HMAS Koala paid off having steamed 79,183.9 nautical miles. On 18 April 1957 she was placed in Reserve Commission at Waverton Boom Depot. Koala was eventually sold late in 1969 and was later used as a gravel barge in Brisbane
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HMAS Koala paid off having steamed 79,183.9 nautical miles. On 18 April 1957 she was placed in Reserve Commission at Waverton Boom Depot. Koala was eventually sold late in 1969 and was later used as a gravel barge in Brisbane