Indonesian Navy hospital ship
KRI Semarang docked on 30 September 2019.
History
Indonesia
Name Semarang
Namesake Semarang
Owner Indonesian Navy
Ordered 11 January 2017
Builder PT PAL Indonesia
Laid down 28 August 2017
Launched 3 August 2018
Commissioned 21 January 2019
Homeport Ujung Koarmada II, Surabaya
Identification
Status Active
General characteristics
Class and type Makassar -class landing platform dock
Displacement
Standard: 7,200 tons
Full load: 11,583 tons[1]
Length 123 m (403.5 ft)
Beam 21.8 m (71.5 ft)
Draft 5 m (16.4 ft)
Installed power 1 x MAN D2842 LE301 diesel generator
Propulsion
Speed
Cruising: 13 kn (24.1 km/h; 15 mph)
Maximum: 16 kn (29.6 km/h; 18.4 mph)
Range 9360 nmi (17334.7 km)
Endurance 30 days
Boats & landing craft carried
2 × LCU or LCM at floodable well decks
2 × RHIB or LCVP at boat davits
Capacity 500 troops plus associated vehicles and equipment
Complement 121 crew
Aircraft carried Up to 3 helicopters
Aviation facilities
Hangar for 1 medium (10-ton) helicopter
Flight deck for 2 medium (10-ton) helicopters
KRI Semarang (594) is an Indonesian Navy fifth Makassar -class landing platform dock of the Indonesian Navy .[2]
Development
Indonesia signed a US$150 million contract in December 2004[3] and the first two Makassar -class were built in Busan , South Korea . The remaining two were built at Indonesia's PT PAL shipyard in Surabaya with assistance from Daesun. The contract for the third and fourth LPD to be built in Indonesia was signed with PT PAL on March 28, 2005.[4]
Construction and career
She was laid down on 28 August 2017 and launched on 3 August 2018 by PT PAL Indonesia. Commissioned on 21 January 2019 as a hospital ship temporarily while the Sudirohusodo -class hospital ship were under construction.
COVID-19 response
The ship transported 68 crews of the cruise ship Diamond Princess who underwent observation for the coronavirus disease 2019 in Sebaru Kecil Island , Thousand Islands , to the Port of Tanjung Priok , North Jakarta , on 15 March 2020.[5] She transported hand sanitizers from Singapore to Batam on 9 April 2020.[6] On 18 May 2020, she was dispatched to carry COVID-19 testing kits and hand sanitizers from Yayasan Temasek Singapura, Singapore, to Indonesia.[7]
References
Locations Response Institutions
People
Medical professionals Officials
Timeline Data (templates)