Indonesia commissions third Teluk Bintuni-class tank landing ship

 

The KRI Teluk Youtefa (522), recently commissioned with the TNI-AL. Photo c/o Kompas.com / Rahel Narda.

The Indonesian Navy (TNI-AL) has recently commissioned its third indigenously designed and built Teluk Bintuni-class landing ship tank (LST).

According to the TNO-AL, the commissioning ceremony for the new ship, named the KRI Teluk Youtefa (522), was held on 12 July 2021 at the Tanjung Priok Naval Base in Jakarta.

The ship was launched in May 2019 by its shipbuilder PT Daya Radar Utama, and is part of a contract signed in January 2017 for 3 new Teluk Bintuni-class LSTs.

Its sisterships, the Teluk Palu (523) and Teluk Calang (524) are in advanced stages of construction and are expected to be handed over and commissioned with the TNI-AL within the year.

The Teluk Bintuni-class landing ship tank has a length of 120 meters, an overall beam of 18 meters, and a hull draught of 3 meters.

It is powered by two STX-MAN diesel engines, and is capable of reaching a maximum speed of 15 knots, and a range of 7,200 nautical miles at 13.6 knots.

The ship is designed to support sealift operations for the Indonesian Army (TNI-AL) and Indonesian Marine Corps (Korps Marinir) to move armored vehicles, including up to 10 Leopard 2 main battle tanks, or 14 BMP-3F infantry fighting vehicles. It can also carry up to 478 personnel.

The ships were also built with strong emphasis on national industry, with other Indonesian companies supplying their products or expertise including PT Krakatau Steel, PT Pindad, PT LEN, PT BNI and other supporting industries.




[1] Jane's
[2] Asia Pacific Defense Journal
[3] Kompas.com