ROKS Seongnam
Pohang-class corvette
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ROKS Seongnam (PCC-775) was a Pohang-class corvette of the Republic of Korea Navy.
ROKS Seongnam on 30 October 2014 | |
| History | |
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| Name |
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| Namesake | Seongnam |
| Builder | DSME |
| Launched | 11 December 1987 |
| Identification |
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| 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 |
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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 & processing systems |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys | 2 × Loral Hycor Mk 34 RBOC Chaff and Decoy Launching System |
| Armament |
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Development and design
Construction and career
Seongnam was launched on 11 December 1987 by Daewoo Shipbuilding.
On 18 May 2020, the BRP Rizal and ROKS Seongnam underwent together in an exercise.[2]