![]() ROKS Bi Ro Bong on 23 March 2007 | |
History | |
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Name |
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Builder | Hanjin Heavy Industries, Busan |
Launched | 1995 |
Commissioned | 1998 |
Identification |
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Status | Active |
General characteristics | |
Class & type | Go Jun Bong-class tank landing ship |
Displacement |
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Length | 112.7 m (370 ft) |
Beam | 15.4 m (51 ft) |
Draught | 3.1 m (10 ft) |
Installed power | 12,800 hp (9,500 kW) |
Propulsion | 2 × SEMT Pielstick 16 PA6V 280 Diesel engines |
Speed |
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Range | 4,500 nmi (8,300 km; 5,200 mi) |
Capacity |
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Crew | 121 |
Sensors & processing systems | AN/SPS-54 |
Armament |
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Aircraft carried | 1 × UH-60 |
Aviation facilities | Aft helicopter deck |
ROKS Bi Ro Bong (LST-682) is a Go Jun Bong-class tank landing ship in the Republic of Korea Navy. [1]
The ship was launched in 1995 by Hanjin Heavy Industries at Busan and commissioned into the Navy in 1998.
On 27 March 2007, she prepared for an amphibious operation by participating in the naval exercise Foal Eagle, alongside the US Navy amphibious assault ships LCAC and USS Essex, USS Tortuga, and USS Juneau. [2]