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HMAS LST 3008

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Commissioned
  
1 July 1946 (into RAN)

Out of service
  
to reserve 1948

Draught
  
12 ft 6 in (3.81 m)

Length
  
106 m

Displacement
  
2.087 million kg

Builder
  
Harland and Wolff

Decommissioned
  
1948?

Beam
  
55 ft 3 in (16.84 m)

Launched
  
31 October 1944

Weight
  
2,337 tons

Draft
  
3.81 m

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Fate
  
Scrapped during the 1950s

HMAS LST 3008 was a landing ship tank which was briefly operated by the Royal Navy and Royal Australian Navy (RAN). She was built at Harland and Wolff in Belfast during World War II and was launched on 31 October 1944. She served with the Royal Navy as HMS LST 3008 until 1 July 1946 when she was transferred to the RAN. She was used as a transport in RAN service until 1948 when she was placed in reserve. HMAS LST 3008 was sold for scrap on 4 June 1950 and was scrapped in Sydney in the 1950s.

References

HMAS LST 3008 Wikipedia