The ''Makassar'' class is a class of South Korean-designed and built Landing Platform Dock, it is named after the city of

Makassar Makassar (, mak, ᨆᨀᨔᨑ, Mangkasara’, ) is the capital of the Indonesian province of South Sulawesi. It is the largest city in the region of Eastern Indonesia and the country's fifth-largest urban center after Jakarta, Surabaya, Med ...

Sulawesi Sulawesi (), also known as Celebes (), is an island in Indonesia. One of the four Greater Sunda Islands, and the world's eleventh-largest island, it is situated east of Borneo, west of the Maluku Islands, and south of Mindanao and the Sulu Ar ...

. 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.

Exports

Indonesia

Indonesia signed a US$150 million contract in December 2004 and the first two units were built in Busan, South Korea. The remaining two were built at Indonesia's PT PAL shipyard in

Surabaya Surabaya ( jv, ꦱꦸꦫꦧꦪ or jv, ꦯꦹꦫꦨꦪ; ; ) is the capital city of the Provinces of Indonesia, Indonesian province of East Java and the List of Indonesian cities by population, second-largest city in Indonesia, after Jakarta. L ...

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. 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. First steel cutting ceremony for said ship was conducted on April 28, 2017. The ship's keel was laid on August 28. 2017.

Philippines

The

Philippine Navy The Philippine Navy (PN) ( tgl, Hukbong Dagat ng Pilipinas, , Sea Army of the Philippines) ( es, Armada de Filipinas, , Ejército del Mar de las Filipinas) is the naval warfare service branch of the Armed Forces of the Philippines. It has an e ...

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. The first unit was laid down at PT PAL Surabaya on 22 January 2015 and the second unit was laid down on 5 June 2015. In June 24, 2022 PT PAL sign a contract with Philippine Department of Defence to purchase another two units for the

. According to PT PAL, this new ship will have some design changes compared to the previous ''Tarlac'' class SSV, allowing it to sail up in waters up to sea state 6, as well as operating ship facilities at sea state 4.

Peru

The

Peruvian Navy The Peruvian Navy ( es, link=no, Marina de Guerra del Perú, abbreviated MGP) is the branch of the Peruvian Armed Forces tasked with surveillance, patrol and defense on lakes, rivers and the Pacific Ocean up to from the Peruvian littoral. Addit ...

selected the ''Makassar'' class for the Buque Multipropósito program from Dae Sun Shipbuilding and Engineering Co. in 2012. First ship of the class was laid down in the SIMA Callao shipyard on July 12, 2013; A second unit is also planned.

Malaysia

During Indo Defence 2016, a MoU was signed between Indonesia's PT PAL and Malaysia's Boustead Naval Shipyard (BNS) to collaborate on the

Royal Malaysian Navy The Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN, ms, Tentera Laut Diraja Malaysia; TLDM; Jawi: ) is the naval arm of the Malaysian Armed Forces. RMN is the main agency responsible for the country's maritime surveillance and defense operations. RMN's area of o ...

's multirole support ship (MRSS) requirements, based on an enlarged ''Makassar''-class LPD of more than 150 metres.

Myanmar

In 2019, Dae Sun Shipbuilding of South Korea built a ''Makassar''-class LPD named for the Myanmar Navy.

Brazil

In 2019 the

, offered a new Peruvian build ''Makassar'' class, for a cost around US$170m, in exchange for 2 used U 209 Brazilian submarines. In October 24, Brazilian in-exercise president Hamilton Mourão, signed a Declaration of Intent with the Peruvian government about this deal.

United Arab Emirates

In 1 July 2022, United Arab Emirates Navy sign a contract with PT PAL Indonesia to purchase Landing Platform Dock (LPD)

Ships of class

References

External links

PT. PAL

Makassar Class Landing Platform Docks, Indonesia

Daesun Shipbuilding & Engineering Co.

KAPAL PERANG JENIS LPD KRI MAKASSAR-590 TIBA DI SURABAYA

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