KRI Sorong (911)

	KRI Sorong underway, date unknown.
History
Indonesia
Name	Sorong
Namesake	Sorong, Indonesia
Operator	Indonesian Navy
Builder	, Yugoslavia
Launched	1964
Commissioned	1965
Identification	Pennant number: 911; IMO number: 6418649;
Status	Active
General characteristics
Type	Tanker
Displacement	4.090 t (4.025 long tons), standard load ; 5.100 t (5.019 long tons), full load;
Length	112.17 m (368.0 ft) LOA
Beam	15.4 m (51 ft)
Draught	6.6 m (22 ft)
Propulsion	- 1 × ; - 1 × shaft;
Speed	15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement	110 crews
Sensors and ; processing systems	- 1 × radar
Armament	- 2 × pintles for machine guns
Aircraft carried	- flight deck

KRI 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 . 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[]

^ "KRI Sorong (911)". www.globalsecurity.org. Retrieved 2020-10-17.
^ "KRI Sorong 911: Kapal Tanker Pendukung Operasi Pendaratan Amfibi di Dili". Indomiliter.com. 2014-09-12. Retrieved 2020-10-17.

[1] "KRI Sorong (911)". www.globalsecurity.org. Retrieved 2020-10-17.

[2] "KRI Sorong 911: Kapal Tanker Pendukung Operasi Pendaratan Amfibi di Dili". Indomiliter.com. 2014-09-12. Retrieved 2020-10-17.

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show v t Active ship classes of the Indonesian Navy
Submarines	Cakra class Nagapasa class
Frigates	Ahmad Yani class Martadinata class
Corvettes	Fatahillah class Kapitan Pattimura class Diponegoro class Bung Tomo class
Fast attack crafts	Mandau class Clurit class Sampari class
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Minesweepers	Pulau Rengat class Pulau Rote class
Landing platform dock	Makassar class
Tank landing ships	Teluk Amboina class^S Teluk Semangka class Teluk Gilimanuk class Teluk Bintuni class
Landing craft utility	Kupang class
Hospital ships	Tanjung Dalpele class^S Semarang class^S
Hydrographic survey vessels	Dewa Kembar class^S Rigel class Polux class^S
Command ship	Multatuli class^S
Auxiliary ships	Talaud class Tanjung Kambani class^S Karang Pilang class Arun class^S Sungai Gerong class^S Sorong class^S Tarakan class
Training ships	Dewaruci^S Bima Suci^S Arung Samudera^S Kadet class
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History
KRI Sorong underway, date unknown.
Indonesia
Name	Sorong
Namesake	Sorong, Indonesia
Operator	Indonesian Navy
Builder	, Yugoslavia
Launched	1964
Commissioned	1965
Identification	Pennant number: 911 IMO number: 6418649
Status	Active
General characteristics
Type	Tanker
Displacement	4.090 t (4.025 long tons), standard load 5.100 t (5.019 long tons), full load
Length	112.17 m (368.0 ft) LOA
Beam	15.4 m (51 ft)
Draught	6.6 m (22 ft)
Propulsion	- 1 × - 1 × shaft
Speed	15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement	110 crews
Sensors and processing systems	- 1 × radar
Armament	- 2 × pintles for machine guns
Aircraft carried	- flight deck