Indonesian Sealift Capabilities

[Gary]

by #Comcom

Indonesia is the largest archipelagic state in the world lying between two Oceans (Pacific and Indian) and two Continents (Asia and Australia) it comprised of a total of 8,063,601 km2 of territory of which 76.38% are bodies of water. With a Coastline of 54,720 km (34,000 mi) in length, it's the 2nd longest in the World with only Canada a top of it.
The 5 most important Island in which Java, Sumatra, Kalimantan, Sulawesi, Papua are all separated by a huge body of water, this doesn't yet get into account the approximately 18,307 islands islands scattered all along the archipelago, some which have a significant population ( 922 of those are permanently inhabited ) living on it.
With a population of over 141 million, Java constitutes the lion shares of Indonesian population (about 56.7 percent of the Indonesian population) and is the world's most populous island. with Megacities like Jakarta, Surabaya, Bandung, Semarang etc becoming the main Economic contributor for a huge percentage of Indonesian GDP.

Being archipelagic means the central government (in Java) must maintain unity and integrity of the country, and in doing so the Indonesian Army are uniquely deployed based on the German system of Wehrkreise, or Military District, in which the Indonesian National Army (TNI-AD) uses military districts, known as Komando Daerah Militer (Military Region command) or KODAM , there are 15 of them ,each which is headed by a Major General, each Kodam usually has its own artillery, cavalry and air defence battalion as well as some Raider battalions. Rotations among units are common

Being an Army oriented, archipelagic state, means that Indonesia have a severe disadvantage in maneuver warfare involving huge Army groups, in contrast to continental warfare in Europe where armies are reduced to pockets after being attacked and encircled, the Indonesian Army are already reduced to pockets since day 1 when the war starts, with armies in Java, Kalimantan, Sumatra, Sulawesi and Papua all separated by huge bodies of waters.

With many of the Army best equipment and KOSTRAD (Army strategic reserves) are based in Java, it's critical for the Indonesian Army to move at speed and in numbers to help their other men in arms potentially under threat from a hostile invasion on the other islands. To do this the Indonesian Navy and Army have developed one of the largest amphibious fleet in Asia.

1.The Navy

The Indonesian Navy, tonnage and personnel wise is the largest in Southeast Asia, with approximately 74,000 active duty personnel and 81 ships. The Navy is divided into 3 Armada (Fleet).

1. the 1st fleet based in Tanjung Priok, Jakarta (yellow)
2. the 2nd based in Surabaya (green)
3. and the newly formed 3rd Naval fleet based in Sorong, Papua (blue)

with each 3 are equipped with it's own Military Sealift Command or Komando Lintas Laut Militer (KOLINLAMIL) with the largest are based in the first fleet port of Tanjung Priok, Jakarta.

Indonesian Navy sealift are equipped with a plethora of ships mainly from LPD,LST,LCU and some militarized ferry ships.

Landing Platform Docks

To this date, The TNI-AL operate 5 Landing Platform Docks divided into 3 sub-classes, all are based on design by Daewoo shipyard.

A. Tanjung Dalpele (now KRI. Dr.Soeharso ) class​

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The Tanjung Dalpele class consisted of a single ship, KRI Tanjung Dalpele, built in South Korea in 2003 by the Daewoo Shipyard The vessel had a standard displacement of 7,400 tonnes (7,300 long tons) and 11,600 t (11,400 long tons) at full load , The ship measures 122 metres (400 ft 3 in) long overall with a beam of 22 metres (72 ft 2 in) and a draught of 4.9 metres (16 ft 1 in). She was soon renamed KRI Dr.Soeharso and converted intoa hospital ship. although since she's also frequently spotted used as military transports as she was first conceived.​

Powered by a combined diesel and diesel (CODAD) system comprising two Burmeister & Wain (B&W) 8L28/32A diesel engines turning two shafts creating 3,910 kilowatts (5,250 hp). The ship is good for maximum speed of 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) and a range of 8,600 nautical miles (15,900 km; 9,900 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph).​

The vessel is equipped with a well deck and is capable of accommodating two LCU-23M landing craft and two landing craft for vehicles and personnel (LCVPs). As an LPD, Tanjung Dalpele had a lift capacity of 13 tanks and 507 troops.[1] The vessel is equipped with hospital facilities (five operating rooms and six polyclinics) and is utilised as a hospital ship by the Indonesian Navy. As a hospital ship the vessel is capable of accepting up to 2,000 patients and has a crew of 126 with 51 medical specialists.​

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B. Makassar Class​

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Based on the early success (and probably satisfaction of the Navy) of the Tanjung Dalpele Ship, the Navy embarked on a similar ships and similar specifications,​

