KRI ''dr. Soeharso'' is a hospital ship of the Indonesian Navy. She was initially designed and built in 2003 in South Korea as a landing platform dock named KRI ''Tanjung Dalpele''. However, after her launch she was redesignated as a multi-purpose hospital ship. In 2020, ''dr. Soeharso'' was used to transport Indonesian crew from cruise ships during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Design and description

As built, ''Tanjung Dalpele'' was constructed as a landing platform dock (LPD). The vessel had a standard displacement of and at full load. The Miramar Ship Index has the as built standard displacement as . The ship measures

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with a

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of and a draught of . The vessel is powered by a

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(CODAD) system comprising two Burmeister & Wain (B&W) 8L28/32A diesel engines turning two shafts creating . The vessel has a maximum speed of and a range of at . The vessel is equipped with a well deck and is capable of accommodating two LCU-23M landing craft and two landing craft for vehicles and personnel (LCVPs). As an LPD, ''Tanjung Dalpele'' had a lift capacity of 13 tanks and 507 troops. The vessel is equipped with hospital facilities (five operating rooms and six polyclinics) and is utilised as a hospital ship by the Indonesian Navy. As a hospital ship the vessel is capable of accepting up to 2,000 patients and has a crew of 126 with 51 medical specialists. As built, the ship was armed with one gun and twin-mounted guns. The ship has a hangar and helicopter deck at the stern and is capable of operating two Super Puma helicopters.

Construction and career

The contract for the US$35 million ship was signed with

Daewoo International POSCO International Corporation (포스코인터내셔널) is South Korea's largest trading company and a subsidiary of POSCO. The company was founded by Kim Woo-choong Kim Woo-Choong (December 19, 1936 – December 9, 2019) was a South Kore ...

in September 2003. The vessel was built by Daesun Shipbuilding at their shipyard in Pusan, South Korea, with the keel being laid in 2002. Named ''Tanjung Dalpele'', the ship was launched on 17 May 2003 and entered service with the Indonesian Navy in September of that year. In February 2007, ''Tanjung Dalpele'' carried the families of the victims of Adam Air Flight KI-574 to the site of the crash for a memorial service. On 1 August 2007 the ship was changed to a hospital ship, and was renamed KRI ''dr. Soeharso'' with the

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990. In 2016, ''dr. Soeharso'' performed its first overseas mission, deploying to Timor-Leste on a medical care mission.

2020 coronavirus pandemic

''dr. Soeharso'' picked up 188 Indonesian crew of the cruise ship ''

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'' in the

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on 26 February 2020. The vessel took them to Sebaru Kecil Islet and placed under quarantine. ''dr. Soeharso'' evacuated 89 crew of the cruise ship '' Diamond Princess'' from

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thermal power plant port, after the crew got health certificate from

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and flew to

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. They then used buses to travel to port. The crew underwent a second round of test, in which one of the crew tested positive for COVID-19 and was hospitalized in

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. 68 crew of ''Diamond Princess'' disembarked at Sebaru Kecil Islet. ''World Dream'' evacuees and ''Diamond Princess'' evacuees used separated blocks/buildings.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:dr. Soeharso Auxiliary ships of the Indonesian Navy Hospital ships of Indonesia Ships built by Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering 2003 ships Hospital ships involved in the COVID-19 pandemic