Makassar-Class Cruiser
| Makassar Class | |
|---|---|
 TNS Makassar | |
| Class overview | |
| Name | Makassar Class |
| Builders | Borneo Shipbuilding |
| Operators | Tequilapoli |
| Cost | $23.9 Million, 1942 |
| Planned | 12 |
| Built | 8 |
| Building | 0 |
| Active | 0 |
| Destroyed | 2 |
| Scrapped | 5 |
| Retired | 1 |
| General Characteristics | |
| Type | Light Cruiser |
| Displacement | 14,324 tonnes (14,098 long tons; 15,790 short tons) (full load) |
| Length | 190.73 metres (625.8 ft) (overall) |
| Beam | 19.81 metres (65.0 ft) |
| Draught | 6.40 metres (21.0 ft) (mean) |
| Propulsion | Oil fired boilers, geared steam turbines, 4 shafts |
| Power | 110,933 shaft horsepower (82.723 MW) |
| Speed | >32 knots (59 km/h) |
| Range | 6,000 nautical miles (11,000 km) at 20 knots |
| Endurance | 60 days |
| Complement | 70 Officers, 700 Enlisted |
| Armament | 24 x 5"/38 cal guns (4x3, 6x2); 44x 40mm Bofors(11x4), 12x 20mm Oerlikon (6x2) |
| Armour | 3 inches (76 mm) Main Belt, 1 inch (25 mm) Gun turret faces,1 inch (25 mm) Decks |
| Aviation & Flight Deck | |
| Fixed wing aircraft | 2 |
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.
