KRI ''Layang'' (635) is a FPB-57 Nav V

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currently operated by the

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Service history

''Layang'' was built by Lürrsen-Werft, fitted out by PT PAL and launched in 2000. The ship was commissioned in 2000. On 22 April 2021, she was deployed off

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in search for , which went missing off the waters of

during a

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drill. The navy had deployed six additional ships to the area which were , , , , and KRI ''Layang''.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Layang 2000 ships Patrol vessels of the Indonesian Navy Naval ships of Indonesia