HMAS Kangaroo
Allocated ship number 141, the boom defence vessel HMAS Kangaroo was laid down on 15 November 1939, launched on 4 May 1940 and completed on 26 September 1940. It was 178 feet 6 inches in length overall, and its displacement was 786 tons. It was dismantled in 1968.
| ‘AS FITTED’ DRAWINGS OF BOOM DEFENCE VESSEL HMAS KANGAROO, 1938–40 | M2924 | |
 | Quantity: 0.09 metres
The drawings in this series include the shell expansion, pumping and the hold. | |
| Profile and bridges, 1940 | M2924, 1 | |
| Tests of watertight and oiltight compartments, 1940 | M2924, 9 | |
| WORKING DRAWINGS OF BOOM DEFENCE VESSELS HMAS KOALA, KANGAROO AND KARANGI, 1939–41 | M3079 | |
| Quantity: 0.36 metres
Drawings include general arrangements, profile, sections, lines plan and a rigging plan. | ||
| Koala and Kangaroo profile, general arrangement, 1939 | M3079, 1 | |
| Scheme of painting, 1939 | M3079, 139 | |
| REGISTER TO WORKING DRAWINGS OF BOOM DEFENCE VESSELS HMAS KOALA, KANGAROO AND KARANGI, 1939–41 | M3223 | |
| Quantity: 0.09 metres
Included in this register is an index and a register to working drawings for the conversion of the steamer Moreton Bay. The latter does not relate to working drawings for the conversion of Moreton Bay which are held in M2846. | ||
| WORKING MECHANICAL DRAWINGS OF BOOM DEFENCE VESSELS HMAS KOOKABURRA, KOALA, KANGAROO AND KARANGI, 1939–54 | M2826 | |
| Quantity: 0.18 metres
This series of nine mechanical drawings was used in the construction of the main and auxiliary machinery. | ||