| ROKS Andong | |
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File:2007년12월3일-함정기동 (7193822678).jpg Pohang-class corvette | |
| Career (South Korea) |  |
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| Namesake: | Andong |
| Builder: | Hanjin, Busan |
| Launched: | 30 April 1987 |
| Commissioned: | 7 November 1988 |
| Decommissioned: | 31 December 2020 |
| Identification: | Pennant number: PCC-771 |
| Status: | Decommissioned |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Pohang-class corvette |
| Displacement: | 1,220 tons |
| Length: | 289.7 ft (88 m) |
| Beam: | 33 ft (10 m) |
| Draft: | 2.9 ft (0.88 m) |
| Installed power: | 2 × MTU 6V396 TC52 diesel generators |
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| Speed: | 32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph) maximum |
| Range: | 4,000 nmi (7,400 km; 4,600 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) using diesel engines |
| Endurance: | 20 days |
| Boats & landing craft carried: | 2 × RHIB |
| Crew: | 118 |
| Sensors and processing systems: |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys: | 2 × Loral Hycor Mk 34 RBOC Chaff and Decoy Launching System |
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ROKS Andong (PCC-771) was a Pohang-class corvette of the Republic of Korea Navy.
Development and design[]
Main article: Pohang-class corvette
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[]
Andong was launched on 30 April 1987 by Hanjin Heavy Industries in Busan. The vessel was commissioned on 7 November 1988 and decommissioned on 31 December 2020.
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