Construction
Echuca was laid down by HMA Naval Dockyard at Williamstown, Victoria on 22 February 1941. She was launched on 17 January 1942 by Lady Royle, wife of Fist Naval Member Sir Guy Royle, and commissioned into the RAN on 7 September 1942.
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