles and 180 tons of cargo 27 passengers
Complement:	41
Notes:	Characteristics are for the ship's Army service and are from Gillet (1988)[1]

Service history

John Monash was built for the Associated Steamships Co. and was completed in 1955. She was purchased by the Australian Army in 1965 to provide a means of transporting cargo which was unsuitable for the Army's four Landing Ship Medium and was assigned to the 32nd Small Ship Squadron, Royal Australian Engineers.[1][2] She was also used as a training ship and to supply Army units deployed in South Vietnam.[1] In the later role she completed eleven voyages to South Vietnam between 1965 and 1972.[3] The ship was sold in 1975 to a foreign company.[1]

Notes

1. Gillet (1988), p. 119
2. Wilson et al (2005), p. 199
3. Wilson et al (2005), p. 23

References

• Gillett, Ross (1988). Australian and New Zealand Warships Since 1946. Brookvale: Child & Associates. ISBN 0-86777-219-0.
• Wilson, EJ; Horsley KW; van der Hoek R (2005). Cancer Incidence in Australian Vietnam Veterans Study 2005. Canberra: Department of Veterans' Affairs, 2005. ISBN 1-920720-39-1. Archived from the original on 16 May 2009. Retrieved 19 April 2009.