ROKS Gunsan (PCC-757)

For other ships with the same name, see ROKS Gunsan.

History
South Korea
Name	Gunsan
Namesake	Gunsan
Builder	Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd., Ulsan, South Korea
Launched	27 March 1984
Commissioned	1984
Decommissioned	29 September 2011
Identification	PCC-757
General characteristics
Class & type	Pohang-class corvette
Displacement	1,200 tonnes
Length	88 m (288 ft 9 in) [1]
Draft	2.9 m (9 ft 6 in) [2]
Propulsion	CODOG unit [1]
Speed	Maximum 32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph) Cruising 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) [1]
Range	4,000 nautical miles (7,400 km; 4,600 mi) [1]
Crew	104 [3]
Armament	4 × Harpoon missiles, 2 × OTO Melara 76 mm/62 compact cannons 2 × Otobreda DARDO 40 mm/70 cannons, 6 × Mark 46 torpedoes, 12 × Mark 9 depth charges [1] [2]

ROKS Gunsan (PCC-757) is a Pohang-class corvette of the Republic of Korea Navy (ROKN). The ship is named after the South Korean city of Gunsan.

Design

Armament

The ship's armament consists of ^{[1] [2]} two OTO Melara 76 mm/62 compact guns and two Otobreda DARDO 40 mm guns. The ship also carries Boeing RGM-84 Harpoon surface-to-surface missiles.

Gunsan was also supplied with six 12.75-inch (324 mm) Mark 46 torpedoes and twelve Mark 9 depth charges.

Service history

In 1984, Gunsan was commissioned into the Korean Navy.

On 29 September 2011, Gunsan was decommissioned by the ROKN. ^[4] The ship was to be transferred as a gift to the Colombian Navy, ^[4] however, a Donghae-class corvette was exchanged instead.

References

1. "Patrol Combat Covtte (PCC)". Republic of Korea Navy. Retrieved 8 June 2010.
2. "Pohang (PCC Patrol Combat Corvette)". GlobalSecurity.org. 9 January 2010. Retrieved 27 March 2010.
3. "South Korean navy ship sinks near sea border with North". BBC. 26 March 2010. Retrieved 26 March 2010.
4. Colombia; Navy granted ex-S. Korean missile Corvette access 8 Nov 2012 Archived 15 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine

External links

• Korean Navy page on Pohang-class corvettes