I read in a recent Proceedings that HMAS Kanimbla will return to service this year after repairs. Good.
I have a bond with this Australian ship. It used to be USS Saginaw, an LST in our Navy named after a Michigan city.
Back in the 1990s, Saginaw was transferred to Australia. And I wrote a resolution for a Michigan state legislator wishing all the best for this ship as it went into the service of a good friend and ally.
I like to think that resolution is on the ship, somewhere, as a token of the good will of the people of Michigan. Not that my name is on the framed document, mind you. I did a lot of ghost writing, back then, on various topics.
Good sailing, Kanimbla. I hope. The information above is from a March article but this Wikipedia entry cites late 2011 news to say the ship is decommissioned.
About Me
- Brian J. Dunn
- I live and write in Ann Arbor, Michigan. University of Michigan AB and MA from Eastern Michigan University. One term in the Michigan Army National Guard. Former American history instructor and retired nonpartisan research analyst. I write on Blogger and Substack. Various military and private journals have published my occasional articles on military subjects. See "My Published Works" on the TDR web version or under the mobile version drop-down menu for citations and links.
