''John Monash'' (AS 3051) was a cargo ship operated by the

Australian Army The Australian Army is the principal Army, land warfare force of Australia, a part of the Australian Defence Force (ADF) along with the Royal Australian Navy and the Royal Australian Air Force. The Army is commanded by the Chief of Army (Austral ...

between 1965 and 1975.

Service history

''John Monash'' was built for the Associated Steamships Co. and was completed in 1955. She was purchased by the Australian Army in 1965 to provide a means of transporting cargo which was unsuitable for the Army's four

Landing Ship Medium Landing Ship Medium (LSM) were amphibious assault ships of the United States Navy in World War II. Of a size between that of Landing Ships Tank (LST) and Landing Craft Infantry (LCI), 558 LSMs were built for the USN between 1944 and 1945. The ...

and was assigned to the

32nd Small Ship Squadron, Royal Australian Engineers The 32nd Small Ship Squadron, Royal Australian Engineers was an amphibious unit of the Royal Australian Engineers. They were formed in 1959 to operate the four ''LSM-1'' class Landing Ship Medium purchased from the United States Navy The ...

. She was also used as a training ship and to supply Army units deployed in

South Vietnam South Vietnam, officially the Republic of Vietnam ( vi, Việt Nam Cộng hòa), was a state in Southeast Asia that existed from 1955 to 1975, the period when the southern portion of Vietnam was a member of the Western Bloc during part of th ...

. In the later role she completed eleven voyages to South Vietnam between 1965 and 1972.Wilson et al (2005), p. 23 The ship was sold in 1975 to a foreign company.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:John Monash (As 3051) Cargo ships of the Australian Army 1955 ships Vietnam War ships of Australia