Portal:Military history of Australia/Units/July 5

HMAS Kangaroo was a Royal Australian Navy boom defence vessel. She was built in Sydney and was commissioned into the RAN in September 1940. She arrived in Darwin in January 1941 and established and maintained the anti-submarine boom in Darwin Harbour with three similar vessels. Kangaroo suffered damaged and one fatality during the Bombing of Darwin in February 1942. She was repaired in Brisbane and spent the remainder of the war in Darwin. Kangaroo remained in active commission after the war and performed various duties in Australian and New Guinea waters until she was paid off to reserve in December 1955.