KRI Banjarmasin on 17 December 2014
History
Indonesia
NameBanjarmasin
NamesakeBanjarmasin
Ordered28 March 2005
BuilderPT PAL, Surabaya
Laid down19 October 2006
Launched28 August 2008
Commissioned28 November 2009
IdentificationPennant number: 592
Motto
  • Amun Mundur Kada
  • (Never Give Up)[1]
StatusActive
General characteristics
Class and typeMakassar-class landing platform dock
Tonnage12,400 tons
Displacement
  • 11,300 tons standard displacement
  • 15,994 tons full displacement
Length122 meters
Beam22 meters
Height56 meters
Draft4.9 meters
Decks(Tank Deck); 6.7 meter, (Truck Deck); 11.3 meter
Propulsion
  • CODAD, 2 shafts
  • 2 × MAN B&W 8L28/32A diesel rated at 2666 BHP/1960 kW@ 775 RPM
Speed
  • Maximum: 16 knots
  • Cruising: 14 knots
  • Economy: 12 knots
Range30 days, up to 10,000 Nm
Endurance+45 days
Boats & landing
craft carried		2 x LCVPs
Capacityup to 20 armoured fighting vehicles, 3 howitzers[1]
Troops344 troops[1]
Complementaccommodations up to 507 persons
Crew126 crew
Armament1 x Bofors 40mm SAK40/L70

2 x 20mm Oerlikon

2 x Mistral Simbad
Aircraft carried5 x Bell 412 or Mil Mi-2 helicopters[1]
Aviation facilities2 helideck spot (Medium-sized helicopters)

KRI Banjarmasin (592) is the third ship of the Makassar-class landing platform dock of the Indonesian Navy.

Development and design

Indonesia signed a US$150 million contract in December 2004[2] and the first two units 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 3rd and 4th LPD to be built in Indonesia was signed with PT PAL on March 28, 2005.

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.[3] The 3rd and 4th units had been designed to function as flagships with provisions for a command and control system, 57mm gun and air defence systems.

The 5th ship ordered by Indonesian navy on January 11, 2017.[4] First steel cutting ceremony for said ship was conducted on April 28, 2017.[4] The ship's keel was laid on August 28. 2017.[5]

Construction and career

Banjarmasin was laid down 19 October 2006 and launched on 28 August 2008 by PT PAL at Surabaya. She was commissioned on 28 November 2009.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Amun Mundur Kada" (in Indonesian). Kolinlamil Official Account on Instagram. 23 May 2020. Archived from the original on 26 December 2021. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
  2. ↑ "Daewoo International to Export 4 Warships to Indonesia". Archived from the original on 13 August 2010. Retrieved 9 June 2010.
  3. ↑ "PAL Indonesia gaining the ordered for 2 units Landing Platform Dock". Archived from the original on 12 September 2007. Retrieved 9 September 2007.
  4. 1 2 "PT PAL Mulai Garap Kapal LPD Pesanan TNI AL".
  5. ↑ "Keel Laying Lebih Awal, Kapal LPD TNI AL Diharapkan Cepat Rampung".
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