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PT Pal Cuts First Steel for Indonesian Navy - TNI AL - Sixth Landing Platform Dock.

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Naval Industry News - Indonesia
 
 
 
PT Pal Cuts First Steel for Indonesian Navy - TNI AL - Sixth Landing Platform Dock
 
Indonesian shipyard PT PAL (Persero) in Surabaya held the steel cutting ceremony of the sixth landing platform dock (LPD) for the Indonesian Navy (TNI AL). The contract for the construction of this ship was concluded by the Indonesian Navy with PT PAL on January 11, 2017. The vessel is set to be delivered by December 11, 2018.
     
PT Pal Cuts First Steel for Indonesian Navy - TNI AL - Sixth Landing Platform Dock CGI of the sixth LPD ordered by the Indonesian Navy.
     
Under a 2003 contract worth only $ 35 million, the South Korean shipbuilding company Dae Sun Shipbuildings & Engineering Co. Lt designed and built in Busan an LPD (with standard displacement of 7,300 tons, a total displacement of 11,394 tons, a length of 122 meters), commissioned with the Indonesian fleet in 2004. In 2008, the ship as was converted into a hospital ship and renamed Dr. Soeharso.

Subsequently, in 2004, Indonesia entered into a $150 million contract with Dae Sun Shipbuildings & Engineering for the construction of four LPDs under a slightly modified project (length 124 m). Including the first two ships Makassar and Surabaya were built in South Korea with delivery to the Indonesian fleet in 2007, and two other ships Banjarmasin and Banda Aceh were built by PT PAL in Surabaya with the assistance of the South Korean company, with transfer of technology and full rights to the project. The ships were transferred to the Indonesian Navy in 2009 and 2011).
     
PT Pal Cuts First Steel for Indonesian Navy - TNI AL - Sixth Landing Platform Dock Steel cutting ceremony of the Indonesian Navy for the sixth LPD at PT PAL in Surabaya
     
Now the Indonesian Navy has decided to continue building a series of these ships and ordered a sixth LPD vessel (which will be the third built by PT PAL). The new ship, with a standard displacement of 7200 tons and a length of 124 meters, will be another modification of the Makassar type, differing from the latter by the increased volume of the helicopter hangar (possibly up to three helicopters) and living quarters for personnel (the total capacity of 771 people, including the crew, against 644 people aboard Makassar ).

It is reported that in addition, the Indonesian Coast Guard plans to order a PT PAL ship based on the Makassar type DVKD design for use as a floating base and control ship.

Makassar-type LPD is a succesfull design as it was selected by the Philippines Navy (Tarlac built in Surabaya was transferred to the Philippine fleet in May 2016 Year, and the completion of the second completed Davao del Sur is scheduled for May 2017) and the Peruvian Navy (BAP Pisco was launched on April 27th). There are discussions for similar vessels for Malaysia, Myanmar and Thailand.
 

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