ROKS Namwon (PCC-781)
Appearance
![]() ROKS Namwon on 11 September 2006
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History | |
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Name |
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Namesake | Namwon |
Builder | DSME |
Launched | 17 October 1989 |
Commissioned | 1 May 1990 |
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Status | Active |
General characteristics | |
Class and 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 |
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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 | |
Electronic warfare & decoys |
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Armament |
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ROKS Namwon (PCC-781) is a Pohang-class corvette of the Republic of Korea Navy.[1]
Development and design
[edit]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.[2]
Construction and career
[edit]Namwon was launched on 17 October 1989 by Daewoo Shipbuilding. The vessel was commissioned on 1 May 1990.
References
[edit]- ^ "Republic of Korea Navy ROKN Destroyer Frigate Submarine". www.seaforces.org. Retrieved 2021-07-13.
- ^ "Pohang (PCC Patrol Combat Corvette)". www.globalsecurity.org. Retrieved 2021-01-10.