HMAS Kanimbla (ll)

HMAS Kanimbla was one of two former United States Navy (USN) Tank Landing Ships purchased in by the RAN to bolster its amphibious capability. USS Saginaw was officially handed over to the RAN and commissioned as HMAS Kanimbla on 29 August 1994. Between August 1995 and December 2000. Kanimbla underwent an extensive modernisation in Sydney and Newcastle to convert the vessel to a Landing Platform Amphibious.