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Garden Island is the location of '''Fleet Base East''', located to the east of the central business district of Sydney , Australia . The base is officially known to the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) as HMAS ''Kuttabul'' , after the converted ferry HMAS ''Kuttabul'' which was sunk near Garden Island in Sydney Harbour by a Japanese Midget Submarine in May 1942 . Garden Island is the principal east coast naval base of the RAN, and home port to many of the RAN's major ships. Garden Island was originally an island in Sydney Harbour , but extension of the base and the construction of a Dry Dock have resulted in its connection to the mainland shore at Potts Point . The wharves of the naval base now stretch the length of the eastern side of Woolloomooloo Bay , from the suburb of Woolloomooloo to the end of the original island. EXTERNAL LINKS |
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