A contract of 4 ships are signed between the Indonesian Navy and Daewoo Shipbuilding on December 2004 totaling US$150 million , the first two which is built by South Korea are named KRI Makassar (590) and KRI Surabaya (591), with a standart displacement of 7,300 tons and 11,394 tons full displacement, measuring 125M in length, 22M beam and draught of 4.9M both are completed in 2006​

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Both Ships are able to carry 2xLVCP and around 40 armored vehicles in decks below in addition to 354 troops with accommodation for 507 persons in addition to it's 126 crew. it's aviation facilities include hangar for a light utility Helicopter (usually from Bell-412 or Nbo-105's) and 2 landing pads.​

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C. Banjarmasin Class​

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Based upon a modification of the Makassar class, On 19 October 2006, the first of the two Indonesian-built units, was laid down in a ceremony by Admiral Slamet Soebijanto, Chief of Staff, Indonesian Navy. the Indonesian state owned PT.PAL took upon itself to include local design, such as the removal of the hangar section to increase the number of landing pads to 3 from the previous 2 , it also change the facia of the bridge, taking design cue from Dutch shipbuilder Damen Sigma class corvette which is already in service in the TNI-AL.​

Just like the previous two both ships are named after Indonesian Cities, the KRI Banjarmasin (592) and the KRI Banda Aceh (593), many of the specs are very similar with the previous 3 with a standart displacement of 7,300 tons and 11,394 tons full displacement, measuring 125M in length, 22M beam and draught of 4.9M both are completed in 2006. Both Ships are able to carry 2xLVCP and around 40 armored vehicles in decks below in addition to 354 troops with accommodation for 507 persons in addition to it's 126 crew. it's aviation facilities include 3 landing pads.​

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D. Semarang-class ​

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Looking to keep PT.PAL operations running, The Indonesian MoD signed a contract with PT.PAL in 2016 for a first of 3 new LPD based on export oriented Tarlac class design, which itself is the third iteration of the Tanjung Dalpele Class LPD.​

The first of batch-3 LPD, the KRI Semarang (594) are launched in 2018, initially to be built as pure LPD , the 2018 Earthquake in Palu forced the Indonesian Navy to install additional medical and surgeon equipment on board . She would likely be used in this capacity until it's next sister ship is completed, which is now at 71% progress.​

many of the specs are very similar with the previous 3 with a standart displacement of 7,300 tons and 11,394 tons full displacement, measuring 125M in length, 22M beam and draught of 4.9M both are completed in 2006. Both Ships are able to carry 2xLVCP and around 40 armored vehicles in decks below in addition to 354 troops with accommodation for 507 persons in addition to it's 126 crew. it has 2 landing pads for utility helicopters.​

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on the 10th of September 2020, coinciding with the 75th Anniversary of the Indonesian Navy, the first steel cutting for the third Semarang class LPD is done by representatives of the navy in PT.PAL, Surabaya​

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Landing Ship Tank

Landing ship tanks or LST, make up the bulk of Indonesian Navy amphibious fleet, and it have a long history in supporting Indonesian Navy operations since it's early days till now. Indonesia operate 5 Class of LST imported and built domestically

A. Frosch class​

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The Frosch class (also known as Teluk Gilimanuk class) came into Indonesian Navy service in the 90's, and are formerly operated by the German Democratic Republic Navy, the unification of East and West Germany and it's integration to a NATO standard service , prompted Indonesia to buy as much as 39 ex-Volksmarine assets, including 14 Frosch class LST. 2 have been involved in accidents, the latest is in July 2020, where the Teluk Jakarta capsized under heavy seas​

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The sale was mired by corruption and it's subsequently become synonymous with corruption linked to the then ruling Indonesian President, Soeharto​

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The ships are armed with :​

• 1 × 37/63 mm gun
• 2 × twin-25 mm guns

it's carrying capacity is around 11-12 armored vehicle or 600 tons and a company of marines.​

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B. Teluk Semangka Class​

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Built by the South Korean Tacoma Marine Industries Ltd (KTMI) in the early 80's, the four Teluk Semangka class formed the backbone of Indonesian Navy amphibious assault ships in the 80-90s. it's dimension is 100 x 15,4 x 4,2 meter, with a displacement of 1.800 ton and full displacement of 3.770 ton​

some minor difference exist between the first two and the last two, with the last two ships are equipped with Hangars but their 40mm rear bofors are removed. these are known as the "commando" variant.​

Recently 3 ships are still active in Indonesian Navy service, while the lead ship, ex-Teluk Semangka were retired in 2012 and used as target ship.​

it's carrying capacity is around 11 armored vehicle or 690 tons of loads. and a company of marines​

