KRI Teluk Calang (524)

KRI Teluk Calang (524) is a Teluk Bintuni-class tank landing ship of the Indonesian Navy.

Characteristics
Teluk Calang has a length of 117 m, a beam measuring 16.4 m, and a height of 7.8 m with a draft of 3 m. She has a capacity of 476 passengers, including crew, alongside 10 Leopard main battle tanks and a helicopter. The ship was designed to be able to stay at sea for 20 days. With a crew of 119, consisting of 113 sailors and 6 helicopter crew, she has a displacement of 2,300 tonnes and has a maximum speed of 16 knot. The ship is armed with light defensive weapons in form of a Bofors 40 mm gun and two 12.7 mm heavy machine guns. The vessel could also carry four LCVP boats, and is equipped with a crane for cargo loading and offloading.

Service history
KRI Teluk Calang was built by an Indonesian shipbuilder PT Daya Radar Utama (DRU), Bandar Lampung. The ship was ordered from DRU as part of a three-ship order of the Teluk Bintuni-class ships (AT-117 type LST program) in January 2017, with yard number of AT-7. The ship was laid down on 10 July 2017, along with two other ships, AT-5 and AT-6. She was launched and officially named on 19 August 2019. The ship was commissioned on 8 August 2022.