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ROKS Seongnam (PCC-775)

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ROKS Seongnam on 30 October 2014
History
South Korea
Name
  • Seongnam
  • (성남)
NamesakeSeongnam
BuilderDSME
Launched11 December 1987
Commissioned24 November 2013
Identification
StatusActive
General characteristics
Class and typePohang-class corvette
Displacement1,220 tons
Length289.7 ft (88 m)
Beam33 ft (10 m)
Draft2.9 ft (0.88 m)
Installed power2 × MTU 6V396 TC52 diesel generators
Propulsion
Speed32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph) maximum
Range4,000 nmi (7,400 km; 4,600 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) using diesel engines
Endurance20 days
Boats & landing
craft carried
2 × RHIB
Crew118
Sensors and
processing systems
Electronic warfare
& decoys
2 × Loral Hycor Mk 34 RBOC Chaff and Decoy Launching System
Armament

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

Development and design

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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.[1]

Construction and career

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Seongnam was launched on 11 December 1987 by Daewoo Shipbuilding. The vessel was commissioned on 24 November 2013.

On 18 May 2020, the BRP Rizal and ROKS Seongnam underwent together in an exercise.[2]

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References

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  1. ^ "Pohang (PCC Patrol Combat Corvette)". www.globalsecurity.org. Retrieved 2021-01-10.
  2. ^ "해군, 필리핀 수출 호위함 1번함 해상환송". 디펜스투데이 (in Korean). 2020-05-19. Retrieved 2021-07-12.