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Corvette ROKS Iksan (PCC-768)

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Classification

Ship class:
Pohang-class corvette
Type:
Corvette

Basic information

Namesake:
City and major railway junction in North Jeolla Province
Renaming:
  • ROKS Iri (PCC-768) before 1999
  • ARC Almirante Tono (CM-56), after 06.01.2021
Operator:
Republic of Korea NavyRepublic of Korea Navy Colombian National Navy (Armada de Colombia)Colombian National Navy (Armada de Colombia)
Country of build:
Builder:
Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd.
Launched:
Commissioned (service):
Status:
Active
Fate:
Transferred to the Colombian 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 Iri (PCC-768) was a Pohang-class corvette of the Republic of Korea Navy. Renamed ROKS Iksan in 1999. She was decommissioned and donated to the Colombian Navy under the name ARC Almirante Tono (CM-56) in 2016.

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.

Iri was launched on 24 March 1987 by Hyundai Heavy Industries in Ulsan. The vessel was commissioned in September 1988. She was renamed Iksan in February 1999 and decommissioned on 31 December 2018. While in reserve at Jinhae on 28 September 2020, she was donated to Colombian Navy.

On 24 November 2020, she arrived in Cartagena with a new name ARC Almirante Tono (CM-56).

She was commissioned and christened on 6 January 2021. On 15 January, she began her first task on patrol to San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina.

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