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REPUBLIC OF KOREA NAVY (SOUTH KOREA)

AMPHIBIOUS SHIPS AND CRAFT

SOLGAE 611 air-cushion landing craft (1989)

Solgae 611 2000

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
솔개 611 [Solgae 611] 611   Korea Tacoma, Pusan   9.6.1989 29.12.1989 stricken 6.2005

 

Displacement standard, t

80

Displacement full, t

182

Length, m

24.7 hull 26.8 oa

Breadth, m

13.1 hull 14.3 oa

Draught, m

0.9 at rest

No of shafts

2 air propellers + 4 lift fans

Machinery

4 Avco TF-40B gas turbines

Power, h. p.

15820

Max speed, kts

40 loaded 54 light

Fuel, t

gas turbine oil 6.2

Endurance, nm(kts) 300(35) loaded

Armament

2 x 1 - 12.7/90

Military load

60 t cargo, 25 troops

Electronic equipment radar
Complement 5

Project history: USN LCAC design with a slightly modified pilothouse arrangement. Bow and stern ramps.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

Solgae 611 1997

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