It was initially designed and built in 2003 in South Korea as a landing platform dock named KRI Tanjung Dalpele.

[4] As a hospital ship the vessel is capable of accepting up to 2,000 patients and has a crew of 126 with 51 medical specialists.

The vessel was built by Daesun Shipbuilding at their shipyard in Pusan, South Korea, with the keel being laid in 2002.

Named Tanjung Dalpele, the ship was launched on 17 May 2003 and entered service with the Indonesian Navy in September of that year.

[2][3] In February 2007, Tanjung Dalpele carried the families of the victims of Adam Air Flight KI-574 to the site of the crash for a memorial service.

[4] dr. Soeharso picked up 188 Indonesian crew of the cruise ship World Dream in the Durian Strait on 26 February 2020.