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Corvette ROKS Pohang (PCC-756)

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Classification

Ship class:
Pohang-class corvette
Type:
Corvette

Basic information

Namesake:
City in the Province of North Gyeongsang
Operator:
Republic of Korea NavyRepublic of Korea Navy
Country of build:
Builder:
Hanjin Heavy IndustriesHanjin Heavy Industries
Launched:
Commissioned (service):
Decommissioned (out):
Status:
Museum
Fate:
Used as a museum ship in Pohang since 12 June 2010

Ship measurements

Displacement:
1,220 t
Length:
88.3 m
Beam:
10 m
Draft:
2.9 m

Machine

Propulsion system:
CODOG
Propulsion:
  • 1 * GE LM2500 gas turbine engine
  • 2 * MTU 12V 956 TB82 diesel engine
Speed:
32 knots
Range:
4,000 nautical miles

Personnel

Complement:
95

Combat assets

Electronics:
  • Signaal SEWACO ZK
  • Signaal WM28
  • Raytheon AN/SPS-64
  • Signaal LIOD
  • EDO 786
  • Mk 36 SRBOC
  • GoldStar ULQ-12K ESM
Armament:
  • 1 * OTO Melara 76 mm/62 cannon
  • 2 * Emerson EMERLEC 30 twin Oerlikon 30 mm/75 KCB cannon
  • 2 * MM38 Exocet SSM
  • 12 * Mk 9 or KMk 9 depth charge
  • 2 * K6 HMG
  • 2 * M60 Machine guns

ROKS Pohang (PCC-756) was a Pohang-class corvette of the Republic of Korea Navy. She was decommissioned and now serves as a museum ship in Pohang, South Korea.

The Pohang class is a series of corvettes built by different Korean shipbuilding companies. The class consists of 24 ships and some after decommissioning were sold or given to other countries. There are five different types of designs in the class from Flight II to Flight VI.

Pohang was launched on 7 February 1984 by Hanjin Heavy Industries in Busan. The vessel was commissioned on 18 December 1984 and decommissioned on 30 June 2009. She now serves as a museum ship in Pohang and in 2010, the ROKS Cheonan memorial aboard her was opened.

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