Suseong 1955
Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
수성 [Suseong] (ex-PCS1426) | 201 | Hiltebrant, Kingston, USA | 3.1943 | 31.8.1943 | 4.1944 // 1952 | to USA 1963 | |
금성 [Geumseong] (ex-PCS1445) | 202 | San Diego Marine, USA | 1.1943 | 19.6.1943 | 3.1944 // 5.1952 | to USA early 1970s | |
목성 [Mokseong] (ex-PCS1446) | 203 | San Diego Marine, USA | 1.1943 | 21.7.1943 | 4.1944 // 1952 | to USA early 1970s | |
화성 [Hwaseong] (ex-PCS1448) | 205 | San Diego Marine, USA | 4.1943 | 14.6.1944 | 11.1944 // 6.1952 | to USA early 1970s |
Displacement standard, t |
251 |
Displacement full, t |
278 |
Length, m |
39.6 wl 41.5 oa |
Breadth, m |
7.47 |
Draught, m |
2.36 full load |
No of shafts |
2 |
Machinery |
2 diesels |
Power, h. p. |
800 |
Max speed, kts |
14 |
Fuel, t |
diesel oil |
Endurance, nm(kts) |
3000 (12) |
Armament |
1 x 1 - 76/50 Mk 22, 1 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 3, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10, 2 x 4 - 178 Mousetrap Mk 20 ASWRL, 4 DCT, 2 DCR |
Electronic equipment |
presumably SF or SO or SU radar, QHA sonar |
Complement |
57 |
Project history: Former USN PCS 136ft submarine chasers with wooden hull.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: No significant events.
© Ivan Gogin, 2016