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C. Teluk Amboina Class​

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Could be the last of WW-2 Pattern LST in service anywhere in the world , the Teluk Amboina's is a class of 9 ships of LST-542 class, consisting of KRI Teluk Langsa 501, KRI Teluk Bayur 502, KRI Teluk Amboina 503 , KRI Teluk Kau 504, KRI Teluk Menado 505, KRI Teluk Tomini 508, KRI Teluk Ratai 509, KRI Teluk Saleh 510, and KRI Teluk Bone 511.​

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With the Exception of KRI Teluk Amboina 503, all are veterans of WW2.​

as of recently all but KRI Teluk Amboina 503 are retired from active service​

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D.Teluk Bintuni Class​

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Teluk Bintuni Class LPD is a class of 9 domestically built LST's, conceive to replace Indonesia's older Frosch class LST. Initially to be named Teluk Kendari Class (hull 518) it ended as Teluk Bintuni class after hull 520which were built in a private shipyard were finished much quicker than hull 518 and 519 which is built in a state owned shipyard. To date 3 Ships are in active service in the Indonesian Navy, while 2 are finished but not yet launched , 2 under sea trials and 2 under construction.​

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Conceived from the very beginning to carry Leopard tanks the Teluk Bintuni's are the largest classes of LST currently in the Indonesian fleet, with a displcement of 2300 tons, length of 117–120 m . beam of 18m and height of 11m, it's powered by 2 x 3,285 kW (4,405 hp) main engines good for 16 knots and a range of 6,240 nmi (11,560 km; 7,180 mi) at 12 knots .​

A total of 11 Leopard 2's or 14 BMP-3F's could be carried for each ships in addition to 4 LVCP's and 300+ troops.​

Aviation facility varied as not all are equipped with hangars. with hull 520,522,523,524 are hangar equipped while hull 518,519 and 521 are not.​

Hangar equipped ships are made by private shipyards while the non-hangar equipped ships are made by SOE's.​

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Troop Transport Ships

Indonesia is one a few remaining countries to still uses civilian ocean liners as barrack ships and troop transport, currently there are 3 Troop transport Ships in the Indonesian fleet, comprised of 3 ferries from 2 different classes​

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A.Tanjung Kambani class​

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Formerly a ferry called Dong Yang No. 6 imported from Japan for inter island ferry service, in the year 2000, it was acquired by the Navy and used as troops and material transport ships,​

Length 114,50 meter, width 19,80 meter , Displacement 7,100 tons​

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B. Karang Pilang Class​

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Initially Comprised of 5 ships the Karang Pilang (980), Karang Tekok (981), Karang Banteng 983, Karang Galang 984, and Karang Unarang 985, are all ex-Pelni fast ferries pressed into service with the Navy, to date only Karang Pilang and Karang Tekok are still in service in the TNI-AL.​

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Scrapped Fleet

Indonesia in the past also use ocean liners as troopships, most of the are ex- Pelni ocean liners. here's KRI Tanjung Nusanive (decommisisoned 2020). her two sister ships Tanjung Osisina and Tanjung Fatagar are already sold as scrap (decommissioned in 2005 and 2014 respectively) each of this ships could hold up to 1000+ soldier.​

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2. The Army

The Indonesian Army also operate transport ships in the form of Dry Cargo ship,LCU and LST, army operated transport ships could be identified by their hull name ADRI-(Roman Numerals).
All of army ships are operated by the Batalyon Perbekalan Angkutan 4/Air or (Yon Bekang 4/Air) or Transportation Supply Battalion 4/water, based in Tanjung Priok in North Jakarta.
Ships tonnage used by the army ranged from 150DWT up to 1200DWT, although in the past ships up to 10.000DWT

• 150 DWT ships

The army currently operates 10 150 DWT LCU with Hull number as follows​

ADRI-XXXIII ​

ADRI-XXXIV ​

ADRI-XXXV ​

ADRI-XXXVI ​

ADRI-XXXVII ​

ADRI-XXXVIII ​

ADRI-XXXIX​

ADRI-XLI​

ADRI-XLII ​

ADRI-XLIII ​

ADRI-XLIV​

• 300DWT

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The army currently operates 3x300 DWT LCU with Hull number as follows​

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ADRI-XLV ​

ADRIXLVI​

ADRI-XLVII ​

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• 1000 DWT

The army currently operates 2x1000 DWT LCU with a carrying capacity of 300 troops, 22 vehicles or 500 t cargo. with Hull number as follows ,​

