ROKS Jecheon (PCC-776)
 ROKS Jecheon on 15 January 2016
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| Namesake | Jecheon |
| Builder | Hanjin |
| Launched | 8 December 1987 |
| Commissioned | 3 May 1989 |
| Identification |
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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 |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys | 2 × Loral Hycor Mk 34 RBOC Chaff and Decoy Launching System |
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ROKS Jecheon (PCC-776) is a Pohang-class corvette of the Republic of Korea Navy.
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.[1]
Construction and career
[edit]Jecheon was launched on 8 December 1987 by Hanjin Heavy Industries. The vessel was commissioned on 3 May 1989.
While being moored in her namesake city, Jecheon on 18 August 2018, Deputy Mayor Geum Han-ju and 35 other people, including members of the Integrated Defense Council, members of security and local organizations, and citizens from all walks of life, visited the ship.[2]
Gallery
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ROKS Jecheon on 15 January 2016
References
[edit]- ^ "Pohang (PCC Patrol Combat Corvette)". www.globalsecurity.org. Retrieved 2021-01-10.
- ^ "제천시통합방위협의회 안보체험단, 제천함 장병 위문". tjnews.co.kr (in Korean). Retrieved 2021-07-12.
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