KRI Tanjung Kambani was an ordinary roll on/roll off ferry designed to carry passengers which was later modified into a personnel carrier and entered the ranks of the warships of the Republic of Indonesia.

Cape Kambani was the gathering place for the Maritime Command Ships Task Force that carried troops during Operation Trikora in 1961.

The bow of the Meifuku Maru collided slightly behind the center of the starboard side of the ship at an angle of about 30 degrees from the front, and the ship suffered a dent on the outer plate of the center of her starboard side and the frame was damaged.

She was acquired by the Indonesian Navy in 2000, and was refurbished into a transport ship at Dae Sun Shipbuilding & Engineering in South Korea from May to November 2000.

On 16 April 2021, KRI Tanjung Kambani from the Indonesian Navy's Second Fleet Command (Koarmada II) began distributing logistical assistance to disaster victims in dozens of regencies and cities in East Nusa Tenggara.