HMAS Balikpapan (L 126) was the lead ship of the Balikpapan class of heavy landing craft (LCH). Ordered in 1969, Balikpapan entered service with the Australian...

additional units of the class - decommissioned units former HMAS Balikpapan, HMAS Wewak and HMAS Betano - were sold in 2016 to the Philippine Navy. The PNGDF...

HMAS Betano (L 133) was a Balikpapan-class heavy landing craft operated by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). The eight-vessel Balikpapan class was ordered...

(Kalimantan) Balikpapan-class landing craft heavy, used by the Australian Defence Force and the Papua New Guinea Defence Force HMAS Balikpapan (L 126), lead...

HMPNGS Lakekamu is Balikpapan-class landing craft heavy (LCH) operated by the Maritime Operations Element of the Papua New Guinea Defence Force (PNGDF)...

Australian Navy have been named HMAS Labuan after the World War II amphibious landings at Labuan: HMAS Labuan (L3501), formerly HMA LST 3501, a Mark III tank...

to the Royal Australian Navy's amphibious forces including HMAS Tobruk and the Balikpapan-class landing craft. For much of this time much of the army's...

In December 1980, trials to mate Jervis Bay with the landing craft HMAS Balikpapan were successfully performed in Sydney Harbour. In 1987, the deckhouse...

HMAS Wewak (L 130) was the fifth ship of the Balikpapan class of heavy landing craft operated by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). The eight-vessel Balikpapan...

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...