KRI Teluk Calang

KRI Teluk Calang (524) is a Teluk Bintuni-class tank landing ship of the Indonesian Navy.

History
Indonesia
Name	Teluk Calang
Namesake	Calang Bay
Ordered	January 2017
Builder	PT Daya Radar Utama, Lampung
Yard number	AT-7
Laid down	10 July 2017
Launched	19 August 2019
Commissioned	8 August 2022
Identification	Pennant number: 524
Status	Active
General characteristics
Class and 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	11 m (36 ft 1 in)
Draft	3 m (9 ft 10 in)
Propulsion	2 x 3,285 kW (4,405 hp) main engines
Speed	16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph)
Range	7,200 nmi (13,300 km; 8,300 mi)[1]
Endurance	20 days[1]
Boats & landing craft carried	4 LCVPs[1]
Capacity	10 Leopard 2 main battle tanks or 14 BMP-3F infantry fighting vehicles or 45 troop transport vehicles[1]
Troops	361
Complement	113 ship crew 6 helicopter crew
Armament	1 x Bofors 40 mm/L70 guns 1 x Oerlikon 20 mm cannon 2 x 12.7 mm machine guns
Aircraft carried	2 x helicopters[1]

Characteristics

Teluk Calang has a length of 117 metres (383 ft 10 in), a beam measuring 16.4 metres (53 ft 10 in), and a height of 7.8 metres (25 ft 7 in) with a draft of 3 metres (9 ft 10 in). She has a capacity of 476 passengers, including crew, alongside 10 Leopard main battle tanks and a helicopter. The ship was designed to be able to stay at sea for 20 days.^[2] With a crew of 119, consisting of 113 sailors and 6 helicopter crew, she has a displacement of 2,300 tonnes and has a maximum speed of 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph). The ship is armed with light defensive weapons in form of a Bofors 40 mm gun and two 12.7 mm heavy machine guns.^[3] The vessel could also carry four LCVP boats, and is equipped with a crane for cargo loading and offloading.^[4]

Service history

KRI Teluk Calang was built by an Indonesian shipbuilder PT Daya Radar Utama (DRU), Bandar Lampung. The ship was ordered from DRU as part of a three-ship order of the Teluk Bintuni-class ships (AT-117 type LST program) in January 2017,^[5] with yard number of AT-7.^[6][7] The ship was laid down on 10 July 2017, along with two other ships, AT-5 and AT-6.^[6] She was launched and officially named on 19 August 2019.^[7] The ship was commissioned on 8 August 2022.^[8]