[2] Indonesia signed a US$150 million contract in December 2004[3] and the first two Makassar-class 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 third and fourth LPD to be built in Indonesia was signed with PT PAL on March 28, 2005.

The ship transported 68 crews of the cruise ship Diamond Princess who underwent observation for the coronavirus disease 2019 in Sebaru Kecil Island, Thousand Islands, to the Port of Tanjung Priok, North Jakarta, on 15 March 2020.

[6] On 18 May 2020, she was dispatched to carry COVID-19 testing kits and hand sanitizers from Yayasan Temasek Singapura, Singapore, to Indonesia.