HMAS Tarakan
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| Commanding Officer | Commanding Officer HMAS Tarakan |
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| Pennant | L 129 |
| Type | Amphibious Warfare |
| Classification | Landing Craft, Heavy (LCH) |
| Class | Balikpapan Class |
| Based | Cairns |
| Laid down | December 1971 |
| Launched | 16 March 1972 |
| Builder | Walker Ltd, Maryborough, Queensland |
| Commissioned | 15 June 1973 |
| Displacement | 323 tonnes (loaded, 511 tonnes) |
| Length | 44.75 metres4,475 cm 0.0448 km 0.0278 mi 146.818 ft 1,761.811 in |
| Beam | 10 metres1,000 cm 0.01 km 0.00621 mi 32.808 ft 393.701 in |
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| Speed | 9 knots4.63 m/s 16.668 km/h 0.00463 km/s 911.418 ft/min 15.19 ft/s |
| Company | 13 (2 officers, 11 sailors) |
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HMAS Tarakan commissioned at HMAS Moreton under the command of LEUT C.A. Ritchie, RAN. HMAS Tarakan was primarily involved in Army support. In July, 1985 a decision was made by Navy Office to lay up three LCHs in Operational Reserve. HMAS Tarakan was decommissioned from the RAN after 12 years of service. HMAS Tarakan recommissioned in November, 1988 for various LCH duties from Cairns (including naval reserve training).
The Crew