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ADRI-XLVII​

ADRI-XLIX​

• 1200 DWT

The army operates a single 1200 DWT LCU, this ships were designed from the very beginning to carry Indonesian Army Leopard 2 fleet and it's tank transporters​

length:79,50 meter​

width 14.00 meter​

Draft 2,90,​

Propulsion 2×1500 horse power​

Max V 12 knot​

Carrying capacity 2.400 tons​

Range2.880 NM.​

equipped with helipad​

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ADRI-L​

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• 1500 DWT

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This ship's appeared to be a stretch of the 1200 DWT variant with additional helipad, Indonesia Army operate 2 of this vessels in this class, it could carry 6 Leopard 2's and a single truck (Tank Transporter) in addition to a company of soldiers.​

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Ships in this class are:​

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ADRI LI​

ADRI LII​

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Conclusion

With the Army sealift capabilities alone are larger than some ASEAN country's Navy transports, it's not hard to understand why as an archipelagic nation, the availability and and capability of a huge sealift fleet are central in support of the Indonesian Army operations and deployments all across the huge country's swaths, from supply of material to remote outpost, logistics, troop rotations, HADR and transport in war, the Navy and Army sealift is indeed essential in the success of the TNI reaching it's intended objective

@ANMDT @Nilgiri @T-123456 @Azull @Madokafc @Chestnut @Gautam @Joe Shearer @Cabatli_53 @Kartal1 @Nein2.0

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[Anmdt]

Apart from military vessels, civilian vessels would provide a good sea lift with RO-ROs and passenger ships. I expected Indonesia to launch /design a decent Ro-Ro ship and encourage private shipping lines to establish major routed between major islands.
Especially the capital is moving tp the Kalimantan which will cause more sea traffic between Java-Kalimantan ,i also realize such a need exists with other islands as well, since at least i have encountered with old style slow , and not safe ferries are still operating.
Land infastructure is what indonesia invests in last decade, airports are being renovated as well, but it seems the sea routes are still suffering.
Is there any plans to integrate a decent sea traffic between islands just like Japan does?

 

[Gary]

Apart from military vessels, civilian vessels would provide a good sea lift with RO-ROs and passenger ships. I expected Indonesia to launch /design a decent Ro-Ro ship and encourage private shipping lines to establish major routed between major islands.
Especially the capital is moving tp the Kalimantan which will cause more sea traffic between Java-Kalimantan ,i also realize such a need exists with other islands as well, since at least i have encountered with old style slow , and not safe ferries are still operating.
Land infastructure is what indonesia invests in last decade, airports are being renovated as well, but it seems the sea routes are still suffering.
Is there any plans to integrate a decent sea traffic between islands just like Japan does?

the Tanjung Kambani I've mention before are Ro-Ro ferries

in addition to that Indonesia has one of the largest ro-ro ferry fleet in the region

Indonesia has successfully experimented using Ro-Ro as transport for it's infantry, artillery and Tanks in the past as you can see in this video

 

[Nilgiri]

Excellent write up @#comcom

I know chestnut was talking about rumours of a potential LHD acquisition, I wonder if @Chestnut, @Azull and yourself have any updates or thoughts about that in general.

Also this following article is from april 2020, and states the sealift capability of Indonesia was not utilised as much as it could have been to deal with the corona crisis: https://www.thejakartapost.com/acad...-navy-may-be-forgotten-asset-in-pandemic.html

"However, until now (April) the Navy’s role in supporting the government’s COVID-19 response has been limited compared to the other services."

Do you guys agree with that assessment at that point of time....and was there an increase in deployment of such in the months that followed April till now?

 

[Gautam]

Excellent write up @#comcom. Very educational. The Indian Navy doesn't focus a lot on amphibious warfare, thus that dept. is very under-developed in India. I didn't even know there were so many types of amphibious ships out there. There has been some focus recently on the Andaman Islands, maybe that will change things. The LPD acquisition is also hanging by the thread.

We don't operate hospital ships either. Though the Navy has used combat ships for HADR missions.

Indonesia is the largest archipelagic state in the world lying between two Oceans (Pacific and Atlantic) and two Continents (Asia and Australia)

Atlantic ?

Every time I look at the map of SE Asia it seems like Singapore keeps getting smaller and smaller.

 

[Gary]

Excellent write up @#comcom.


Atlantic ?

You're always there to remind me lol.

