ROKS Cheonghaejin (ASR-21)

ROKS Cheonghaejin on 21 April 2014
History
South Korea
Name	Cheonghaejin (청해진)
Namesake	Cheonghaejin
Builder	Hanjin
Launched	18 October 1995
Commissioned	2 December 1996
Identification	Pennant number: ASR-21
Status	Active
General characteristics
Class and type	Cheonghaejin-class submarine rescue ship
Displacement	3,200 tonnes (3,149 long tons) light 4,300 tonnes (4,232 long tons) full load
Length	102.8 m (337 ft 3 in)
Beam	16.4 m (53 ft 10 in)
Draft	4.6 m (15 ft 1 in)
Speed	18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Complement	140 crew
Sensors and processing systems	AN/SPS-64V surface-search radar Sonar
Armament	1 × M61 Vulcan 6 × M2 Browning machine gun
Aircraft carried	1 × SH-60 Seahawk
Aviation facilities	Helipad

ROKS Cheonghaejin (ASR-21) is the only ship of the Cheonghaejin-class submarine rescue ship in the Republic of Korea Navy. She is named after the military headquarter, Cheonghaejin.

Design

Main article: Cheonghaejin-class submarine rescue ship

Her operations include rescuing trapped sailors in submarines, naval operation support for submarines, underwater research and mapping support, and recovery of sunk vessels. It is equipped with a deep submergence rescue vehicle (DSRV) that operates up to 500 metres (1,600 ft), and a rescue chamber that holds up to nine people.

Once all nine Son Wonil-class submarines are delivered to the Republic of Korea Navy, another ASR ship of the same class is planned to be built.

Construction and career

ROKS Cheonghaejin was launched on 18 October 1995 by Daewoo Shipbuilding and commissioned on 2 December 1996.

She salvaged a North Korean Yugo-class submarine in 1998.

She salvaged Chamsuri-class patrol boat #357 that was sunk during the naval clash in 2002 with North Korea.

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  ROKS Gwangyang on 6 April 2010
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