ROKS Yi Eokgi

ROKS Yi Eokgi underway on 7 July 2010.
History
South Korea
Name	Yi Eokgi (나대용)
Namesake	Yi Eokgi
Ordered	12 August 1976
Builder	DSME
Launched	24 May 2000
Acquired	30 November 2001
Commissioned	1 December 2001
Identification	Pennant number: SS-071
Status	Active
General characteristics
Class and type	Jang Bogo-class submarine
Displacement	1,180 t (1,160 long tons) surfaced 1,285 t (1,265 long tons) submerged
Length	55.9 m (183 ft 5 in)
Beam	6.4 m (21 ft 0 in)
Draft	5.9 m (19 ft 4 in)
Propulsion	4 MTU Type 12V493 AZ80 GA31L diesel engines 1 Siemens electric motor 1 shaft 4,600 hp (3,400 kW)
Speed	11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph) surfaced 21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph) submerged[citation needed]
Range	11,300 nmi (20,900 km; 13,000 mi) surfaced at 4 knots (7.4 km/h; 4.6 mph)
Endurance	50 days
Complement	5 officers, 26 enlisted
Armament	8 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes 14 SST-4 torpedoes

ROKS Yi Eokgi (SS-071) is the ninth and last boat of the Jang Bogo-class submarine of the Republic of Korea Navy. She is one of Jang Bogo-class submarines to be built in South Korea.

At the end of the 1980s the South Korean navy started to improve its overall capability and began to operate more advanced vessels. South Korea purchased its first submarines, German U-209 class in its Type 1200 subvariant, ordered as the Jang Bogo class. These boats are generally similar to Turkey's six Atilay-class submarines, with German sensors and weapons.^[1]

The first order placed late in 1987 covered three boats, one to be completed in Germany and the other two in South Korea from German-supplied kits. There followed by two additional three-boat orders placed in October 1989 and January 1994 for boats of South Korean construction. The boats were commissioned from 1993 to 2001.

The older boats were upgraded, it is believed that the modernization included a hull stretch to the Type 1400 length, provision for tube-launched Harpoon missiles and the addition of a towed-array sonar.^[2]

ROKS Yi Eokgi was built by Daewoo Shipbuilding and launched on 24 May 2000. She was acquired by the navy on 30 November 2001 and commissioned on 1 December 2001.^{[citation needed]}

• Type 209 submarine