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HMAS Tarakan

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Two ships of the Royal Australian Navy have been named HMAS Tarakan after the town of Tarakan in Borneo and the Allied recapture of this town in 1945.

  • HMAS Tarakan (L3017), a Mark III tank landing ship commissioned in 1946 and serving until 1954, when she was sold for scrap
  • HMAS Tarakan (L 129), a Balikpapan class heavy landing craft laid down in 1971, and decommissioned in 2014

    • Battle honours

    Ships named HMAS Tarakan are entitled to carry a single battle honour:

  • East Timor 1999–2000

    • References

    HMAS Tarakan Wikipedia
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