KRI Teluk Palu underway at sea | |
History | |
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Indonesia | |
Name | Teluk Palu |
Namesake | Palu Bay |
Ordered | January 2017 |
Builder | PT Daya Radar Utama, Lampung |
Yard number | AT-6 |
Laid down | 10 July 2017 |
Launched | 1 June 2019 |
Commissioned | 9 March 2022 |
Identification | Pennant number: 523 |
Status | Active |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Teluk Bintuni-class tank landing ship |
Displacement | 2,300 tons |
Length | 117 m (383 ft 10 in) |
Beam | 16.4 m (53 ft 10 in) |
Height | 11 m (36 ft 1 in) |
Draft | 3 m (9 ft 10 in) |
Propulsion | 2 x 3,285 kW (4,405 hp) main engines |
Speed | 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) |
Range | 7,200 nmi (13,300 km; 8,300 mi) [1] |
Endurance | 20 days [1] |
Boats & landing craft carried | 4 LCVPs [1] |
Capacity | |
Troops | 361 |
Complement |
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Armament | 1 x Bofors 40 mm/L70 guns 1 x Oerlikon 20 mm cannon 2 x 12.7 mm machine guns |
Aircraft carried | 2 x helicopters [1] |
KRI Teluk Palu (523) is a Teluk Bintuni-class tank landing ship of the Indonesian Navy.
Teluk Palu has a length of 117 metres (383 ft 10 in), a beam measuring 16.4 metres (53 ft 10 in), and a height of 7.8 metres (25 ft 7 in) with a draft of 3 metres (9 ft 10 in). She has a capacity of 476 passengers, including crew, alongside 10 Leopard main battle tanks and a helicopter. The ship was designed to be able to stay at sea for 20 days. [2] With a crew of 119, consisting of 113 sailors and 6 helicopter crew, she has a displacement of 2,300 tonnes and has a maximum speed of 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph). The ship is armed with light defensive weapons in form of a Bofors 40 mm gun and two 12.7 mm heavy machine guns. [3] The vessel could also carry four LCVP boats, and is equipped with a crane for cargo loading and offloading. [4]
KRI Teluk Palu was built by an Indonesian shipbuilder PT Daya Radar Utama (DRU), Bandar Lampung. The ship was ordered from DRU as part of a three-ship order of the Teluk Bintuni-class ships (AT-117 type LST program) in January 2017, [5] with yard number of AT-6. [6] [7] The ship was laid down on 10 July 2017, along with two other ships, AT-5 and AT-7. [6] She was launched and officially named on 1 June 2019. [8] The ship was commissioned on 9 March 2022. [9]
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