ROKS Suncheon (PCC-767)

For other ships with the same name, see ROKS Suncheon and BAP Guise.

BAP Guise at Callao Port on 5 January 2022
History
South Korea
Name	Suncheon (순천)
Namesake	Suncheon
Builder	Hanjin, Busan
Launched	3 April 1987
Commissioned	30 September 1988
Decommissioned	24 December 2019
Identification	Pennant number: PCC-767
Fate	Transferred to the Peruvian Navy
Peru
Name	Guise
Namesake	Martin George Guisse
Operator	Peruvian Navy
Acquired	2021
Commissioned	January 2022
Homeport	Callao
Identification	Pennant number: CC-28
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 m (9 ft 6 in)
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 Suncheon (PCC-767) was a Pohang-class corvette of the Republic of Korea Navy. It was decommissioned and transferred to the Peruvian Navy as BAP Guise (CC-28).

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. ^[1]

Construction and career

Suncheon was launched on 8 April 1987 by Hanjin Heavy Industries in Busan. The vessel was commissioned on 30 September 1988 and decommissioned on 24 December 2019. ^[2]

The ship was transferred to Peru in 2021 and was commissioned in January 2022 as the BAP Guise. ^[3]

On 17 July 2022, two sailors were critically injured after a fire broke out in the engine room of the Guise while the ship was participating in the 2022 RIMPAC exercise. The fire was extinguished and the injured sailors were transferred to Honolulu for medical treatment. ^[4]

References

1. "Pohang (PCC Patrol Combat Corvette)". www.globalsecurity.org. Retrieved 2021-01-10.
2. 해군 마산함,경북함,순천함 전역식 영상 입니다 , retrieved 2021-02-01
3. "B.A.P. Guise arribó al Callao y se suma a las unidades de superficie de la Marina de Guerra". El Peruano. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
4. Eckstein, Megan (17 July 2022). "Two sailors injured after engine room fire starts on Peruvian ship during Pacific exercise". Defense News.