KRI Teluk Semangka

KRI Teluk Semangka is the lead ship of the of the Indonesian Navy.

Design

The ship has a length of, a beam of, with a draught of and her displacement is at full load. She was powered by two diesel engines, with total sustained power output of distributed in two shaft. Teluk Semangka has a speed of, with range of while cruising at.
Teluk Semangka has a capacity of 200 troops, of cargo, and 4 LCVPs on davits. The ship has a complement of 90 personnel, including 13 officers.
She were armed with three single Bofors 40 mm L/70 guns, two single Rheinmettal 20 mm autocannons, and two single DShK 12.7 mm heavy machine guns.
The ship has helicopter decks in the amidships and aft for small to medium helicopter such as Westland Wasp or MBB Bo 105.

KRI Teluk Semangka was built by Korea Tacoma Shipyard in Masan, ordered in June 1979. She was commissioned on 20 January 1981.
She was decommissioned on 24 April 2013 and later on 1 May, two Indonesian Navy warships registered as state property by the Ministry of Defense have been approved for destruction. The Directorate General of State Assets of the Ministry of Finance has approved the destruction of KRI Teluk Semangka and KRI Teluk Berau. The two ships were sunk as targets in a joint Indonesian Navy exercise.