HMAS Kanimbla (L 51)
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HMAS Kanimbla was a Kanimbla-class landing platform amphibious ship operated by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). Originally built for the United States Navy (USN) as the Newport-class tank landing ship USS Saginaw (LST-1188), the ship was decommissioned in 1994 and sold to the RAN.
HMAS Kanimbla in 2010
Kanimbla with a LCM-8
HMAS Kanimbla leaving Port Jackson for the Persian Gulf in 2003
HMAS Kanimbla at Darwin in July 2006
The Australian contribution to the war in Afghanistan has been known as Operation Slipper (2001–2014) and Operation Highroad (2015–2021).
Infantry from 3 RAR patrol Tarin Kowt in August 2008 as part of Reconstruction Task Force 4
A No. 33 Squadron Boeing 707 refuelling a US Navy F/A-18 in 2002
Australian and US Army engineers working on a bridge in Afghanistan in August 2008
Australian Special Operations Task Group in Afghanistan's Uruzgan Province in January 2010