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File:2014.4 세월호 구조 작전 (13979529595).jpg ROKS Cheonghaejin on 21 April 2014 | |
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Namesake: | Cheonghaejin |
Builder: | Hanjin |
Launched: | 18 October 1995 |
Commissioned: | 2 December 1996 |
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Status: | Active |
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Class & type: | Cheonghaejin-class submarine rescue ship |
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Length: | 102.8 m (337 ft 3 in) |
Beam: | 16.4 m (53 ft 10 in) |
Draft: | 4.6 m (15 ft 1 in) |
Speed: | 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph) |
Complement: | 140 crew |
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Aircraft carried: | 1 × SH-60 Seahawk |
Aviation facilities: | Helipad |
ROKS Cheonghaejin (ASR-21) is the only ship of the Cheonghaejin-class submarine rescue ship in the Republic of Korea Navy. She is named after the military headquarter, Cheonghaejin.[1]
Design[]
Her operations include rescuing trapped sailors in submarines, naval operation support for submarines, underwater research and mapping support, and recovery of sunk vessels. It is equipped with a deep submergence rescue vehicle (DSRV) that operates up to 500 metres (1,600 ft), and a rescue chamber that holds up to nine people. Once all nine Son Wonil-class submarines are delivered to the Republic of Korea Navy, another ASR ship of the same class is planned to be built.
Construction and career[]
ROKS Cheonghaejin was launched on 18 October 1995 by Daewoo Shipbuilding and commissioned on 2 December 1996.[2]
She salvaged a North Korean Yugo-class submarine in 1998.
She salvaged Chamsuri-class patrol boat #357 that was sunk during the naval clash in 2002 with North Korea.
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