Makassar Class |
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TNS Makassar |
Class overview |
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Name |
Makassar Class |
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Builders |
Borneo Shipbuilding |
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Operators |
Tequilapoli |
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Cost |
$23.9 Million, 1942 |
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Planned |
12 |
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Built |
8 |
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Building |
0 |
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Active |
0 |
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Destroyed |
2 |
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Scrapped |
5 |
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Retired |
1 |
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General Characteristics |
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Type |
Light Cruiser |
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Displacement |
14,324 tonnes (14,098 long tons; 15,790 short tons) (full load) |
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Length |
190.73 metres (625.8 ft) (overall) |
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Beam |
19.81 metres (65.0 ft) |
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Draught |
6.40 metres (21.0 ft) (mean) |
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Propulsion |
Oil fired boilers, geared steam turbines, 4 shafts |
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Power |
110,933 shaft horsepower (82.723 MW) |
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Speed |
>32 knots (59 km/h) |
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Range |
6,000 nautical miles (11,000 km) at 20 knots |
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Endurance |
60 days |
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Complement |
70 Officers, 700 Enlisted |
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Armament |
24 x 5"/38 cal guns (4x3, 6x2); 44x 40mm Bofors(11x4), 12x 20mm Oerlikon (6x2) |
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Armour |
3 inches (76 mm) Main Belt, 1 inch (25 mm) Gun turret faces,1 inch (25 mm) Decks |
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Aviation & Flight Deck |
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Fixed wing aircraft |
2 |
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The Makassar Class was a class of Light Cruisers designed in 1940 as an anti-air warfare ship.
History
The Makassar class AA Cruiser was a controversial design when first proposed. The legislature argued over several days regarding the ships, with some legislators preferring to build a new class of light cruiser armed with 6.1" guns over the 5" armed Makassars. News of the British attack at Taranto solidified support for the ship.