Australian Army ship Crusader (AV 2767)

Crusader in December 1945
History
Australia
Operator	Australian Army (1945–1947) Australian Shipping Board (1947) Queensland Cement and Lime Company (1947–1984)
Builder	Melbourne Harbour Trust, Williamstown Dockyard
Launched	8 August 1945
Commissioned	Late 1945
Decommissioned	1947
Out of service	1984
Renamed	Cementco (1947) Crusader II (1984?)
Fate	Sunk as a dive wreck in 1986
General characteristics
Displacement	1,500 long tons (1,500 t)
Length	200 ft (61.0 m)[1]
Beam	50 ft (15.2 m)[1]
Draft	12 ft (3.7 m)[1]
Ramps	Six vehicle loading ramps
Propulsion	Six Ruston & Hornsby engines and six propellers
Speed	9 knots (17 km/h)
Endurance	30 days
Capacity	1,500 long tons (1,500 t) of cargo in three holds and 40 vehicles as deck cargo
Complement	31
Armament	Fitted for self-defence guns at the bow and stern
Notes	Characteristics are for the ship's Army service and are from [2] and [3]

Crusader (AV2767) was an Australian Army amphibious operations support ship of World War II. She was launched shortly before the war ended and entered service in late 1935. From 1945 to 1947 she was mainly used to return Australian Army equipment from the islands off New Guinea. She was also loaned to the Australian Shipping Board in early 1947 and transported earth moving equipment and timber between Melbourne and Tasmania. However, the Army did not need a ship with Crusader's capabilities after the war, and she was sold in 1947 to the Queensland Cement and Lime Company which operated her as a coral barge on the Brisbane River until the mid-1980s. The ship was scuttled in 1986 and became a popular dive wreck.