Global InformationHMPNGS Lakekamu information
 HMAS Labuan during the International Fleet Review 2013
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| History | |
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 Australia | |
| Name | HMAS Labuan |
| Namesake | Amphibious landings at Labuan |
| Builder | Walkers Limited |
| Laid down | 1 November 1971 |
| Launched | 29 December 1971 |
| Commissioned | 9 March 1973 |
| Decommissioned | 20 November 2014 |
| Homeport |
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| Motto | "Fail Not" |
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| Fate | Transferred to Papua New Guinea |
 Papua New Guinea | |
| Name | HMPNGS Lakekamu |
| Namesake | Lakekamu River |
| Commissioned | 4 December 2014 |
| Status | Active as of 2014 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Balikpapan-class landing craft heavy |
| Displacement | 316 tons |
| Length | 44.5 m (146 ft) |
| Beam | 10.1 m (33 ft) |
| Propulsion | Two GE diesels |
| Speed | 9 knots (17 km/h; 10 mph) |
| Capacity | 180 tons of vehicle cargo or 400 soldiers |
| Complement | 13 |
| Armament | 2 × 0.50 inch machine guns |
HMPNGS Lakekamu is Balikpapan-class landing craft heavy (LCH) operated by the Maritime Operations Element of the Papua New Guinea Defence Force (PNGDF). The vessel was one of eight built for the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) in the 1970s, and was commissioned into the RAN as HMAS Labuan (L 128) in March 1973. Labuan was decommissioned in November 2014. She was transferred to the PNGDF for use as a training ship and was commissioned as HMPNGS Lakekamu in December 2014.