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Corvette ROKS Jecheon (PCC-776)

Corvette ROKS Jecheon (PCC-776) 0Corvette ROKS Jecheon (PCC-776) 1

Classification

Ship class:
Pohang-class corvette
Type:
Corvette

Basic information

Namesake:
City in North Chungcheong Province
Renaming:
  • HQ-21, after 22.12.2025
Operator:
Republic of Korea NavyRepublic of Korea Navy Vietnam People's NavyVietnam People's Navy
Country of build:
Builder:
Hanjin Heavy IndustriesHanjin Heavy Industries
Launched:
Commissioned (service):
Status:
Active
Fate:
Transferred to the 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 Jecheon (PCC-776) is 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.

Jecheon was launched on 8 December 1987 by Hanjin Heavy Industries. The vessel was commissioned on 3 May 1989.

While being moored in her namesake city, Jecheon on 18 August 2018, Deputy Mayor Geum Han-ju and 35 other people, including members of the Integrated Defense Council, members of security and local organizations, and citizens from all walks of life, visited the ship.

During the State Visit of the General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Tô Lâm to South Korea, representatives from the Ministry of Defense of both countries witnessed the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding about the transfer of ROKS Jecheon to the Vietnam People's Navy.

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