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ROKS Sung In Bong (LST-685)
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ROKS Sung In Bong on 3 February 2010
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Name:
  • Sung In Bong
  • (성인봉)
Builder: Hanjin Heavy Industries, Busan
Launched: 1996
Commissioned: 1999
Identification:
Status: Active
General characteristics
Class & type:
Displacement:
  • 2,600 t (2,559 long tons) light
  • 4,300 t (4,232 long tons) full (sea-going draft with 1675 ton load)
  • 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
    Speed:
    • 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) maximum
    • 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) cruising
    Range: 4,500 nmi (8,300 km; 5,200 mi)
    Capacity:
    • 258 marines
    • 12 tanks
    • 14 amphibious assault vehicles
    • 8 2.5ton trucks
    • 4 LCVP
    Crew: 121
    Sensors and
    processing systems:
    AN/SPS-54
    Armament:
    Aircraft carried: 1 × UH-60
    Aviation facilities: Aft helicopter deck

    ROKS Sung In Bong (LST-685) is a Go Jun Bong-class tank landing ship in the Republic of Korea Navy.[1]

    Construction and commissioning[]

    The ship was launched in 1996 by Hanjin Heavy Industries at Busan and commissioned into the Navy in 1999.

    On 3 February 2010, she and HTMS Surin transits the Gulf of Thailand during an exercise with the USS Harpers Ferry (LSD-49).[2]

    References[]


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