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REPUBLIC OF KOREA NAVY (SOUTH KOREA)

AMPHIBIOUS SHIPS AND CRAFT

SIHEUNG fire support landing ship (1945/1960)

Siheung 1960

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
시흥 [Siheung] (ex-St. Joseph River, ex-LSM(R)527) 311   Brown SB, Houston, USA 5/1945 16.6.1945 8.1945 // 15.9.1960 stricken 1984

 

Displacement standard, t

994

Displacement full, t

1175

Length, m

59.9 wl 62.0 oa

Breadth, m

10.5

Draught, m

2.06

No of shafts

2

Machinery

4 diesels

Power, h. p.

2800

Max speed, kts

13

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

3000(12)

Armament

1 x 1 - 127/38 Mk 30, 2 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1, 4 x 2 - 20/70 Mk 24, 8 x 2 - 127 Mk 105 RL

Electronic equipment radar
Complement

143

Project history: Former USN LSM(R) type fire support landing ship.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

Siheung 1967

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