 

[Azull]

by #Comcom

Indonesia is the largest archipelagic state in the world lying between two Oceans (Pacific and Indian) and two Continents (Asia and Australia) it comprised of a total of 8,063,601 km2 of territory of which 76.38% are bodies of water. With a Coastline of 54,720 km (34,000 mi) in length, it's the 2nd longest in the World with only Canada a top of it.
The 5 most important Island in which Java, Sumatra, Kalimantan, Sulawesi, Papua are all separated by a huge body of water, this doesn't yet get into account the approximately 18,307 islands islands scattered all along the archipelago, some which have a significant population ( 922 of those are permanently inhabited ) living on it.
With a population of over 141 million, Java constitutes the lion shares of Indonesian population (about 56.7 percent of the Indonesian population) and is the world's most populous island. with Megacities like Jakarta, Surabaya, Bandung, Semarang etc becoming the main Economic contributor for a huge percentage of Indonesian GDP.

Being archipelagic means the central government (in Java) must maintain unity and integrity of the country, and in doing so the Indonesian Army are uniquely deployed based on the German system of Wehrkreise, or Military District, in which the Indonesian National Army (TNI-AD) uses military districts, known as Komando Daerah Militer (Military Region command) or KODAM , there are 15 of them ,each which is headed by a Major General, each Kodam usually has its own artillery, cavalry and air defence battalion as well as some Raider battalions. Rotations among units are common

Being an Army oriented, archipelagic state, means that Indonesia have a severe disadvantage in maneuver warfare involving huge Army groups, in contrast to continental warfare in Europe where armies are reduced to pockets after being attacked and encircled, the Indonesian Army are already reduced to pockets since day 1 when the war starts, with armies in Java, Kalimantan, Sumatra, Sulawesi and Papua all separated by huge bodies of waters.

With many of the Army best equipment and KOSTRAD (Army strategic reserves) are based in Java, it's critical for the Indonesian Army to move at speed and in numbers to help their other men in arms potentially under threat from a hostile invasion on the other islands. To do this the Indonesian Navy and Army have developed one of the largest amphibious fleet in Asia.

1.The Navy

The Indonesian Navy, tonnage and personnel wise is the largest in Southeast Asia, with approximately 74,000 active duty personnel and 81 ships. The Navy is divided into 3 Armada (Fleet).

1. the 1st fleet based in Tanjung Priok, Jakarta (yellow)
2. the 2nd based in Surabaya (green)
3. and the newly formed 3rd Naval fleet based in Sorong, Papua (blue)

with each 3 are equipped with it's own Military Sealift Command or Komando Lintas Laut Militer (KOLINLAMIL) with the largest are based in the first fleet port of Tanjung Priok, Jakarta.

Indonesian Navy sealift are equipped with a plethora of ships mainly from LPD,LST,LCU and some militarized ferry ships.

Landing Platform Docks

To this date, The TNI-AL operate 5 Landing Platform Docks divided into 3 sub-classes, all are based on design by Daewoo shipyard.

A. Tanjung Dalpele (now KRI. Dr.Soeharso ) class​

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The Tanjung Dalpele class consisted of a single ship, KRI Tanjung Dalpele, built in South Korea in 2003 by the Daewoo Shipyard The vessel had a standard displacement of 7,400 tonnes (7,300 long tons) and 11,600 t (11,400 long tons) at full load , The ship measures 122 metres (400 ft 3 in) long overall with a beam of 22 metres (72 ft 2 in) and a draught of 4.9 metres (16 ft 1 in). She was soon renamed KRI Dr.Soeharso and converted intoa hospital ship. although since she's also frequently spotted used as military transports as she was first conceived.​

Powered by a combined diesel and diesel (CODAD) system comprising two Burmeister & Wain (B&W) 8L28/32A diesel engines turning two shafts creating 3,910 kilowatts (5,250 hp). The ship is good for maximum speed of 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) and a range of 8,600 nautical miles (15,900 km; 9,900 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph).​

The vessel is equipped with a well deck and is capable of accommodating two LCU-23M landing craft and two landing craft for vehicles and personnel (LCVPs). As an LPD, Tanjung Dalpele had a lift capacity of 13 tanks and 507 troops.[1] The vessel is equipped with hospital facilities (five operating rooms and six polyclinics) and is utilised as a hospital ship by the Indonesian Navy. As a hospital ship the vessel is capable of accepting up to 2,000 patients and has a crew of 126 with 51 medical specialists.​

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B. Makassar Class​

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Based on the early success (and probably satisfaction of the Navy) of the Tanjung Dalpele Ship, the Navy embarked on a similar ships and similar specifications,​

A contract of 4 ships are signed between the Indonesian Navy and Daewoo Shipbuilding on December 2004 totaling US$150 million , the first two which is built by South Korea are named KRI Makassar (590) and KRI Surabaya (591), with a standart displacement of 7,300 tons and 11,394 tons full displacement, measuring 125M in length, 22M beam and draught of 4.9M both are completed in 2006​

