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File:KRI Sorong 911.jpg KRI Sorong underway, date unknown. | |
| Career |  Indonesia |
| Name: | Sorong |
| Namesake: | Sorong, Indonesia |
| Operator: | Indonesian Navy |
| Builder: | SY Trogir, Yugoslavia |
| Launched: | 1964 |
| Commissioned: | 1965 |
| Identification: | Pennant number: 911 |
| Status: | Active |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Tanker |
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| Length: | 112.17 m (368.0 ft) LOA |
| Beam: | 15.4 m (51 ft) |
| Draught: | 6.6 m (22 ft) |
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| Speed: | 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
| Complement: | 110 crews |
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Sorong (911) is the only ship of the her type, built in Yugoslavia. She is an oiler of the Indonesian Navy.
Development[]
KRI Sorong's main purpose is to provide support during amphibious operations and serve as a tanker. Her midship jackstay rig help to transfer materials during UNREP. She is capable of holding 3000 tons of fuel and 300 tons of drinking water. Sorong is unarmed most of the time but she has 2 machine guns pintles for self defense.[1]
Construction and career[]
She was launched in 1964 by YT Trogir shipyards. Commissioned in 1965 with the hull number 911 or sometimes also referred to as AO-911.
Sorong made history because she was part of the Combat Team for an amphibious landing operation to seize the city of Dili in East Timor on 6 December 1975, part of the Indonesian invasion of East Timor from 1975 to 1976.[2]
References[]
The original article can be found at KRI Sorong (911) and the edit history here.