According to a tweet published by Chris Cavas on November 12, 2021, US Navy's Independence-class littoral combat ship USS Jackson conducts exercises with Indonesian's Martadinata-class frigate KRI I Gusti Ngurah Rai and Diponegoro-class corvette KRI Diponegoro.
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Martadinata-class frigate KRI I Gusti Ngurah Rai, Independence-class littoral combat ship USS Jackson and Diponegoro-class corvette KRI Diponegoro (Picture source: Twitter account of Chris Cavas)
KRI Diponegoro (365) is a Diponegoro-class corvette of the Indonesian Navy. Diponegoro was laid down on 24 March 2005 and launched on 16 September 2006 by Damen Group, Vlissingen. She was commissioned on 5 July 2007 by Admiral Slamet Soebijanto, Indonesian Navy Chief of Staff.
The Diponegoro class of guided-missile corvettes of the Indonesian Navy are SIGMA 9113 types of the Netherlands-designed Sigma family of modular naval vessels, named after Indonesian Prince Diponegoro. Currently, there are four Diponegoro-class corvettes in service.
KRI I Gusti Ngurah Rai (332) is the second ship of the Martadinata-class frigates of the Indonesian Navy. She was launched on 29 September 2016 by Damen Schelde Naval Shipbuilding. Commissioned on 10 January 2018 with the hull number 332.
The R.E. Martadinata class of guided-missile frigates of the Indonesian Navy are SIGMA 10514 types of the Netherlands-designed Sigma family of modular naval vessels, named after Indonesian Admiral Raden Eddy Martadinata.
The frigates are each built from six modules or sections, four built at the PT PAL shipyard at Surabaya, the other two at Damen Schelde Naval Shipbuilding in the Netherlands.
