Makassar-class Landing Platform Dock

The Makassar-class is a class of four landing platform docks designed for the Indonesian Navy by Daesun Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. of South Korea and based on the earlier Tanjung Dalpele. The US$150 million contract was signed 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 with assistance from Daesun.

The contract for the 3^rd and 4^th LPDs to be built in Indonesia was signed with PT PAL on March 28, 2005. On October 19^th 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 3^rd and 4^th units had been designed to function as flagships with provisions for a command and control system, 57mm gun and air defense systems.

The Indonesian Navy ordered another LPD on January 11^th, 2017. First steel cutting ceremony for said ship was conducted on April 28^th, 2017. The ship's keel was laid on August 28^th, 2017 and it was launched a year later on August 12^th, 2018.

Unit Run

Indonesia

• KRI Makassar (590)
• KRI Surabaya (591)
• KRI Banjarmasin (592)
• KRI Banda Aceh (593)
• KRI Semarang (594)

Myanmar

• UMS Moattama (1501)

Peru

• BAP Paita
• BAP Pisco

Philippines

Landing Platform Dock

• BRP Tarlac (LD-601)
• BRP Davao Del Sur (LD-602)
• BRP Unnamed (LD-603) - planned for construction
• BRP Unnamed (LD-604) - planned for construction

Hospital Ship

• BRP Unnamed - planned for construction

United Arab Emirates

• Unnamed - planned for construction

See Also

• Tarlac-class