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Name: L S T 3017
Type: Tank Landing Craft
Launched: 28/11/1944
Completed: 09/06/1945
Builder: R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd
Yard: Hebburn
Yard Number: 679
Dimensions: 2140disp - 4820disp, 316.0 x 50.0 x 8.0(draft)ft
Engines: 2 x T4cyl (18.5, 31, & 38.5, 38.5 x 30ins), 5500ihp
Engines by: North-Eastern Marine Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 2 x Screws, 13.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: n/a
History:
1945 British Royal Navy
01/07/1946 Royal Australian Navy
1948 Renamed TARAKAN
12/03/1954 Broken up
Comments: Armed with 1 x 12pdr & 6 x 1 x 20mm guns
Designated an LST(3), a UK built variant of the USA built LST(2)
The LST(3) were rivetted construction & steam engines rather than welded & diesels
Capacity of 18 x 40-ton, or 20 x 25-ton or 30 x 16-ton tanks
25/01/1950: Damaged by an internal explosion whilst at Garden Island, Sydney
Not repaired but laid up in reserve
12/03/1954: Sold for breaking up by EA Marr & Sons Pty Ltd, Mascot, NSW