Operational history HMPNGS Lakekamu
labuan taking on cargo hospital ship usns mercy during pacific partnership 2010
during january 2002, labuan sent dili cargo of military vehicles. april july, deployed bougainville part of operation bel isi ii. subsequent deployments part of operation made during september october 2002, , april may 2003. july until september, ship in solomon islands part of ran contribution regional assistance mission solomon islands (ramsi), labuan undertaking logistic support operations, patrols, , assisting in collection of weapons under gun amnesty. second ramsi deployment occurred april until may 2004. in november 2004, ship visited ballina. in march 2006, labuan involved in humanitarian operations following cyclone larry (after having ridden out storm herself in wahday creek), moving supplies , equipment townsville mourilyan. in june 2006, ship transported materiel between darwin , dili in support of operation astute. during august, labuan deployed on border patrol operations under operation resolute. further resolute deployments occurred during september , october, , in june 2007.
during august , september 2008, labuan hosted scientists defence science , technology organisation, curtin university, , universities of queensland , sydney during research survey of beaked whales. april until june 2009, labuan , tarakan deployed southwest pacific, visiting vanuatu, tonga, , western samoa. in july 2010, ship involved in navy s pacific partnership humanitarian assistance operation, providing over-the-shore support , acting forward base medical , dental personnel during visits indonesia , timor leste. in october 2013, labuan participated in international fleet review 2013 in sydney.
labuan visited ballina in august 2014, during ship s final cruise before decommissioning. after participating in exercise croix du sud off new caledonia, labuan , tarakan delivered humanitarian supplies remote coastal settlements in solomon islands in september 2014 part of australian support efforts in region.
labuan, along brunei , tarakan, decommissioned on 20 november 2014. ship s bell , ceremonial life ring put on display @ ballina naval , maritime museum.
in 2013, australian government had promised gift 1 of balikpapan-class vessels due leave ran service papua new guinea. end, labuan sailed port moresby combined ran , pngdf complement, , commissioned pngdf maritime operations element on 4 december 2014. ship s new name comes lakekamu river, in papua new guinea s gulf province. lakekamu used training ship.
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