Marine monument inaugurated

Marine monument inaugurated

SURABAYA: A submarine monument, a ground display of a 1952
Russian-made submarine, was inaugurated here on Saturday by the
outgoing Navy Chief Adm. Arief Kushariadi.

The monument has been named KRI Pasopati 410.

"This kind of monument is the biggest and the most complete in
the world. There's another one in Germany, but it's smaller than
this," he was quoted by Antara as saying.

The submarine is 76 meters in length and 6.3 meters wide.

Arief said the monument was the city's second marine monument
after the Jalesveva Jayamahe monument located in the Naval base
here.

The defunct submarine was turned into a monument because it
was used in several historic naval operations, including the 1962
Trikora operation to free Irian Jaya from Dutch rule, Arief said.
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