World War II Amphibious Warfare Vessels of the United Kingdom - Hmnzs Monowai, HMS Oceanway, USS Lst-4, HMS Lst 3002, USS Lst-371, USS Lst-380 (Paperback)

Chapters: Hmnzs Monowai, Hms Oceanway, Uss Lst-4, Hms Lst 3002, Uss Lst-371, Uss Lst-380, Uss Lst-5, Hm Lst-413. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 26. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: two shaft reciprocal 4 cylinder QE plus low reduction twin exhaust turbines 14,740 bhpHMNZS Monowai (F59) was an armed merchant cruiser of the Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN). She subsequently became HMS Monowai, a Landing Ship, Infantry mostly operating as a troopship, before returning to her old trade as a passenger ship. Originally the SS Razmak, she was built at Greenock yard for the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company. She was designed for service between Bombay and Aden and spent several years in the Mediterranean. When demand on her original route dried up, she was offered for sale and transferred to the antipodes . The Union Steam Ship Company, part of the P