 A part of Fleet Base East itself, "Kuttabul" occupies several buildings in the Sydney suburb of Potts Point and in the immediately adjacent Garden Island dockyard.It also supports navy personnel posted to other locations throughout the greater Sydney region.The base is named for the steam ferry HMAS "Kuttabul" that was sunk while docked at Garden Island during a Japanese midget submarine attack on Sydney Harbour in 1942.