![]() ROKS Bi Ro Bong on 23 March 2007
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Name |
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Builder | Hanjin Heavy Industries, Busan |
Launched | 1995 |
Commissioned | 1998 |
Identification |
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Status | Active |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Go Jun Bong-class tank landing ship |
Displacement |
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Length | 112.7 m (370 ft) |
Beam | 15.4 m (51 ft) |
Draught | 3.1 m (10 ft) |
Installed power | 12,800 hp (9,500 kW) |
Propulsion | 2 × SEMT Pielstick 16 PA6V 280 Diesel engines |
Speed |
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Range | 4,500 nmi (8,300 km; 5,200 mi) |
Capacity |
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Crew | 121 |
Sensors and processing systems | AN/SPS-54 |
Armament |
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Aircraft carried | 1 × UH-60 |
Aviation facilities | Aft helicopter deck |
ROKS Bi Ro Bong (LST-682) is a Go Jun Bong-class tank landing ship in the Republic of Korea Navy.[1]
Construction and commissioning
[edit]The ship was launched in 1995 by Hanjin Heavy Industries at Busan and commissioned into the Navy in 1998.
On 27 March 2007, she prepared for an amphibious operation by participating in Foal Eagle, and the US Navy LCAC and USS Essex (LHD-2), USS Tortuga (LSD-46), and USS Juneau (LPD-10) amphibious assault ships carrying ROK vehicles.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Go Jun Bong Class LST - Naval Technology". www.naval-technology.com. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
- ^ BEMIL. "독수리훈련 2007에 참가한 비로봉함(LST 682)과 미해군 상륙함들". bemil.chosun.com (in Korean). Retrieved 26 August 2021.