KRI Makassar (590) is the lead ship of the Makassar-class landing platform dock of the Indonesian Navy.

Indonesia signed a US$150 million contract in December 2004[1] and the first two units were built in Busan, South Korea.

The remaining two were built at Indonesia's PT PAL shipyard in Surabaya with assistance from Daesun.The contract for the 3rd and 4th LPD to be built in Indonesia was signed with PT PAL on March 28, 2005.

On 19 October 2006, the first of the two Indonesian-built units, was laid down in a ceremony by Admiral Slamet Subiyanto, Chief of Staff, Indonesian Navy.

[3] First steel cutting ceremony for said ship was conducted on April 28, 2017.