Indonesia signed a US$150 million contract in December 2004[1] 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.[2] The 3rd and 4th units had been designed to function as flagships with provision for a command and control system, 57mm gun and air defence systems.
The 5th ship was ordered by the Indonesian navy on January 11, 2017.[3] The first steel cutting ceremony for this ship was conducted on April 28, 2017.[3] The ship's keel was laid on August 28. 2017.[4]
In June 2014, KRI Banda Aceh (593) participated in RIMPAC 2014.[6]
In December 2014, KRI Banda Aceh (593) became the Command Center Ship[7] during the search for the victims of the Indonesia AirAsia Flight 8501 accident, along with seven other Indonesian Navy ships; KRI Yos Sudarso (353), KRI Bung Tomo (357)[8], KRI Sultan Hasanuddin (366), KRI KapitanPattimura (371), KRI Sutedi Senoputra (378), KRI Todak (631), KRI Pulau Renggat (711) and several Naval Aviation aircraft; including equipment from government agencies and from law enforcements involved in the search and rescue.[9][10]
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