KRI Makassar class

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Makassar class
Class overview
Name: Makassar
Preceded by: Tanjung Dalpele
Completed: 4
General characteristics
Type: Landing Platform Dock
Displacement:

7,300 tons standard displacement

11,394 tons full displacement
Length: 122 meters
Beam: 22 meters
Draught: 4.5 meters
Propulsion:

CODAD, 2 shafts

2 x MAN B&W 8L28/32A diesel rated at 2666 BHP/1960 kW@ 775 RPM
Speed:

Maximum: 16 knots
Cruising: 14 knots

Economy: 12 knots
Range: 30 days, up to 10,000 Nm
Complement: 100 crew, accommodations up to 518 persons
Armament:

'A' position: Bofors 40mm SAK40/L70
'B' position: 20mm Oerlikon

'B' position: 2 x Mistral Simbad
Aircraft carried: 5 helicopters


The Makassar class is a class of 4 Landing Platform Docks designed by Daesun Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. of South Korea and based on the earlier Tanjung Dalpele class. The first two units are built in Busan, South Korea and the remaining two at Indonesia's PT PAL shipyard in Surabaya.

On 19 October 2006, the first of the two Indonesian-built units, was laid down in a ceremony by Admiral Slamet Subiyanto, Chief of Staff, Indonesian Navy. [1]

[edit] Ships of class

Name Pennant Laid Down Launched Commissioned
KRI Makassar 590 7-Dec-2006 29-Apr-2007
KRI Surabaya 591 7-Dec-2006 23-Mar-2007 1-Aug-2007
KRI ??? 592 ??? 19-Oct-2006
KRI ??? 593 ??? 19-Oct-2006

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