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REPUBLIC OF KOREA NAVY (SOUTH KOREA)

COASTAL FORCES

SUSEONG large patrol craft (1944/1952)

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.

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