KRI Sorong (911)

KRI Sorong underway, date unknown.
History
Indonesia
Name	Sorong
Namesake	Sorong, Indonesia
Builder	Trogir Shipyard, Yugoslavia
Launched	1964
Commissioned	1965
Decommissioned	27 October 2021
Identification	Pennant number: 911 IMO number:  6418649
Status	Decommissioned
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

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

Development

KRI Sorong's main purpose was to provide support during amphibious operations and serve as a tanker. Her midship jackstay rig help to transfer materials during UNREP. She was capable of holding 3000 tons of fuel and 300 tons of drinking water. Sorong was 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 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]

She was decommissioned on 27 October 2021. ^[3]

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.
3. "Dharma Bhakti KRI Sorong-911 Secara Resmi Selesai Dari Dinas Aktif TNI AL". koarmada2.tnial.mil.id. 27 October 2021. Archived from the original on 26 March 2023. Retrieved 28 October 2021.