KRI Sorong (911)

Sorong (911) is the only ship of the her type, built in Yugoslavia. She is an oiler of the Indonesian Navy.

KRI Sorong underway, date unknown.
History
 Indonesia
Name: Sorong
Namesake: Sorong, Indonesia
Operator: Indonesian Navy
Builder: SY Trogir, Yugoslavia
Launched: 1964
Commissioned: 1965
Identification: Pennant number: 911
Status: Active
General characteristics
Type: Tanker
Displacement:
  • 4.090 t (4.025 long tons), standard load
  • 5.100 t (5.019 long tons), full load
Length: 112.17 m (368.0 ft) LOA
Beam: 15.4 m (51 ft)
Draught: 6.6 m (22 ft)
Propulsion:
  • - 1 × Deutz diesel
  • - 1 × shaft
Speed: 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement: 110 crews
Sensors and
processing systems:		 - 1 × radar
Armament: - 2 × pintles for machine guns
Aircraft carried: - flight deck

Development

KRI Sorong's main purpose is to provide support during amphibious operations and serve as a tanker. Her midship jackstay rig help to transfer materials during UNREP. She is capable of holding 3000 tons of fuel and 300 tons of drinking water. Sorong is unarmed most of the time but she has 2 machine guns pintles for self defense.[1]

Construction and career

She was launched in 1964 by YT Trogir shipyards. Commissioned in 1965 with the hull number 911 or sometimes also referred to as AO-911.

Sorong made history because she was part of the Combat Team for an amphibious landing operation to seize the city of Dili in East Timor on 6 December 1975, part of the Indonesian invasion of East Timor from 1975 to 1976.[2]

References
  1. "KRI Sorong (911)". www.globalsecurity.org. Retrieved 2020-10-17.
  2. "KRI Sorong 911: Kapal Tanker Pendukung Operasi Pendaratan Amfibi di Dili". Indomiliter.com. 2014-09-12. Retrieved 2020-10-17.
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