KRI ''Alamang'' (644) is a of the

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. Commissioned in 2013, she is the fourth ship of her class.

Specifications

The vessel has a length of 44 meters, a draft of 8 meters, and a displacement of 238 tonnes with the maximum speed of 27 knots. She has a crew complement of 35, and is equipped with two Chinese-made

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missile launchers, a 30mm main gun, and two 20mm Denel Vektor GI-2 guns. The ship costed Rp 73 billion (USD 6 million in 2013).

Service history

''Alamang'' was commissioned by Minister of Defense

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in Batam on 20 December 2013, alongside two patrol boats also built by Palindo. She is part of the Indonesian Navy's Western Fleet Command (''Koarmabar''). In the Western Fleet Command, she patrolled the waters around

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and the

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, capturing vessels without documentation or smugglers. She also patrols the waters around the

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, capturing one Vietnamese fishing vessel there in 2017.

References

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