Teluk Semangka-class tank landing ship explained

The Teluk Semangka class is a class of tank landing ships operated by the Indonesian Navy. The ships were built by the Korea-Tacoma Shipyard (now Hanjin Heavy Industries), Masan, South Korea in the early 1980s.

Design

The class design was based on the . The class has a length of 100m (300feet), a beam of 14.4m (47.2feet), with a draught of 4.2m (13.8feet) and their displacement is 3750abbr=onNaNabbr=on at full load. The ships is powered by two diesel engines, with total sustained power output of 12800hp-metric distributed in two shaft. Teluk Semangka class has a speed of 15kn, with range of 7500NM while cruising at 13kn.

Teluk Semangka class has a capacity of 200 troops, 1800abbr=onNaNabbr=on of cargo (which includes 17 main battle tanks), and 2 (4 for Teluk Semangka and Teluk Mandar)[1] LCVPs on davits. The ships has a complement of 90 personnel, including 13 officers. Two last ships of the class, Teluk Ende and Teluk Banten, are command ships and has distinguishing features such as the LCVP davits located forward of the bridge and the exhaust vents above the waterlines instead of funnels found on the other ships.

The ships are armed with three single Bofors 40 mm L/70 guns, two single Rheinmettal 20 mm autocannons, and two single DShK 12.7 mm heavy machine guns.[2] The command variant has same weaponry with one less 40 mm gun.

It was noted that Teluk Ende was outfitted as a hospital ship but later was reverted back to landing ship and the Red Cross markings were removed.[3]

The ships has helicopter decks in the amidships and aft for small to medium helicopter such as Westland Wasp or MBB Bo 105, with the command variants having hangar facility and helicopter deck in the aft with provisions for up to 3 Eurocopter AS332 Super Puma helicopters.

Ships in the class

NameBuilderLaunchedCommissionedDecommissioned
512Korea Tacoma Shipbuiling, Masan3 May 198020 January 198124 April 2013
51320 January 198116 August 2019
514July 198127 January 2022[4]
515June 1981
Command variant
516Korea Tacoma Shipbuiling, MasanMay 1982
5172 September 1982

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Bibliography

Notes and References

  1. Web site: KRI Teluk Semangka 512 – LST Besutan Korea Selatan Pertama Yang Akhiri Masa Tugas. indomiliter.com. 27 April 2013. 18 August 2021. ID.
  2. Web site: Kapal TNI AL KRI Teluk Banten Sukses Hancurkan Sasaran. tni.mil.id. 22 October 2019. 18 August 2021. ID.
  3. Web site: LST Teluk Semangka - Indonesia. 2021-08-18. www.globalsecurity.org.
  4. Web site: Safitri . Eva . Komisi I DPR Setujui Penjualan Eks KRI Teluk Penyu-KRI Teluk Mandar . 2022-10-30 . detiknews . id-ID.