_1.jpg) BRP Batak with other Philippine Navy boats during Exercise Pagsasama 2021
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| History | |
|---|---|
 Australia | |
| Decommissioned | 20 November 2014 |
| Fate | Transferred to the Philippine Navy, 23 July 2015 |
| History | |
 Philippines | |
| Name | BRP Batak |
| Namesake | Batak people, a Filipino ethnic group located on Palawan |
| Acquired | 23 July 2015 |
| Commissioned | 23 July 2015 |
| Status | Active as of 2015 |
| 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 |
BRP Batak (LC-299) is a Balikpapan-class heavy landing craft operated by the Philippine Navy. One of eight vessels built by Walkers Limited for the Royal Australian Navy (RAN), the ship was commissioned into Australian service in 1973 as HMAS Tarakan (L 129) . During her RAN career, Tarakan (named after the Australian landing at Tarakan during World War II) was deployed post-Cyclone Tracy as part of Operation Navy Help Darwin, undertook various surveying operations, was placed in reserve between 1985 and 1988, relocated an overpopulation of Tridacna gigas clams, was part of the INTERFET peacekeeping taskforce, and participated in a Pacific Partnership humanitarian deployment.
Tarakan was decommissioned from Australian service in 2014. The ship was refurbished and donated to the Philippine Navy, commissioning as BRP Batak (AT-299) (named after the ethnic group of the same name) in 2015. The hull number was changed to LC-299 in April 2016 as the Philippine Navy started using a new ship classification standard.