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.
, a Mark III tank landing ship commissioned in 1946 and serving until 1954, when she was sold for scrap , 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
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