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File:ROK LST682 behind a LCAC.jpg ROKS Bi Ro Bong on 23 March 2007 | |
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Builder: | Hanjin Heavy Industries, Busan |
Launched: | 1995 |
Commissioned: | 1998 |
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Status: | Active |
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Length: | 112.7 m (370 ft) |
Beam: | 15.4 m (51 ft) |
Draught: | 3.1 m (10 ft) |
Installed power: | 12,800 hp (9,500 kW) |
Propulsion: | 2 × SEMT Pielstick 16 PA6V 280 Diesel engines |
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Range: | 4,500 nmi (8,300 km; 5,200 mi) |
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Crew: | 121 |
Sensors and processing systems: | AN/SPS-54 |
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Aircraft carried: | 1 × UH-60 |
Aviation facilities: | Aft helicopter deck |
ROKS Bi Ro Bong (LST-682) is a Go Jun Bong-class tank landing ship in the Republic of Korea Navy.[1]
Construction and commissioning[]
The ship was launched in 1995 by Hanjin Heavy Industries at Busan and commissioned into the Navy in 1998.
On 27 March 2007, she prepared for an amphibious operation by participating in Foal Eagle, and the US Navy LCAC and USS Essex (LHD-2), USS Tortuga (LSD-46), and USS Juneau (LPD-10) amphibious assault ships carrying ROK vehicles.[2]
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