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Corvette ROKS Gunsan (PCC-757)

Corvette ROKS Gunsan (PCC-757) 0

Classification

Ship class:
Pohang-class corvette
Type:
Corvette

Basic information

Namesake:
City in North Jeolla Province Sea
Operator:
Republic of Korea NavyRepublic of Korea Navy
Country of build:
Builder:
Hanjin Heavy IndustriesHanjin Heavy Industries
Launched:
Commissioned (service):
Decommissioned (out):
Status:
Decommissioned
Fate:
Scrapped in 2017

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 Gunsan (PCC-757) is a Pohang-class corvette of the Republic of Korea Navy (ROKN). The ship is named after the South Korean city of Gunsan.

The ship's armament consists of] two OTO Melara 76 mm/62 compact guns and two Otobreda DARDO 40 mm guns. The ship also carries Boeing RGM-84 Harpoon surface-to-surface missiles.

Gunsan was also supplied with six 12.75-inch (324 mm) Mark 46 torpedoes and twelve Mark 9 depth charges.

In 1984, Gunsan was commissioned into the Korean Navy.

On 29 September 2011, Gunsan was decommissioned by the ROKN.[4] The ship was to be transferred as a gift to the Colombian Navy, however, a Donghae-class corvette was exchanged instead.

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