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Daguan-class troopshiplarger figure on 3 of 4
Pohang-class corvettelarger figure on 1 of 4
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Length
Single source196 metres (643 ft)[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | Daguan-class troopship | Pohang-class corvette |
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| Operators | People's Liberation Army Navy[source] | Republic of Korea Navy Colombian National Navy Egyptian Navy Peruvian Navy Philippine Navy Vietnam People's Navy[source] |
| In service | 2011 - present[source] | — |
| Completed | 24[source] | |
| Active | 10 2 Republic of Korea Navy 1 Colombian National Navy 1 Egyptian Navy 2 Peruvian Navy 1 Philippine Navy 3 Vietnam People's Navy[source] |
88.3 m (289 ft 8 in)[source]
10 officers
Single source95 (10 officers)[source]
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| Type | Troopship / Training ship / "Comprehensive support ship"[source] | Corvette[source] |
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| Capacity | 2,500 support personnel[source] | — |
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| Aviation facilities | Medium helicopter deck[source] | — |
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| Manufacturer | CSSC Offshore & Marine Engineering Company[source] | — |
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| Aircraft carried | Each ship has a medium helicopter deck on its stern, which can accommodate one Changhe Z-8 heavy transport helicopter.[source]Stern helicopter-deck accommodation; not an embarked air-group assertion | — |
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| Name | — | Pohang class[source] |
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| Builders | — | Korea Shipbuilding Corporation Korea Tacoma Shipyard Hyundai Heavy Industries Daewoo Shipbuilding Hanjin Heavy Industries[source] |
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| Preceded by | — | Donghae class[source] |
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| Succeeded by | — | Incheon class[source] |
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| In commission | — | 17 December 1984 – present[source] |
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| Retired | — | 14[source] |
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| Preserved | — |
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| Propulsion | — | CODOG 1 x GE LM2500 gas turbine engine 2 x MTU 12V 956 TB82 diesel engine[source] |
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| Sensors & processing systems | — | Combat management system: Signaal SEWACO ZK (Batch II - III) Samsung / Ferranti WSA-423 (Batch IV - VI) Fire control system & radar: Signaal WM28 (Batch II - III) WSA-423 includes FCS (Batch IV - VI) Fire control radar: Samsung /Marconi S1810 (Batch IV - VI) Samsung /Marconi ST1802 (Batch V - VI) Surface search radar: Raytheon AN/SPS-64 (Batch II - VI) STX SPS-300K (Batch IV - VI, after 2014) Optronic director: Signaal LIOD (Batch II - III) Samsung /Radamec 2400 (Batch IV - VI) Sonar: EDO 786 (Batch II) Raytheon AN/SQS-58 (Batch III - VI)[source] |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys | — | Mk 36 SRBOC GoldStar ULQ-12K ESM SLQ-261K TACM (Batch IV - VI, after 2012) Victek SLQ-201K ESM (Batch IV - VI, after 2019)[source] |
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| Armament | — | Primary gun: 1 x OTO Melara 76 mm/62 cannon (Batch II) 2 x OTO Melara 76 mm/62 cannon (Batch III - VI) Secondary gun: 2 x Emerson EMERLEC 30 twin Oerlikon 30 mm/75 KCB cannon (Batch II) 2 x Breda DARDO CIWS twin Bofors 40 mm/70 cannon (Batch III - VI) Anti-ship: 2 x MM38 Exocet SSM (Batch II) 2 x 2 RGM-84C Harpoon SSM (Batch IV, after 1999) 2 x 2 SSM-700K C-Star SSM (Batch V - VI, after 2007) 2 x 4 VCM-01M SSM (Vietnamese retrofitting) Anti-submarine: 2 x triple Mark 32 SVTT loaded with Mark 46 ASW torpedo, or K745 Blue Shark ASW torpedo (after 2006) 12 x Mk 9 or KMk 9 depth charge Anti-air: Mistral MANPADS (after 2000) Other armaments: 2 x K6 HMG 2 x M60 Machine guns[source] |
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| Country of origin | — | South Korea[source] |
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