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Coordinates: 36°02′28″N 129°22′20″E / 36.0411943°N 129.3722864°E / 36.0411943; 129.3722864

ROKS Pohang (PCC-756)
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Pohang-class corvette
Career (South Korea)
Name:
  • Pohang
  • (동해)
Namesake: Pohang
Builder: Hanjin, Busan
Launched: 7 February 1984
Commissioned: 18 December 1984
Decommissioned: 30 June 2009
Identification: Pennant number: PCC-756
Fate: Museum ship in Pohang
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
Propulsion:
  • Combined diesel or gas (CODOG) arrangement:
  • 2 × MTU 12V956 TB82 diesel engines producing combined total of 6,260 shp (4,670 kW)
  • 1 × General Electric LM2500 PB gas turbines generating 27,820 shp (20,700 kW)
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:
Electronic warfare
& decoys:
2 × Loral Hycor Mk 34 RBOC Chaff and Decoy Launching System
Armament:

ROKS Pohang (PCC-756) was a Pohang-class corvette of the Republic of Korea Navy. She was decommissioned and now serves as a museum ship in Pohang, South Korea.

Development and design[]

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[]

Pohang was launched on 7 February 1984 by Hanjin Heavy Industries in Busan. The vessel was commissioned on 18 December 1984 and decommissioned on 30 June 2009.[2] She now serves as a museum ship in Pohang and in 2010, the ROKS Cheonan memorial aboard her was opened.[3]

References[]



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