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. (aan)