Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-26456984-20150611160511/@comment-202.67.45.42-20151116051759

Tadd2015 wrote: @202.67.44.6

@Ayacchi

Nice to meet you !

I have a question, Is  KRI Irian and  KRI Macan Tutul the battleship of Indonesian Navy ? KRI Irian is a light cruiser, ex Soviet Navy Sverdlov-class (more likely Ordzhonikidze 310), armed like USN Cleveland-class (12 x 15.2 cm naval gun) but added with torpedo (but i dont know that are Soviet metallurgy are competitive enough compared to that American), some people called it "Indonesian's sea monster", it was the ship with largest gun calibre in Indonesian Navy, but the fate being scrapped coz the maintenance cost is high, and her performance on Equatorial sea is bad (i heard some people say that she was easily to get rusted, cos the salinity on Indonesian sea is higher that Baltic sea where she was constructed)

KRI Macan Tutul is a Germany Jaguar-class fast torpedo boat, it is famous in Indonesia coz she was a heroic ship, commanded by Cpt. Wiratno and boarded by Commodore Yos Sudarso, she let the other Indonesia Navy ships to retreat and sunk with honor (including Commodore Yos Sudarso boarded on it), if u r courious on KRI Macan Tutul, just read the article bout Arafuru Sea Battle

BTW, nice to see people from outside Indonesia know about Indonesian warships :D