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Corvette ROKS Seongnam (PCC-775)

Corvette ROKS Seongnam (PCC-775) 0Corvette ROKS Seongnam (PCC-775) 1

Classification

Ship class:
Pohang-class corvette
Type:
Corvette

Basic information

Namesake:
City in Gyeonggi Province
Operator:
Republic of Korea NavyRepublic of Korea Navy
Country of build:
Builder:
Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co., Ltd. (DSME)Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co., Ltd. (DSME)
Launched:
Commissioned (service):
Decommissioned (out):
Status:
Decommissioned
Fate:
Used by the Naval Battle Training Group Eight as reserve & training ship

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 Seongnam (PCC-775) was a Pohang-class corvette of the Republic of Korea Navy.

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.

Seongnam was launched on 11 December 1987 by Daewoo Shipbuilding.

On 18 May 2020, the BRP Rizal and ROKS Seongnam underwent together in an exercise.

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