HMAS Tarakan (L3017)
| History | |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | LST 3017 |
| Builder | R & W. Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Hebburn-on-Tyne, England |
| Laid down | 7 April 1944 |
| Launched | 28 November 1944 |
| History | |
| Australia | |
| Name | LST 3017 |
| Commissioned | 4 July 1946 |
| Decommissioned | 1954 |
| Renamed | 16 December 1948 |
| Motto | "Nothing Daunts" |
| Fate | Scrapped |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Mark III Tank Landing Ship |
| Displacement | 2,300 tons |
| Length | 347 ft (106 m) |
| Beam | 55 ft 3 in (16.84 m) |
| Draught | 12 ft 6 in (3.81 m) |
| Speed | 13.5 knots (25.0 km/h; 15.5 mph) |
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HMAS Tarakan (L3017) was a Mark III Tank Landing Ship, or LST(3), that served in the Royal Navy (RN) during 1945 and 1946 and Royal Australian Navy (RAN) from 1946 until 1954.