Annual Report 2004-05

Outcome Two: Navy Capabilities

Capability Performance Information

Output 2.7Capability for Amphibious Lift

The output provides a capability for amphibious lift, comprising two amphibious landing ships, HMAS Ships Manoora and Kanimbla, a heavy landing ship HMAS Tobruk and six heavy landing craft.

HMAS Manoora's scheduled major maintenance period was extended in order to complete emergent work on the stern door and electrical switchboards. This resulted in a loss of 134 unit ready days against planned availability. Despite HMAS Manoora's extended maintenance period, the amphibious lift force demonstrated its preparedness for short notice contingencies by HMAS Kanimbla deploying in Operation Sumatra Assist I, the ADF's response to the South-East Asian tsunami, and Operation Sumatra Assist II, the ADF's response to the March 2005 earthquake on Nias, Indonesia. HMAS Tobruk provided sealift for the Australian Army deploying to the Al Muthanna Task Group in Iraq, in support of Operation Catalyst. Development of the amphibious capability through collective joint training continues satisfactorily, despite the impact of these operations and scheduled maintenance delays.

	Performance Targets	Performance
	Achieve levels of preparedness directed by the Chief of the Defence Force for military response options with a warning time of less than 12 months.	Achieved. Levels were met in accordance with current preparedness directives.
	Achieve a level of training that maintains core skills and professional standards across all warfare areas.	Substantially Achieved. The amphibious lift force achieved a level of training that maintained a moderate level of core skills. Full achievement of collective training skills was not achieved due to scheduled maintenance delays for HMAS Manoora and operational commitments for HMA Ships Kanimbla and Tobruk.
	Achieve mission capability for assigned tasks.	Achieved. 97 per cent (2,431 days) for the force. Class achievements: Heavy landing ship - 98 per cent (358 days). Amphibious landing ships - 98 per cent (398 day). Heavy landing craft - 96 per cent (1,675 days).
	1 heavy landing ship - 365 URD.	1 heavy landing ship - 100 per cent (365 URD achieved).
	2 amphibious landing ships - 502 URD.	2 amphibious landing ships - 81 per cent (408 URD achieved). The under achievement was due to unforeseen emergent work on HMAS Manoora's stern door and electrical switchboards, which extended the scheduled maintenance period.
	6 heavy landing craft - 1,770 URD.	6 heavy landing craft - 98 per cent (1,743 URD achieved). The under achievement was due to a period of unscheduled maintenance.