ROKS Namwon

ROKS Namwon (PCC-781) is a Pohang-class corvette of the Republic of Korea Navy.^[1]

ROKS Namwon on 11 September 2006
History
South Korea
Name	Namwon (남원)
Namesake	Namwon
Builder	DSME
Launched	17 October 1989
Commissioned	1 May 1990
Identification	Callsign: HLDB Pennant number: PCC-781
Status	Active
General characteristics
Class & 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 & processing systems	X-band & S-band navigational radars AN/SPS-55 surface search radar SPS-300K Radamec 2400 Fire Control System WSA-423 Combat System Marconi S1810 search radar Marconi ST1802 tracking radar Raytheon AN/SQS-58 hull mounted passive/active sonar
Electronic warfare & decoys	4 × Mel Protean Chaff Launchers SLQ-260KA2 SLQ-261K TACM
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 × SSM-700K Haeseong 2 × Mk 9 Depth Charge Racks 6 × M2HB Browning .50 caliber machine guns

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.^[2]

Construction and career

Namwon was launched on 17 October 1989 by Daewoo Shipbuilding. The vessel was commissioned on 1 May 1990.