| ROKS Go Jun Bong (LST-681) | |
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File:LST-681.jpg ROKS Go Jun Bong on 27 March 2004 | |
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| Builder: | Hanjin Heavy Industries, Busan |
| Launched: | 1991 |
| Commissioned: | 1994 |
| Identification: | Pennant number: LST-681 |
| 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 Go Jun Bong (LST-681) is the lead ship of the Go Jun Bong-class tank landing ship in the Republic of Korea Navy.[1]
Construction and commissioning[]
The ship was launched in 1991 by Hanjin Heavy Industries at Busan and commissioned into the Navy in 1994.
On 23 April 2021, 33 COVID-19 cases were reported aboard Go Jun Bong.[2][3]
References[]
- ↑ "Go Jun Bong Class LST - Naval Technology" (in en-GB). https://www.naval-technology.com/projects/go-jun-bong-class-lst/.
- ↑ Yonhap (2021-05-07). "Five more Navy sailors from same vessel test positive for COVID-19" (in en). http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20210507000585.
- ↑ 오석민 (2021-04-23). "(4th LD) 33 Navy sailors from same vessel test positive for COVID-19" (in en). https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20210423002954325.
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