Pohang-class corvette
ROKS Gwangmyeong on 1 December 2012
History
South Korea
Name
Namesake Gwangmyeong
Builder Hanjin
Launched 27 October 1989
Commissioned 9 July 1990
Identification Pennant number : PCC-782
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
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
AN/SPS-55 surface search radar
SPS-300K
Radamec 2400 Fire Control System
WSA-423 Combat System
Marconi S1810 search radar
Marconi ST1802 tracking radar
Raytheon AN/SQS-58 hull mounted passive/active sonar
Electronic warfare & decoys
4 × Mel Protean Chaff Launchers
SLQ-260KA2
SLQ-261K TACM
Armament
ROKS Gwangmyeong (PCC-782) is a Pohang -class corvette of the Republic of Korea Navy .[ 1]
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.[ 2]
Construction and career
Gwangmyeong was launched on 27 October 1989 by Hanjin Heavy Industries . The vessel was commissioned on 9 July 1990.
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