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Transferred to Indonesia in 1962. Retired. [58] Sweden: 1 KRI Tjepu (901) [note 5] Built in Sweden in 1949. Retired. Singapore: 1 KRI Pladju (902) [note 6] Bought from Singapore in 1958. Retired. Japan: 2: KRI Balikpapan (901) KRI Sambu (902) Copy of Khobi-class built by Ujima Shipyard, Japan in 1965. Transferred to Indonesia on March 7, 1978.
The official Indonesian Navy's history began on 10 September 1945, at the outset of the Indonesian National Revolution.The administration of the early Indonesian government established the People's Marine Security Agency (Badan Keamanan Rakyat Laut/BKR Laut) on 22 August 1945, the predecessor to the modern Indonesian Navy.
The Fubuki class had performance that was a quantum leap over previous destroyer designs, so much so that they were designated Special Type destroyers (特型駆逐艦, Tokugata Kuchikukan). The large size, powerful engines, high speed, large radius of action and unprecedented armament gave these destroyers the firepower similar to many light ...
The Fubuki-class destroyers (吹雪型駆逐艦, Fubukigata kuchikukan) were a class of twenty-four destroyers of the Imperial Japanese Navy. [1] The Fubuki class has been described as the world's first modern destroyer. [2] They remained effective in their role to the end of World War II, despite being much older than contemporary ships of ...
Hibiki, built at the Maizuru Naval Arsenal in Osaka was the third in the “Type III” improved series of Fubuki destroyers, incorporating a modified gun turret which could elevate her main battery of 12.7 cm/50 Type 3 naval guns to 75° as opposed to the original 40°, thus giving the gun a nominal ability as an anti-aircraft weapon. [4]
The Mutsuki class was an improved version of the Kamikaze-class destroyers and was the first with triple 61-centimeter (24 in) torpedo tubes.The ships had an overall length of 102.4 meters (335 ft 11 in) [1] and were 94.54 meters (310 ft 2 in) between perpendiculars.
Akatsuki steaming in the Yangtse River, China, while convoying transports in August 1937 during the Second Sino-Japanese War.. Akatsuki (暁, "Dawn") [1] was the twenty-first Fubuki-class destroyer, or the lead ship of the Akatsuki class (if that sub-class is regarded as a separate class), built for the Imperial Japanese Navy in the inter-war period.
Unlike previous Japanese destroyer designs, there were two separate engine and boiler rooms for increased survivability in battle. [4] The Akizuki class also were among the first Japanese destroyers equipped with the Type 21 air-search radar, which was mounted on all but the Akizuki and Teruzuki. Ships surviving to 1944 also received the Type ...