The fifth president of Indonesia, Megawati Soekarnoputri, inaugurated a state warship, KRI Bung Karno-369, at the Navy's Military Sealift Command Pier .
Indonesian private shipyard PT Karimun Anugrah Sejati (KAS) has begun work on a new guided-missile corvette that will double up as transport for dignitaries such as the Indonesian president. A ceremony to mark the vessel's “first steel-cutti.