HMAS Manoora (F48)

HMAS Manoora as a Landing Ship, Infantry
History
Name	Manoora (1935–61) Ambulombo (1961–65, 1966) Affan Oceana (1965)
Owner	Adelaide Steamship Company, Melbourne (1935–61) Government of Indonesia (1961–65) P T Affan Raja, Indonesia (1965–66) P T P P Arafat, Indonesia (1966–72)
Port of registry	Melbourne (1935–61) Jakarta (1961–72)
Builder	Alexander Stephen and Sons, Govan
Yard number	540
Laid down	July 1934
Launched	25 October 1935
Identification	UK official number: 153959 call sign: VLDL Pennant number: F48 (C77 from 1943)
Fate	Sold for scrap in 1972
History
Australia
Name	Manoora
Acquired	11 October 1939
Commissioned	12 December 1939
Decommissioned	6 December 1947
Out of service	1972
Reclassified	2 February 1943 (from AMC to LSI)
Motto	"In War and Peace"
Honours and awards	Battle honours: Indian Ocean 1941–42 Pacific 1942–45 New Guinea 1944 Leyte Gulf 1944 Lingayen Gulf 1945 Borneo 1945
Fate	Returned to owners in 1949
General characteristics
Tonnage	10,856 GRT, 6,261 NRT
Length	463.5 ft (141.3 m)
Beam	66.2 ft (20.2 m)
Draught	35 ft 6 in (10.8 m)
Depth	29.8 ft (9.1 m)
Decks	3
Installed power	8,200 brake horsepower (6,100 kW), 1,306 NHP
Propulsion	2 × diesels by JG Kincaid, Greenock 2 × screws
Speed	15.7 knots (29.1 km/h)
Capacity	1,230 troops (as LSI)
Complement	345
Armament	As AMC: 7 × 6-inch guns 2 × 3-inch anti-aircraft guns 2 × Lewis light machine guns As LSI: 1 × 6-inch gun (later replaced by 2 × 4-inch guns) 2 × 3-inch anti-aircraft guns 8 × 20mm Oerlikon anti-aircraft guns 6 × 40mm Bofors anti-aircraft guns (added later)
Aircraft carried	1 × Seagull V aircraft (as AMC)

HMAS Manoora was an ocean liner that served in the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) during World War II. She was built in Scotland in 1935 for the Cairns to Fremantle coastal passenger run for the Adelaide Steamship Company. She was requisitioned by the RAN for naval service in 1939. Manoora was initially converted into an armed merchant cruiser (AMC), operating primarily in Australian, New Guinea, and Pacific waters, with deployments to Singapore and the Bay of Bengal.^[1][2]

In 1942, the ship was converted into the RAN's first landing ship, infantry (LSI). After extensive training, Manoora was involved in most of the Allied amphibious operations in the Pacific during 1944 and 1945. After the war's end, the ship was used to transport occupation forces and refugees until 1947, when she was decommissioned from naval service and returned to the Adelaide Steamship Company. Manoora continued to operate in Australian waters until 1961, when she was sold to an Indonesian company and renamed Albulombo. The ship was sold for scrap in 1972.