| ROKS Mokpo | |
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File:2007년12월3일-함정기동 (7193822678).jpg Pohang-class corvette | |
| Career (South Korea) |  |
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| Namesake: | Mokpo |
| Builder: | DSME, Geoje |
| Launched: | 12 October 1984 |
| Commissioned: | 17 May 1985 |
| Decommissioned: | 30 December 2014 |
| Identification: | Pennant number: PCC-759 |
| Fate: | Scrapped in 2018 |
| 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 Mokpo (PCC-759) 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[]
Mokpo was launched on 12 October 1984 by DSME in Geoje. The vessel was commissioned on 17 May 1985 and decommissioned on 30 December 2014.[2]
References[]
- ↑ "Pohang (PCC Patrol Combat Corvette)". https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/rok/pohang.htm.
- ↑ "해군 마산함,경북함,순천함 전역식 영상 입니다" (in en). https://www.facebook.com/MinsideKIM/videos/%ED%95%B4%EA%B5%B0-%EB%A7%88%EC%82%B0%ED%95%A8%EA%B2%BD%EB%B6%81%ED%95%A8%EC%88%9C%EC%B2%9C%ED%95%A8-%EC%A0%84%EC%97%AD%EC%8B%9D-%EC%98%81%EC%83%81-%EC%9E%85%EB%8B%88%EB%8B%A4/1389095337918767/.
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