I Gusti Ngurah Rai has a length of 105.11 m (344 ft 10 in), beam of 14.02 m (46 ft 0 in), draft of 3.75 m (12 ft 4 in), and her displacement is 2,365 t (2,328 long tons). The ship is powered by combined diesel or electric (CODOE) propulsion, consisted of two 10,000 kW (13,000 shp) MCR diesel engines and two 1,300 kW (1,700 shp) MCR electric motors connected to two shafts with controllable-pitch propellers. Her maximum speed is 28 knots (52 km/h), range of 5,000 nautical miles (9,300 km) while cruising at 14 knots (26 km/h), and endurance up to 20 days. The frigate has complement of 122 personnel.[2][5]
Her electronic system and sensors consisted of Thales Group TACTICOS combat management system[9] with ten Multifunction Operator Consoles (MOC) Mk.4,[10][11][12]SMART-S Mk 2 3D multibeam surveillance radar integrated with Thales TSB 2520 IFF system, Sperry Marine BridgeMasterE ARPA navigation radar, STIR 1.2 MK.2 (STING) electro-optical fire control system, LINK Y Mk 2 datalink system, Thales UMS 4132 Kingklip medium frequency active/passive hull-mounted sonar, CAPTAS 2/UMS 4229 variable depth sonar, Thales VIGILE 100 ESM, Thales Scorpion ECM,[10] and TERMA SKWS DLT-12T 130mm decoy launchers located in port and starboard.[8]
I Gusti Ngurah Rai also has a hangar and flight deck at stern and could accommodate one <10 tons helicopter.[2] The ship is usually assigned with an Eurocopter AS565 Panther helicopter.[13] The frigate also carries two rigid-hull inflatable boats.[2]
Construction and career
The ship construction was started with the first steel cutting ceremony on 17 September 2014 at PAL Indonesia shipyard in Surabaya. Her keel was laid down on 18 January 2016. The Dutch-built module was transported to PAL Indonesia shipyard for final assembly. The frigate was launched on 29 September 2016.[4] She underwent her first sea trial on 26 April 2017.[14] The ship was handed over to the Indonesian Navy on 30 October 2017.[15]I Gusti Ngurah Rai was officially commissioned on 10 January 2018 by Commander of the Indonesian National Armed Forces Air Chief Marshal Hadi Tjahjanto at Benoa Port, Bali.[16]
The ship finished her FFBNW (Fit For But Not With) refit project, which consisted of four work stages, and was formally handed over to the Indonesian Navy on 3 November 2020. The refit project included the installation of the Rheinmetall Oerlikon Millennium Gunclose-in weapon system and integration of the Sensor, Weapon and Command (SEWACO) system.[17]
She participated in the 2022 RIMPAC in the Hawaiian Islands.