ROKS Seongnam (PCC-775)

ROKS Seongnam on 30 October 2014
History
South Korea
Name	Seongnam (성남)
Namesake	Seongnam
Builder	DSME
Launched	11 December 1987
Commissioned	24 November 2013
Identification	Callsign: HLDA Pennant number: PCC-775
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	Combined diesel or gas (CODOG) arrangement: 2 × MTU 12V956 TB82 diesel engines producing combined total of 6,260 shp (4,670 kW) 1 × General Electric LM2500 PB gas turbines generating 27,820 shp (20,700 kW)
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 Raytheon AN/SPS-64(V)5B surface search radar Signaal (Thales Nederland) WM-28 Fire Control System Signaal (Thales Nederland) LIOD optronic director Raytheon AN/SQS-58 hull mounted passive/active sonar
Electronic warfare & decoys	2 × Loral Hycor Mk 34 RBOC Chaff and Decoy Launching System
Armament	2 × Oto Melara 76 mm/62 caliber Compact naval guns 2 × Otobreda 40mm L/70 twin naval guns 2 × Mk 32 triple torpedo tubes 2 × Mk 9 Depth Charge Racks 6 × M2HB Browning .50 caliber machine guns

ROKS Seongnam (PCC-775) was a Pohang-class corvette of the Republic of Korea Navy.

Development and design

Main article: Pohang-class corvette

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.

Construction and career

Seongnam was launched on 11 December 1987 by Daewoo Shipbuilding. The vessel was commissioned on 24 November 2013.

On 18 May 2020, the BRP Rizal and ROKS Seongnam underwent together in an exercise.

Gallery

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  ROKS Seongnam on 17 October 2015
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  ROKS Seongnam on 23 October 2015