KRI Teluk Kendari

KRI Teluk Kendari (518) is the first Teluk Bintuni-class tank landing ship of the Indonesian Navy.

History
Indonesia
Name	Teluk Kendari
Namesake	Kendari Bay
Ordered	2012
Builder	PT Dok & Perkapalan Kodja Bahari (Persero), Jakarta
Yard number	AT-1
Laid down	31 July 2012
Launched	26 September 2014
Commissioned	7 December 2020
Homeport	Surabaya
Identification	Pennant number: 518
Status	Active
General characteristics
Class & 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	7.8 m (25 ft 7 in)
Propulsion	2 x 3,285 kW (4,405 hp) main engines
Speed	16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph)
Boats & landing craft carried	4 unit LCVPs 1 unit RIB 10 m rubber boat 2 unit RIB 7 m rubber boat
Capacity	10 unit Leopard 2A4 main battle tanks or 10 unit BMP-3F IFVs and 1 PT-76 light tank
Troops	365
Complement	109 crew and 6 helicopter crew
Armament	2 x Bofors 40 mm L/70 guns 2 x 12.7 mm machine guns
Aircraft carried	1 x Bell 412 helicopter

Characteristics

Teluk Kendari has a length of 117 metres (383 ft 10 in), beam of 16.4 metres (53 ft 10 in) and height of 7.8 metres (25 ft 7 in) with a speed of 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph).^[1][2] She has a capacity of 478 passengers, including her crew of 109 and a helicopter crew of 6, in addition to ten Leopard main battle tanks or ten BMP-3F infantry fighting vehicles and one PT-76 amphibious tank.^[3][1] Teluk Kendari also has a helipad with hangar and capable of carrying a Bell 412 helicopter.^[1]

Service history

KRI Teluk Kendari was built by an Indonesian state-owned shipbuilder PT Dok & Perkapalan Kodja Bahari (Persero), Jakarta. The ship was ordered in 2012, based on AT-117M design that would become the Teluk Bintuni-class ships.^[4] Her building process was ceremonially begun with the first steel-cutting on 31 July 2012,^[2] and she was assigned with yard number of AT-1.^[5]

She was launched and officially named on 26 September 2014.^[6][7] She was planned to be the first ship in her class,^[4] but due to internal problems faced by the shipbuilder,^[8] her construction was delayed and the third ship of the class was completed first instead. She was transferred to the Navy and commissioned on 7 December 2020, with Sea Lieutenant Colonel Erpandrio Trio as her first commanding officer.^[1][9] She was assigned to Eastern Fleet Command, based at Surabaya.^[10]