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Both Ships are able to carry 2xLVCP and around 40 armored vehicles in decks below in addition to 354 troops with accommodation for 507 persons in addition to it's 126 crew. it's aviation facilities include hangar for a light utility Helicopter (usually from Bell-412 or Nbo-105's) and 2 landing pads.​

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C. Banjarmasin Class​

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Based upon a modification of the Makassar class, On 19 October 2006, the first of the two Indonesian-built units, was laid down in a ceremony by Admiral Slamet Soebijanto, Chief of Staff, Indonesian Navy. the Indonesian state owned PT.PAL took upon itself to include local design, such as the removal of the hangar section to increase the number of landing pads to 3 from the previous 2 , it also change the facia of the bridge, taking design cue from Dutch shipbuilder Damen Sigma class corvette which is already in service in the TNI-AL.​

Just like the previous two both ships are named after Indonesian Cities, the KRI Banjarmasin (592) and the KRI Banda Aceh (593), many of the specs are very similar with the previous 3 with a standart displacement of 7,300 tons and 11,394 tons full displacement, measuring 125M in length, 22M beam and draught of 4.9M both are completed in 2006. Both Ships are able to carry 2xLVCP and around 40 armored vehicles in decks below in addition to 354 troops with accommodation for 507 persons in addition to it's 126 crew. it's aviation facilities include 3 landing pads.​

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D. Semarang-class ​

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Looking to keep PT.PAL operations running, The Indonesian MoD signed a contract with PT.PAL in 2016 for a first of 3 new LPD based on export oriented Tarlac class design, which itself is the third iteration of the Tanjung Dalpele Class LPD.​

The first of batch-3 LPD, the KRI Semarang (594) are launched in 2018, initially to be built as pure LPD , the 2018 Earthquake in Palu forced the Indonesian Navy to install additional medical and surgeon equipment on board . She would likely be used in this capacity until it's next sister ship is completed, which is now at 71% progress.​

many of the specs are very similar with the previous 3 with a standart displacement of 7,300 tons and 11,394 tons full displacement, measuring 125M in length, 22M beam and draught of 4.9M both are completed in 2006. Both Ships are able to carry 2xLVCP and around 40 armored vehicles in decks below in addition to 354 troops with accommodation for 507 persons in addition to it's 126 crew. it has 2 landing pads for utility helicopters.​

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http://instagr.am/p/CFcAiqDH5Jc/ ​

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on the 10th of September 2020, coinciding with the 75th Anniversary of the Indonesian Navy, the first steel cutting for the third Semarang class LPD is done by representatives of the navy in PT.PAL, Surabaya​

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Landing Ship Tank

Landing ship tanks or LST, make up the bulk of Indonesian Navy amphibious fleet, and it have a long history in supporting Indonesian Navy operations since it's early days till now. Indonesia operate 5 Class of LST imported and built domestically

A. Frosch class​

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The Frosch class (also known as Teluk Gilimanuk class) came into Indonesian Navy service in the 90's, and are formerly operated by the German Democratic Republic Navy, the unification of East and West Germany and it's integration to a NATO standard service , prompted Indonesia to buy as much as 39 ex-Volksmarine assets, including 14 Frosch class LST. 2 have been involved in accidents, the latest is in July 2020, where the Teluk Jakarta capsized under heavy seas​

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The sale was mired by corruption and it's subsequently become synonymous with corruption linked to the then ruling Indonesian President, Soeharto​

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The ships are armed with :​

• 1 × 37/63 mm gun
• 2 × twin-25 mm guns

it's carrying capacity is around 11-12 armored vehicle or 600 tons and a company of marines.​

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B. Teluk Semangka Class​

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Built by the South Korean Tacoma Marine Industries Ltd (KTMI) in the early 80's, the four Teluk Semangka class formed the backbone of Indonesian Navy amphibious assault ships in the 80-90s. it's dimension is 100 x 15,4 x 4,2 meter, with a displacement of 1.800 ton and full displacement of 3.770 ton​

some minor difference exist between the first two and the last two, with the last two ships are equipped with Hangars but their 40mm rear bofors are removed. these are known as the "commando" variant.​

Recently 3 ships are still active in Indonesian Navy service, while the lead ship, ex-Teluk Semangka were retired in 2012 and used as target ship.​

it's carrying capacity is around 11 armored vehicle or 690 tons of loads. and a company of marines​

