KRI Semarang

KRI Semarang (594) is the fifth Makassar-class landing platform dock of the Indonesian Navy.^[2]

KRI Semarang docked on 30 September 2019.
History
Indonesia
Name	Semarang
Namesake	Semarang
Owner	Indonesian Navy
Ordered	11 January 2017
Builder	PT PAL Indonesia
Laid down	28 August 2017
Launched	3 August 2018
Commissioned	21 January 2019
Homeport	Ujung Koarmada II, Surabaya
Identification	IMO number: 4735598 Callsign: YCIK2 Pennant number: 594
Status	Active
General characteristics
Class and type	Makassar-class landing platform dock
Displacement	Standard: 7,200 tons Full load: 11,583 tons[1]
Length	123 m (403.5 ft)
Beam	21.8 m (71.5 ft)
Draft	5 m (16.4 ft)
Installed power	1 x MAN D2842 LE301 diesel generator
Propulsion	Combined diesel and diesel (CODAD) arrangement: 2 × MAN-STX 8L27/38 diesel engines, each producing 3,915 bhp (2,920 kW)
Speed	Cruising: 13 kn (24.1 km/h; 15 mph) Maximum: 16 kn (29.6 km/h; 18.4 mph)
Range	9360 nmi (17334.7 km)
Endurance	30 days
Boats & landing craft carried	2 × LCU or LCM at floodable well decks 2 × RHIB or LCVP at boat davits
Capacity	500 troops plus associated vehicles and equipment
Complement	121 crew
Aircraft carried	Up to 3 helicopters
Aviation facilities	Hangar for 1 medium (10-ton) helicopter Flight deck for 2 medium (10-ton) helicopters

Development

Indonesia signed a US$150 million contract in December 2004^[3] and the first two Makassar-class 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 third and fourth LPD to be built in Indonesia was signed with PT PAL on March 28, 2005.^[4]

Construction and career

See also: Hospital ships designated for the COVID-19 pandemic

She was laid down on 28 August 2017 and launched on 3 August 2018 by PT PAL Indonesia. Commissioned on 21 January 2019 as a hospital ship temporarily while the Sudirohusodo-class hospital ship were under construction.

COVID-19 response

The ship transported 68 crews of the cruise ship Diamond Princess who underwent observation for the coronavirus disease 2019 in Sebaru Kecil Island, Thousand Islands, to the Port of Tanjung Priok, North Jakarta, on 15 March 2020.^[5] She transported hand sanitizers from Singapore to Batam on 9 April 2020.^[6] On 18 May 2020, she was dispatched to carry COVID-19 testing kits and hand sanitizers from Yayasan Temasek Singapura, Singapore, to Indonesia.^[7]