ROKS Sinseong (PCC-783)

ROKS Sinseong on 29 March 2007
History
South Korea
Name	Sinseong (광명)
Namesake	Gwangmyeong
Builder	Hanjin
Launched	8 October 1991
Commissioned	28 March 1992
Identification	Pennant number: PCC-783
Status	Active
General characteristics
Class and 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 and 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

ROKS Sinseong (PCC-783) is a Pohang-class corvette of the Republic of Korea Navy.^[1]

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]

Sinseong was launched on 8 October 1991 by Hanjin Heavy Industries. The vessel was commissioned on 28 March 1992.

She participated in Foal Eagle 2007.

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  ROKS Sinseong on 2 October 2012
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