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Corvette ROKS Yeosu (PCC-765)

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Classification

Ship class:
Pohang-class corvette
Type:
Corvette

Basic information

Namesake:
City in South Jeolla Province
Renaming:
  • HQ-20, after 17.10.2018
Operator:
Republic of Korea NavyRepublic of Korea Navy Vietnam People's NavyVietnam People's Navy
Country of build:
Builder:
Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co., Ltd. (DSME)Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co., Ltd. (DSME)
Launched:
Commissioned (service):
Status:
Active
Fate:
Transferred to Vietnam People's Navy

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:
118

Combat assets

Boats & landing craft:

2 * RHIB

Electronics:
  • X-band & S-band navigational radars
  • Raytheon AN/SPS-64(V)5B surface search radar
  • Signaal (Thales Nederland) WM-28 Fire Control System
  • Signaal (Thales Nederland) LIOD optronic director
  • Raytheon AN/SQS-58 hull mounted passive/active sonar
  • 2 * Loral Hycor Mk 34 RBOC Chaff and Decoy Launching System
Armament:
  • 2 * Oto Melara 76 mm/62 caliber Compact naval guns
  • 2 * Otobreda 40mm L/70 twin naval guns
  • 2 * Mk 32 triple torpedo tubes
  • 2 * Mk 9 Depth Charge Racks
  • 6 * M2HB Browning .50 caliber machine guns

ROKS Yeosu (PCC-765) was a Pohang-class corvette of the Republic of Korea Navy and later transferred to Vietnam People's Navy as Ship 20.

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.

Yeosu was launched on 14 June 1986 by DSME in Geoje. The vessel was commissioned on 1 December 1986 and decommissioned on 27 December 2017. She was transferred to the Vietnam People's Navy. She arrived on 17 October 2018 with a new name Ship 20.

During the South Korean International Fleet Review 2018 on 11 October 2018, Ship 20 sailed to South Korea with 13 other foreign country vessels.

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