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C. Teluk Amboina Class​

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Could be the last of WW-2 Pattern LST in service anywhere in the world , the Teluk Amboina's is a class of 9 ships of LST-542 class, consisting of KRI Teluk Langsa 501, KRI Teluk Bayur 502, KRI Teluk Amboina 503 , KRI Teluk Kau 504, KRI Teluk Menado 505, KRI Teluk Tomini 508, KRI Teluk Ratai 509, KRI Teluk Saleh 510, and KRI Teluk Bone 511.​

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With the Exception of KRI Teluk Amboina 503, all are veterans of WW2.​

as of recently all but KRI Teluk Amboina 503 are retired from active service​

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D.Teluk Bintuni Class​

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Teluk Bintuni Class LPD is a class of 9 domestically built LST's, conceive to replace Indonesia's older Frosch class LST. Initially to be named Teluk Kendari Class (hull 518) it ended as Teluk Bintuni class after hull 520which were built in a private shipyard were finished much quicker than hull 518 and 519 which is built in a state owned shipyard. To date 3 Ships are in active service in the Indonesian Navy, while 2 are finished but not yet launched , 2 under sea trials and 2 under construction.​

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Conceived from the very beginning to carry Leopard tanks the Teluk Bintuni's are the largest classes of LST currently in the Indonesian fleet, with a displcement of 2300 tons, length of 117–120 m . beam of 18m and height of 11m, it's powered by 2 x 3,285 kW (4,405 hp) main engines good for 16 knots and a range of 6,240 nmi (11,560 km; 7,180 mi) at 12 knots .​

A total of 11 Leopard 2's or 14 BMP-3F's could be carried for each ships in addition to 4 LVCP's and 300+ troops.​

Aviation facility varied as not all are equipped with hangars. with hull 520,522,523,524 are hangar equipped while hull 518,519 and 521 are not.​

Hangar equipped ships are made by private shipyards while the non-hangar equipped ships are made by SOE's.​

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Troop Transport Ships

Indonesia is one a few remaining countries to still uses civilian ocean liners as barrack ships and troop transport, currently there are 3 Troop transport Ships in the Indonesian fleet, comprised of 3 ferries from 2 different classes​

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A.Tanjung Kambani class​

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Formerly a ferry called Dong Yang No. 6 imported from Japan for inter island ferry service, in the year 2000, it was acquired by the Navy and used as troops and material transport ships,​

Length 114,50 meter, width 19,80 meter , Displacement 7,100 tons​

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B. Karang Pilang Class​

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Initially Comprised of 5 ships the Karang Pilang (980), Karang Tekok (981), Karang Banteng 983, Karang Galang 984, and Karang Unarang 985, are all ex-Pelni fast ferries pressed into service with the Navy, to date only Karang Pilang and Karang Tekok are still in service in the TNI-AL.​

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Scrapped Fleet

Indonesia in the past also use ocean liners as troopships, most of the are ex- Pelni ocean liners. here's KRI Tanjung Nusanive (decommisisoned 2020). her two sister ships Tanjung Osisina and Tanjung Fatagar are already sold as scrap (decommissioned in 2005 and 2014 respectively) each of this ships could hold up to 1000+ soldier.​

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2. The Army

The Indonesian Army also operate transport ships in the form of Dry Cargo ship,LCU and LST, army operated transport ships could be identified by their hull name ADRI-(Roman Numerals).
All of army ships are operated by the Batalyon Perbekalan Angkutan 4/Air or (Yon Bekang 4/Air) or Transportation Supply Battalion 4/water, based in Tanjung Priok in North Jakarta.
Ships tonnage used by the army ranged from 150DWT up to 1200DWT, although in the past ships up to 10.000DWT

• 150 DWT ships

The army currently operates 10 150 DWT LCU with Hull number as follows​

ADRI-XXXIII ​

ADRI-XXXIV ​

ADRI-XXXV ​

ADRI-XXXVI ​

ADRI-XXXVII ​

ADRI-XXXVIII ​

ADRI-XXXIX​

ADRI-XLI​

ADRI-XLII ​

ADRI-XLIII ​

ADRI-XLIV​

• 300DWT

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The army currently operates 3x300 DWT LCU with Hull number as follows​

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ADRI-XLV ​

ADRIXLVI​

ADRI-XLVII ​

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• 1000 DWT

The army currently operates 2x1000 DWT LCU with a carrying capacity of 300 troops, 22 vehicles or 500 t cargo. with Hull number as follows ,​

