KRI Teluk Kendari (518) is the first Teluk Bintuni-class tank landing ship of the Indonesian Navy.

Characteristics

Teluk Kendari has a length of 117 metres (383 ft 10 in), beam of 16.4 metres (53 ft 10 in) and height of 7.8 metres (25 ft 7 in) with a speed of 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph).[1][2] She has a capacity of 478 passengers, including her crew of 109 and a helicopter crew of 6, in addition to ten Leopard main battle tanks or ten BMP-3F infantry fighting vehicles and one PT-76 amphibious tank.[3][1] Teluk Kendari also has a helipad with hangar and capable of carrying a Bell 412 helicopter.[1]

Service history

KRI Teluk Kendari was built by an Indonesian state-owned shipbuilder PT Dok & Perkapalan Kodja Bahari (Persero), Jakarta. The ship was ordered in 2012, based on AT-117M design that would become the Teluk Bintuni-class ships.[4] Her building process was ceremonially begun with the first steel-cutting on 31 July 2012,[2] and she was assigned with yard number of AT-1.[5]

She was launched and officially named on 26 September 2014.[6][7] She was planned to be the first ship in her class,[4] but due to internal problems faced by the shipbuilder,[8] her construction was delayed and the third ship of the class was completed first instead. She was transferred to the Navy and commissioned on 7 December 2020, with Sea Lieutenant Colonel Erpandrio Trio as her first commanding officer.[1][9] She was assigned to Eastern Fleet Command, based at Surabaya.[10]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Telah dilaksanakan serah terima KRI Teluk Kendari 518 dan KRI Teluk Kupang 519". twitter.com/dkb_indonesia (in Indonesian). 8 December 2020. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Wamenhan Resmikan Pembangunan Tiga Kapal Perang". kemhan.go.id (in Indonesian). 1 August 2012. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
  3. ^ Hadi, Syaiful (26 February 2019). "Alutsista TNI AL, Begini Spesifikasi KRI Teluk Lada 521". Tempo (in Indonesian). Retrieved 19 September 2019.
  4. ^ a b "Total LST Teluk Bintuni Class TNI AL Akan Berjumlah 7 Unit". indomiliter.com (in Indonesian). 23 April 2017. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
  5. ^ "Tank Kavaleri 1 Marinir Dukung Latihan Kapal Perang Terbaru TNI AL". peloporwiratama.co.id (in Indonesian). 28 November 2020. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
  6. ^ "Setelah Lama Dinanti, LST KRI Teluk Kendari 518 Dan KRI Teluk Kupang 519 Bakal Memperkuat Armada TNI AL". indomiliter.com (in Indonesian). 27 November 2020. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
  7. ^ "Satu Kapal Perang TNI AL Diberi Nama KRI Teluk Kendari 518, Ini Spesifikasinya". tribunnews.com (in Indonesian). 2 March 2021. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
  8. ^ "Merugi, BUMN Dok Kodja Belum Selesaikan 2 Proyek Kementerian". tempo.co (in Indonesian). 13 December 2019. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
  9. ^ "ENAM KRI PRODUKSI DALAM NEGERI KEMBALI PERKUAT ALUTSISTA TNI AL". tnial.mil.id (in Indonesian). 10 December 2020. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
  10. ^ "Teluk Kendari Dijadikan Nama Kapal Perang TNI-AL dengan Nomor Lambung 518". sgj10.com (in Indonesian). 20 April 2021. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
Allikas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KRI_Teluk_Kendari
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