HMAS Anaconda
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| History | |
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| Name | Anaconda |
| Namesake | Anaconda snake |
| Builder | Australian Ship Building Annexe, Tasmania |
| Launched | 4 October 1944 |
| In service | 23 May 1945 |
| Out of service | 3 November 1945 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage | 316 tons[1] |
| Length | 125 ft (38 m)[2] |
| Beam | 24 ft (7.3 m)[2] |
| Depth | 12.6 ft (3.8 m)[2] |
| Installed power | 2 × Lister Blackstone diesel engines and 1 × Crossley auxiliary diesel engine[2] |
| Complement | 14[1] |
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HMAS Anaconda was an auxiliary vessel operated by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) during the Second World War. The 125 ft (38 m) wooden hulled ship was constructed at Glenorchy, Tasmania as one of 32 motor vessels originally intended for the Department of Commerce, but later allocated to the Australian Army.[4] Launched on 4 October 1944 as Australian Army AV 1369 Lagunta, she was subsequently transferred to the RAN and commissioned on 23 May 1945, assigned to the Services Reconnaissance Department under the command of Lieutenant Charles Haultain.[5] The ship briefly served a workshop and headquarters function in support of clandestine operations in waters around Borneo and the Moluccas during the last days of the conflict.[1]
