 HMAS Kangaroo in 1947
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| History | |
|---|---|
 Australia | |
| Namesake | Kangaroo |
| Builder | Cockatoo Docks & Engineering Company |
| Laid down | 15 November 1939 |
| Launched | 4 May 1940 |
| Commissioned | 27 September 1940 |
| Decommissioned | 15 December 1955 |
| Identification | P80 |
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| Fate | Scrapped in 1968 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Boom defence vessel |
| Displacement | 768 tons (standard) |
| Length | 178 ft 3 in (54.33 m) |
| Beam | 32 ft (9.8 m) |
| Draught | 11 ft 3 in (3.43 m) |
| Propulsion | Triple expansion, 1,850 hp, single screw |
| Speed | 11.5 knots (21.3 km/h; 13.2 mph) |
| Complement | 32 |
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HMAS Kangaroo was a Bar-class boom defence vessel of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). Although originally ordered as a boom vessel, Kangaroo was at one point to be built as the prototype for what became the Bathurst class corvettes, but reverted to the boom defence design before construction started. Launched in 1940, the ship spent most of World War II operating the anti-submarine net in Darwin. Kangaroo remained in service until 1955, and after several years as an accommodation ship, was sold for scrapping in 1967.