The Makassar class is a class of South Korean-designed Landing Platform Dock. The lead ship is named after the city of Makassar in Sulawesi and built in Busan, South Korea. The ships were designed by Daesun Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. based on their earlier design of Tanjung Dalpele class that was sold to the Indonesian Navy.
Indonesia signed a US$150 million contract in December 2004[1] and the first two units 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 3rd and 4th LPD to be built in Indonesia was signed with PT PAL on March 28, 2005.
On 19 October 2006, the first of the two Indonesian-built units, was laid down in a ceremony by Admiral Slamet Subiyanto, Chief of Staff, Indonesian Navy.[2] The 3rd and 4th units had been designed to function as flagships with provisions for a command and control system, 57mm gun and air defence systems.
The 5th ship ordered by Indonesian navy on January 11, 2017.[3] First steel cutting ceremony for said ship was conducted on April 28, 2017.[3] The ship's keel was laid on August 28. 2017.[4]
The Philippine Navy selected a variant of the Makassar class design from PT PAL, called the Tarlac class for its Strategic Sealift Vessel (SSV) programme following competitive bidding in 2013, and the contract for two units was signed on 23 January 2014.[5] The first unit was laid down at PT PAL Surabaya on 22 January 2015[6] and the second unit was laid down on 5 June 2015.[7]
On June 24, 2022 PT PAL signed a contract with Philippine Department of Defence for the purchase of an additional two units. According to PT PAL, these new ships will improve upon previous Tarlac class SSVs, allowing it to sail in waters up to sea state 6, as well as operating ship facilities at sea state 4.[8] The First Steel Cutting of the third unit was carried out on 10 August 2023. The third unit was laid down at PT PAL Surabaya on 22 January 2024, together with the First Steel Cutting of the fourth unit.[9] The fourth unit was laid down on 29 May 2024.[10] [11] [12]
The Peruvian Navy selected the Makassar class for the Buque Multipropósito program from Dae Sun Shipbuilding and Engineering Co. in 2012.[13] First ship of the class was laid down in the SIMA Callao shipyard on July 12, 2013;[14] A second unit is also planned.
During Indo Defence 2016, a MoU was signed between Indonesia's PT PAL and Malaysia's Boustead Naval Shipyard (BNS) for a collaboration on the Royal Malaysian Navy's new class of multirole support ship (MRSS), based on an enlarged Makassar-class LPD, which would have an overall length of 150m.[15]
In 2019, Dae Sun Shipbuilding of South Korea built a Makassar-class LPD named for the Myanmar Navy.
In 2019 the Peruvian Navy, offered a new Peruvian built Makassar class to Brazil for US$170m,[16] in exchange for 2 used Type 209 submarines. On October 24, Brazilian Vice President Hamilton Mourão signed a Declaration of Intent with the Peruvian government for this exchange.[17]
On 1 July 2022, United Arab Emirates Navy signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with PT PAL Indonesia for the purchase one 163 meters version of Makassar-class LPD which planned to start the construction at 2024.[18] [19]
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) signed a contract worth 1.5 billion AED (equivalent to $408 million USD) with PT PAL Indonesia for the procurement of a 163-meter multi-mission vessel, specifically a Landing Platform Dock 163M during the IDEX 2023 show in Abu Dhabi from 20 to 24 February 2023.[20]
The First Steel Cutting ceremony for Landing Platform Dock 163M – Al Maryah Project was carried out on 28 February 2024.
| Name | Hull Number | Builder | Operator | Laid Down | Launched | Commissioned | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 590 | DaeSun Shipbuilding | 7 December 2006 | 29 April 2007 | Active | ||||
| 591 | 7 December 2006 | 23 March 2007 | 1 August 2007 | Active | ||||
| 592 | PAL Indonesia | 19 October 2006 | 28 August 2008[21] | 28 November 2009[22] | Active | |||
| 593 | 7 December 2007 | 19 March 2010[23] | 21 March 2011 | Active | ||||
| 594 | PAL Indonesia | 28 August 2017[24] | 3 August 2018 | 21 January 2019 | Active | |||
| 991 | PAL Indonesia | 14 October 2019 | 7 January 2021 | 14 January 2022 | Active | |||
| 992 | 21 January 2021 | 15 August 2022 | 19 January 2023 | Active | ||||
| LD-601 | PAL Indonesia | 22 January 2015 | 18 January 2016 | 1 June 2016 | Active | |||
| LD-602 | 5 June 2015 | 29 September 2016 | 31 May 2017 | Active | ||||
| Tbd | Tbd | 22 January 2024[25] | Ordered (First Steel Cutting on 10 August 2023)[26] | |||||
| Tbd | Tbd | 29 May 2024 | Ordered (First Steel Cutting on 22 January 2024) | |||||
| AMP-156 | SIMA | 12 July 2013 | 25 April 2017[27] | 6 June 2018 | Active | |||
| AMP-157 | 14 December 2017[28] | 9 December 2022 | Launched | |||||
| 1501 | DaeSun Shipbuilding | July 2019[29] | 24 December 2019[30] | Active | ||||
| Tbd | Tbd | PAL Indonesia | Ordered[31] [32] (First Steel Cutting on 28 February 2024)[33] | |||||