HMAS Balikpapan

HMAS Balikpapan was the lead ship of the Balikpapan class of heavy landing craft (LCH). Ordered in 1969, Balikpapan entered service with the Australian Army Water Transport Squadron in late 1971. After this, the decision to place all seagoing Army vessels under the control of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) saw Balikpapan transferred and commissioned in 1974; the last of the eight-vessel class to enter RAN service. Balikpapan was placed in reserve in 1985, but was reactivated three years later. During late 1999 and early 2000, the vessel was part of the INTERFET peacekeeping taskforce, and made additional deployments to East Timor in 2001 and 2006. On 12 December 2012, Balikpapan was retired from RAN service.

MainTimelineWikipediaGalleryBibliographyTableSearch

Wikidata
L 126; L 126
landing craft, Balikpapan-class landing craft heavy, Royal Australian Navy,

Location: KML, Cluster Map, Maps,

1971-05-01T00:00:00Z

keel laying

1974-09-27T00:00:00Z

ship recommissioning

1971-08-15T00:00:00Z

ship launching

1971-12-08T00:00:00Z

ship commissioning

2016-06-01T00:00:00Z

ship commissioning

2012-12-12T00:00:00Z

ship decommissioning

{"selectable":false,"showCurrentTime":false,"width":"100%","zoomMin":100000000000}

Frameless

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source

HMAS Balikpapan

From Warlike

Q4263851