Tuesday 1 August 2017

Republic of Korea Navy to receive new landing ship this week

Cheonjabong (687) File photo

Navy to receive new landing ship this week

Published : 2017-07-31 11:17
Updated : 2017-07-31 11:1

A next-generation landing ship capable of transporting more troops and military hardware than existing vessels will be delivered to the Navy this week, the state arms procurement agency said Monday.

The Cheonjabong, which will be delivered Tuesday, is the Navy's second LST-II ship acquired under the next generation landing ship project that calls for building a total of four such ships by 2018. The first ship, the Cheonwangbong, was delivered to the Navy in November 2014.

The 4,500-ton Cheonjabong can transport more troops and hardware further away at a faster speed than the existing Gobongjun-class ship. It can travel at a maximum speed of 23 knots per hour with a total of 130 crew members, according to the Defense Acquisition Program Administration.

The vessel is also capable of transporting 300 landing troops, three landing craft, two tanks and eight amphibious assault vehicles in a single trip. Two helicopters can also land on its deck, a feature that makes simultaneous airborne and maritime infiltration operations possible.

Built by Hyundai Heavy Industries since December 2013, the new ship has already completed a test run and undergone a state quality test. It will be deployed after about four months of crew training and familiarization.

The vessel is 120 meters long, 19 meters wide and armed with a 40 millimeter gun and a system designed to protect against guided missiles.


"When the Cheonjabong is deployed, it will play a key role, together with the first ship Cheonwangbong, as the main landing ships of the Navy," Lee Jae-dong, an official of the procurement agency, said. "It will carry out not only landing operations, but also a variety of other missions in wartime, and is expected to contribute to peacekeeping operations in peacetime." (Yonhap)


Cheon Wang Bong-class LST

 Cheonjabong (687) File photo

The Cheon Wang Bong-class LST (Hangul:천왕봉) is an amphibious landing ship class of the Republic of Korea Navy.



Ships in the class


Cheonjabong (687) File photo

Class overview
Name:
Cheon Wang Bong class
Builders:
Operators:
Built:
2014 -
In service:
2014 - present
In commission:
2014 - present
Building:
1
Planned:
4
Completed:
1
Active:
2
General characteristics
Type:
Tonnage:
4,950 tons (empty) / 7,140 tons (full)
Length:
126.9 m (416 ft)
Beam:
19.4 m (64 ft)
Draught:
5.4 m (18 ft)
Installed power:
12,800 hp (9,500 kW)
Propulsion:
CODAD, 4 × MAN 12V28/33D STC diesel engines rated at 5460 kW, 4 x 6L21/31 auxiliary engines rated 1,200 kW [1]
Speed:
·23 knots (43 km/h; 26 mph) maximum
·18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph) cruising
Range:
8,000 nmi (15,000 km; 9,200 mi)
Boats & landing
craft carried:
2 x LCM
Troops:
700
Crew:
120
Sensors and
processing systems:
·STX RadarSys SPS-100K surface search radar
·LIG Nex1 SPS-540K 3D surveillance radar
Armament:
1 × Hanwha Defense Systems (formerly Doosan DST) 'No Bong' dual 40mm gun, 2 x K-VLS
Armor:
LIG Nex1 SLQ-200K Sonataelectronic warfare suite, Rheinmetall MASS decoy system[2]
Aviation facilities:


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