KRI Semarang (594)

Semarang (594) is an Indonesian Navy hospital ship converted from the Tarlac-class landing platform dock design of the Philippine Navy. She is the 5th Makassar-class landing platform dock of the Indonesian Navy.[2]

KRI Semarang docked on 30 September 2019.
History
Indonesia
Name: Semarang
Namesake: Semarang
Owner: Indonesian Navy
Ordered: 11 November 2008
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:
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

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 3rd and 4th LPD to be built in Indonesia was signed with PT PAL on March 28, 2005.

Construction and career
See also: Hospital ships designated for the COVID-19 pandemic

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.

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.[4] She transported hand sanitizers from Singapore to Batam on 9 April 2020.[5] On 18 May 2020, she was dispatched to carry COVID-19 testing kits and hand sanitizers from Yayasan Temasek Singapura, Singapore, to Indonesia.[6]

References
  1. "PT PAL outlines weapons fit for Philippine Navy SSVs". IHS Jane's. 13 August 2015. Archived from the original on 15 August 2015. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  2. antvklik.com (2020-01-09). "Antvklik". ANTV (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2020-10-06.
  3. "Daewoo International to Export 4 Warships to Indonesia". Archived from the original on 2010-08-13. Retrieved 2010-06-09.
  4. "Diangkut KRI Semarang, WNI ABK Diamond Princess Tiba di Tanjung Priok". detiknews (in Indonesian). 15 March 2020. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
  5. "KRI Semarang Angkut Pembersih Tangan Bantuan Singapura". Kompas (in Indonesian). 9 April 2020. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
  6. "Guskamla Kerahkan KRI Jemput Alat Tes Covid-19 di Singapura". Republika Online (in Indonesian). 18 May 2020. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
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