HMAS Balikpapan

 HMAS Balikpapan

Beam  10 m (1,000 cm, 0.01 km, 0.00621 mi, 32.808 ft, 393.701 in)

Builder  Walker Ltd, Maryborough, Queensland

Commissioned  8 December 1971

Company  13 (2 officers, 11 sailors)

Displacement  323 tonnes (loaded, 511 tonnes)

Laid down  1 May 1971

Launched  15 August 1971

Length  44.75 m (4,475 cm, 0.0448 km, 0.0278 mi, 146.818 ft, 1,761.811 in)

Location  Darwin

Pennant  L 126

Ship-status  current

Speed  4.63 m/s (16.668 km/h, 0.00463 km/s, 911.418 ft/min, 15.19 ft/s, 303.807 yd/m, 10.357 mph, 9 knots)

Armament  * Two x 0.50 inch machine guns

Machinery  * Two x GE diesels

Badge  Crest Balikpapan.gif +

Class  Landing Craft Heavy +

Photo  HMAS Balikpapan.jpg +

Categories  Current Ships +, Landing Craft Heavy +

 

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Able Seaman Marine Technician (ABMT) Ben Zillman and ABMT Ashley Stoll run some power tests in HMAS...

Able Seaman Marine Technician (ABMT) Ben Zillman and ABMT Ashley Stoll run some power tests in HMAS...