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KRI Teluk Bintuni
Class overview
Name	Teluk Bintuni class
Builders	PT Dok & Perkapalan Kodja Bahari (Persero) PT Daya Radar Utama PT Bandar Abadi Shipyard
Operators	Indonesian Navy
Preceded by	Teluk Gilimanuk class
Built	2012-present
In service	2015–present
Planned	12
Completed	9
Active	9
General characteristics
Type	Landing ship tank
Displacement	2,300 tons
Length	117–120 m (383 ft 10 in – 393 ft 8 in)
Beam	16–18 m (52 ft 6 in – 59 ft 1 in)
Height	11 m (36 ft 1 in)
Propulsion	2 x 3,285 kW (4,405 hp) main engines
Speed	16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph)
Range	6,240 nmi (11,560 km; 7,180 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Capacity	10 unit Leopard 2A4 main battle tanks or 15 unit BMP-3F infantry fighting vehicles 4 unit LCVPs 1 unit RIB 10 m rubber boat 2 unit RIB 7 m rubber boat
Troops	361
Complement	119 total
Armament	117 meters variant: 2 x Bofors 40 mm/L70 guns 2 x 12.7 mm machine guns 120 meters variant: 1 x Bofors 40 mm/L70 guns 1 x 20 mm cannon 2 x 12.7 mm machine guns
Aircraft carried	2 x 10-ton helicopter

The Teluk Bintuni class, Indonesian designation AT-117M is a class of tank landing ships that is being built indigenously for the Indonesian Navy by various Indonesian local shipyards. It was announced that the Indonesian Navy intends to acquire a total of twelve vessels of the same class with some modifications from the lead ship to improve ship's capability.

Design

Teluk Bintuni has a length of 120 metres (393 ft 8 in), a beam measuring 18 metres (59 ft 1 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 2 main battle tanks and a helicopter. The ship was designed to be able to stay at sea for 20 days.

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.

The vessel could also carry four LCVP boats, and is equipped with a crane for cargo loading and offloading.

Ships

Operational history

In January 2018, during a naval landing exercise at the Berhala Strait, Teluk Bintuni received a signal from a tugboat which was being hijacked by pirates. The vessel launched an LCVP and apprehended the hijackers. She later brought supplies to areas affected by the 2018 Sulawesi earthquake and tsunami.

In August 2019, Teluk Lada was dispatched to rescue hostages aboard MV Mina Sejati, a 36-crew squid fishing vessel which was hijacked by several members of her own crew off Tual, Maluku. Mina Sejati was later discovered empty by Teluk Lada, with eleven survivors testifying that three of the crew had massacred the others.

References

1. "Indonesia to acquire two more amphibious landing ships".
2. "Senilai Rp360 Miliar, Kemhan Order Dua LST Teluk Bintuni Class Ke PT Bandar Abadi". 15 April 2019.
3. Retaduari, Elza Astari (19 June 2015). "Ini KRI Teluk Bintuni, Kapal Angkut Tank Leopard Buatan Dalam Negeri". detiknews (in Indonesian). Retrieved 18 September 2019.
4. "KRI Teluk Bintuni, Kapal Angkut Tank Terbaru TNI AL". Satu Harapan (in Indonesian). 19 September 2014. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
5. Fadillah, Ramadhan. "KRI Bintuni, kapal produksi dalam negeri pengangkut Tank Leopard". Merdeka (in Indonesian). Retrieved 18 September 2019.
6. Indrawan, Aditya Fajar (25 January 2018). "KRI Teluk Bintuni Gagalkan Perompakan di Perairan Selat Berhala". detiknews (in Indonesian). Retrieved 18 September 2019.
7. "KRI Teluk Bintuni Angkut 70 Ton Bantuan Korban Gempa ke Palu". SINDOnews.com (in Indonesian). 10 October 2018. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
8. "TNI AL Berusaha Kuasai KM Mina yang Dibajak". Republika (in Indonesian). 20 August 2019. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
9. "TNI AL Kirim KRI Teluk Lada Selamatkan Sandera KM Mina Sejati". CNN Indonesia (in Indonesian). 18 August 2019. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
10. "Duduk Perkara Pembantaian ABK KM Mina Sejati, 23 Orang Termasuk Pembantai Hilang Misterius". KOMPAS (in Indonesian). 23 August 2019. Retrieved 19 September 2019.

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submarines	Cakra class Nagapasa class
frigates	Ahmad Yani class Martadinata class
corvettes	Fatahillah class Kapitan Pattimura class Diponegoro class Bung Tomo class Bung Karno class
fast attack crafts	Mandau class Clurit class Sampari class Klewang class
patrol boats	FPB 57 design (Nav I, Nav II, Nav III, Nav IV, Nav V) Sibarau class Pulau Rote class Badau class Pari class Dorang class Krait class Cucut class
minesweepers	Pulau Rengat class Pulau Rote class Pulau Fani class
landing platform dock	Makassar class
tank landing ships	Teluk Amboina Teluk Semangka class Teluk Gilimanuk class Teluk Bintuni class
landing craft utility	Kupang class
hospital ships	dr. Soeharso Sudirohusodo class
hydrographic survey vessels	Dewa Kembar Rigel class Polux
command ship	Multatuli
auxiliary ships	Talaud class Tanjung Kambani Karang Pilang class Arun Sungai Gerong Tarakan class
training ships	Dewaruci Bima Suci Arung Samudera Kadet class
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