ROKS Seongnam (PCC-775)

ROKS Seongnam (PCC-775)
ROKS Seongnam (PCC-775)
	File:20141031 2함대 종합전투훈련 최성순 (4) (15519885128).jpg ROKS Seongnam on 30 October 2014
Name:	Seongnam; (성남);
Namesake:	Seongnam
Builder:	DSME
Launched:	11 December 1987
Commissioned:	24 November 2013
Identification:	Callsign: HLDA; ; Pennant number: PCC-775;
Status:	Active
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:	X-band & S-band navigational radars; Raytheon AN/SPS-64(V)5B surface search radar; Signaal (Thales Nederland) WM-28 Fire Control System; Signaal (Thales Nederland) LIOD optronic director; Raytheon AN/SQS-58 hull mounted passive/active sonar;
Electronic warfare ; & decoys:	2 × Loral Hycor Mk 34 RBOC Chaff and Decoy Launching System
Armament:	2 × Oto Melara 76 mm/62 caliber Compact naval guns; 2 × Otobreda 40mm L/70 twin naval guns; 2 × Mk 32 triple torpedo tubes; 2 × Mk 9 Depth Charge Racks; 6 × M2HB Browning .50 caliber machine guns;

ROKS Seongnam (PCC-775) 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[]

Seongnam was launched on 11 December 1987 by Daewoo Shipbuilding. The vessel was commissioned on 24 November 2013.

On 18 May 2020, the BRP Rizal and ROKS Seongnam underwent together in an exercise.^[2]

Gallery[]

References[]

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[1] "Pohang (PCC Patrol Combat Corvette)". https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/rok/pohang.htm.

[2] "해군, 필리핀 수출 호위함 1번함 해상환송" (in ko). 2020-05-19. http://www.defensetoday.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=974.

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ROKS Seongnam (PCC-775)
File:20141031 2함대 종합전투훈련 최성순 (4) (15519885128).jpg ROKS Seongnam on 30 October 2014

Career (South Korea)
Name:	Seongnam (성남)
Namesake:	Seongnam
Builder:	DSME
Launched:	11 December 1987
Commissioned:	24 November 2013
Identification:	Callsign: HLDA Pennant number: PCC-775
Status:	Active

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:	X-band & S-band navigational radars Raytheon AN/SPS-64(V)5B surface search radar Signaal (Thales Nederland) WM-28 Fire Control System Signaal (Thales Nederland) LIOD optronic director Raytheon AN/SQS-58 hull mounted passive/active sonar
Electronic warfare & decoys:	2 × Loral Hycor Mk 34 RBOC Chaff and Decoy Launching System
Armament:	2 × Oto Melara 76 mm/62 caliber Compact naval guns 2 × Otobreda 40mm L/70 twin naval guns 2 × Mk 32 triple torpedo tubes 2 × Mk 9 Depth Charge Racks 6 × M2HB Browning .50 caliber machine guns