ROKS Cheonghaejin (ASR-21)
ROKS Cheonghaejin on 21 April 2014
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History | |
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Name |
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Namesake | Cheonghaejin |
Builder | Hanjin |
Launched | 18 October 1995 |
Commissioned | 2 December 1996 |
Identification | Pennant number: ASR-21 |
Status | Active |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Cheonghaejin-class submarine rescue ship |
Displacement |
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Length | 102.8 m (337 ft 3 in) |
Beam | 16.4 m (53 ft 10 in) |
Draft | 4.6 m (15 ft 1 in) |
Speed | 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph) |
Complement | 140 crew |
Sensors and processing systems | |
Armament |
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Aircraft carried | 1 × SH-60 Seahawk |
Aviation facilities | Helipad |
ROKS Cheonghaejin (ASR-21) is the only ship of the Cheonghaejin-class submarine rescue ship in the Republic of Korea Navy. She is named after the military headquarter, Cheonghaejin.[1]
Design
[edit]Her operations include rescuing trapped sailors in submarines, naval operation support for submarines, underwater research and mapping support, and recovery of sunk vessels. It is equipped with a deep submergence rescue vehicle (DSRV) that operates up to 500 metres (1,600 ft), and a rescue chamber that holds up to nine people.
Once all nine Son Wonil-class submarines are delivered to the Republic of Korea Navy, another ASR ship of the same class is planned to be built.
Construction and career
[edit]ROKS Cheonghaejin was launched on 18 October 1995 by Daewoo Shipbuilding and commissioned on 2 December 1996.[2]
She salvaged a North Korean Yugo-class submarine in 1998.
She salvaged Chamsuri-class patrol boat #357 that was sunk during the naval clash in 2002 with North Korea.
Gallery
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ROKS Gwangyang on 6 April 2010
References
[edit]- ^ "'457m 잠수 가능' 구조정 탑재, 청해진함은…". '457m 잠수 가능' 구조정 탑재, 청해진함은…세계일보 (in Korean). 2012-03-28. Retrieved 2021-07-10.
- ^ "Chunghaejin [Cheong-Hae-Jin] ASR". www.globalsecurity.org. Retrieved 2021-07-10.