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Two ships of the Royal Australian Navy have been named HMAS ''Labuan'' after the World War II amphibious landings at Labuan: *, formerly HMA ''LST 3501'', a Mark III tank landing ship commissioned in 1946, named in 1948, and sold off in 1955 *, a ''Balikpapan''-class heavy landing craft commissioned in 1973, decommissioned in 2014, and transferred to Papua New Guinea


Battle honours

Ships named HMAS ''Labuan'' are entitled to carry a single battle honour: *
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