| HMAS Balikpapan in 2011 | |
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Builders: | Walkers Limited at Maryborough, Queensland |
| Operators: | Royal Australian Navy Papua New Guinea Defence Force |
| Preceded by: | LSM-1 class landing ship medium |
| Built: | 1971-1974 |
| In service: | 1971-present |
| In commission: | 1973-present |
| Completed: | 8 |
| Active: | 3 RAN, 2 PNGDF |
| Retired: | 3 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Landing Craft Heavy |
| Displacement: | 316 tons standard 503 tons full load |
| Length: | 44.5 m (146 ft) |
| Beam: | 10.1 m (33 ft) |
| Draught: | 1.9 m (6 ft 3 in) |
| Propulsion: | 2 x GM Detroit 6V71 diesel engines |
| Speed: | 9 knots (17 km/h; 10 mph) |
| Range: | 3,000 nautical miles (5,600 km; 3,500 mi) unladen 1,300 nautical miles (2,400 km; 1,500 mi) with 175 tons of cargo |
| Capacity: | 180 tons of cargo |
| Complement: | 13 |
| Sensors and processing systems: |
Sperry Marine Bridgemaster-E X-band navigational radar |
| Armament: | two 7.62 mm (0.300 in) machine guns |