title: HMAS Tarakan
text: # HMAS Tarakan
  
  Two ships of the Royal 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 tank landing ship commissioned in 1946 and serving until 1954, when she was sold for scrap
  * HMAS Tarakan (L 129), a Balikpapan-class heavy landing craft laid down in 1971, and decommissioned in 2014
  
  ## Battle honours
  
  Ships named HMAS Tarakan are entitled to carry a single battle honour:
  
  * East Timor 1999–2000
  