BBC Monitoring Asia Pacific,
01/2011
Newsletter
Report attributed to Antara news agency: "US Agrees To Have Six RI Warships Destroyed" The six LSTs included KRI Teluk Langsa 501, KRI Teluk Bayur 502, KRI Teluk Kau 504, KRI Teluk Tomini 508, KRI Teluk Ratai 509, KRI Teluk Saleh 510, and KRI Teluk Bone 511, built in 1942-1945. "Since they were cargo ships, we would be able to procure them from PT PAL, because it had successfully built one LPD, namely KRI Banjarmasin, and is building a similar ship, KRI Banda Aceh," Soeparno said.
