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KOREAN PEOPLE'S ARMY NAVAL FORCE (NORTH KOREA)

COASTAL FORCES

MO-4 patrol boats (1937-1945/1957-1960)

1960

Names

20 boats

Builders

USSR: 20 boats

Completed

1937-1945 // 1957-1960: 20 boats

Losses

none

Transfers

none

Discarding

late 1980s: 20 boats

 

Displacement standard, t

53

Displacement full, t

57

Length, m

26.9

Breadth, m

4.02

Draught, m

1.48

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 Packard petrol engines

Power, h. p.

2000

Max speed, kts

22 - 24

Fuel, t

petrol 6.1

Endurance, nm(kts) 367(15)

Armament

1 x 1 - 37/63 70K, 1 x 2 - 14.5/93, 2 DCR (8)

Electronic equipment Tamir-1 sonar

Complement

21

Project history: Former Soviet Project MO-IV patrol launches, rearmed during re-commission.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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