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
- ^ a b c "Pohang (PCC Patrol Combat Corvette)". GlobalSecurity.org. 9 January 2010. Retrieved 27 March 2010.
- ^ "South Korean navy ship sinks near sea border with North". BBC. 26 March 2010. Retrieved 26 March 2010.
- ^ a b Colombia; Navy granted ex-S. Korean missile Corvette access 8 Nov 2012 Archived 15 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine
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