Name Gunsan Commissioned 1984 Identification PCC-757 Length 88 m Displacement 1.2 million kg Builder Hyundai Heavy Industries | Namesake Gunsan Decommissioned 29 September 2011 Class and type Pohang-class corvette Weight 1,200 tons Range 7.408 million m | |
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.
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Armament
The ship's armament consists of two OTO Melara 76 mm/62 compact guns and two Bofors 40 mm/70 guns. The ship also carries Boeing RGM-84 Harpoon surface-to-surface missiles.
Gunsan was also supplied with six 12.75 inches (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. The ship was to be transferred as a gift to the Armada de Colombia, however, a Donghae-class corvette was exchanged instead.
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