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.

[8] I Gusti Ngurah Rai also has a hangar and flight deck at stern and could accommodate one <10 tons helicopter.

[2] The ship construction was started with the first steel cutting ceremony on 17 September 2014 at PAL Indonesia shipyard in Surabaya.

[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.