Loka Jala Srana Museum

The genesis of TNI-AL Loka Jala Srana Museum is build on 19 Septembers 1969 by the name of AKABRI LAUT Museum, has just on 10 July 1973 its statuses is improved to become TNI-AL museum. Last on 6 Octobers 1979 changing name to become TNI-AL Loka Jala Srana Museum.

TNI-AL Loka Jala Srana Museum reside in Morokrembangan Surabaya in the middle of TNI-AL center education area that is TNI Angkatan Laut Academy (AAL) (Academy of Indonesia Maritime Marine Military) that educate the TNI-AL enlisted man level of Academy and Commando, TNI-AL Education (KODIKAL) that educate candidate of Tamtama, Bintara, enlisted man from Bintara (CAPA) and college collegiate and heroic second education. That complex is recognized as "Bumi Moro" Surabaya.

This Museum demonstrate and save the historic objects which owned and applied by TNI-AL during the revolution physical until now in the form: battleship cannon type, plane, helicopter, field artillery, KRI Dewa Ruci monument and air defense and other relict like ship cannon "HRMS DE ZEVEN PROVINSIEN".

KRI DEWA RUCI is high pillar sailing boat type, owned TNI AL often execute sea transport of goodwill for several moon and halting-place in port town in Asia, African and Europe. KRI DEWA RUCI has commandant by a commissioned officer of Lieutenant Colonel from seaman corps. The crew (ABK) is amount to 75. Besides executing routine activity like practice of Kartika Jala Krida (KJK) for Kadet Akademi Angkatan Laut (AAL) (Cadet of Academy of Maritime Military) level of III.

It is available planetarium building to see the solar system (astronomy), miraculous Bima Sakti. Planetarium is as supporting facilities for learning of the cadets (taruna) has supplied the knowledge when they do a journey on the sea. The situation of the star can determine their position to stay include the commutation of time. How the movement of star pattern designates the direction and time.

In front of the main museum building, we will meet two statues in left side and right. The statue is National hero statue from Marine Corps (KKO), Usman and Harun that swung for in Singapore 17 Octobers 1968. Posthumous Sergeant KKO USMAN alias Janatin bin Haji Muhammad Ali and Kopral Anumerta KKO Harun alias Tohir bin Mandar. They are the combatants and nation warrior who minded risk in their life devotion duty just for the benefit of nation and state. As an appreciation, governmental bestow a mark of homage Bintang Sakti and lift both as National Warrior.

Dwikora had commando of President Sukarno on 3 Mays 1964 in Jakarta. ABRI at that moment response swiftly they assign 3 soldiers that are Usman, Harun and Gani to do sabotage in Singapore. Date of 8 March 1965 in the midnight, when peace seawater the third was raw the boat. The volunteers can do their duty of blessing of their practices and manful. But when, strive to return to basis they to fail and caught until litigation and they are dead in the gibbet.