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ADRI-XLVII​

ADRI-XLIX​

• 1200 DWT

The army operates a single 1200 DWT LCU, this ships were designed from the very beginning to carry Indonesian Army Leopard 2 fleet and it's tank transporters​

length:79,50 meter​

width 14.00 meter​

Draft 2,90,​

Propulsion 2×1500 horse power​

Max V 12 knot​

Carrying capacity 2.400 tons​

Range2.880 NM.​

equipped with helipad​

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ADRI-L​

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• 1500 DWT

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This ship's appeared to be a stretch of the 1200 DWT variant with additional helipad, Indonesia Army operate 2 of this vessels in this class, it could carry 6 Leopard 2's and a single truck (Tank Transporter) in addition to a company of soldiers.​

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Ships in this class are:​

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ADRI LI​

ADRI LII​

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Conclusion

With the Army sealift capabilities alone are larger than some ASEAN country's Navy transports, it's not hard to understand why as an archipelagic nation, the availability and and capability of a huge sealift fleet are central in support of the Indonesian Army operations and deployments all across the huge country's swaths, from supply of material to remote outpost, logistics, troop rotations, HADR and transport in war, the Navy and Army sealift is indeed essential in the success of the TNI reaching it's intended objective

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Thats some excellent insight there on our sealift assets. Well done. Too bad almost half of our assets are old and in need of replacement.

 

[Azull]

Excellent write up @#comcom

I know chestnut was talking about rumours of a potential LHD acquisition, I wonder if @Chestnut, @Azull and yourself have any updates or thoughts about that in general.

Also this following article is from april 2020, and states the sealift capability of Indonesia was not utilised as much as it could have been to deal with the corona crisis: https://www.thejakartapost.com/acad...-navy-may-be-forgotten-asset-in-pandemic.html

"However, until now (April) the Navy’s role in supporting the government’s COVID-19 response has been limited compared to the other services."

Do you guys agree with that assessment at that point of time....and was there an increase in deployment of such in the months that followed April till now?

In regards with the LHD plan, all I can say is that its at least being considered at the moment. Possible source of LHD procurements are Japanese, Italian and South Korean shipbuilders. I cannot really confirm anything as theres no concrete plan on when we would acquire it or what kind of specs we need. Not to mention the source of funds is also unclear.

Meanwhile i can confirm for sure that what the article said is quite true. Most of the assistance that the TNI provide for the Covid response comes from the army with their manpower and the air force utilizing their transport airplane. Cannot say the same with the navy. Although it might be due to the fact that they are not needed yet at the moment. For sure it will change in the near future.

 

[Gary]

In regards with the LHD plan, all I can say is that its at least being considered at the moment. Possible source of LHD procurements are Japanese, Italian and South Korean shipbuilders. I cannot really confirm anything as theres no concrete plan on when we would acquire it or what kind of specs we need. Not to mention the source of funds is also unclear.

Meanwhile i can confirm for sure that what the article said is quite true. Most of the assistance that the TNI provide for the Covid response comes from the army with their manpower and the air force utilizing their transport airplane. Cannot say the same with the navy. Although it might be due to the fact that they are not needed yet at the moment. For sure it will change in the near future.

there's much more pressing need tho, we're more in need of AAW and multi-purpose frigate than an LHD, our geography and geopolitical objective doesn't need something like an LHD.

 

[Azull]

there's much more pressing need tho, we're more in need of AAW and multi-purpose frigate than an LHD, our geography and geopolitical objective doesn't need something like an LHD.

I believe the MOD realizes this as well. Albeit a little bit late. Their effort to get the 2nd hand ship in the form of used bremen class can be seen as an example altough it doesnt really represent a very capable AAW vessel and its possibility to be upgraded is questionable.

I have a feeling that MOD knows that we need more surface assets, its just happen that the person who were advising him is a german fanatics hence the decision to buy the german bremen class. Otherwise it would be more feasible for us to just ask the US for 2nd hand OHP or wait for the french La Fayette class to retire and try to persuade them to sell it to us.

 

[Gary]

I believe the MOD realizes this as well. Albeit a little bit late. Their effort to get the 2nd hand ship in the form of used bremen class can be seen as an example altough it doesnt really represent a very capable AAW vessel and its possibility to be upgraded is questionable.

I have a feeling that MOD knows that we need more surface assets, its just happen that the person who were advising him is a german fanatics hence the decision to buy the german bremen class. Otherwise it would be more feasible for us to just ask the US for 2nd hand OHP or wait for the french La Fayette class to retire and try to persuade them to sell it to us.

no news regarding the Bremen recently

 

[Anmdt]

no news regarding the Bremen recently

Make a dedicated thread for LHD acquisition so it can be discussed in depth? or possible 2nd hand acquisitions which we can further discuss the adv /disadv. I think these needs to be discussed in depth, and remains shallows in between of unrelated topics.