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REPUBLIC OF KOREA NAVY (SOUTH KOREA)

MINE WARFARE SHIPS AND CRAFT

BIBONG minesweeping boat (1961)

Bibong 1970

Names

1 비봉 [Bibong] (ex-MSB2)

Builders

Norfolk NYd, Portsmouth, USA: 1

Commissioned

1945 // 12.1961: 1

Losses

none

Transfers

none

Discarding 1982: 1

 

Displacement standard, t

 

Displacement full, t

42

Length, m

17.5

Breadth, m

4.80

Draught, m

1.30

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 diesels

Power, h. p.

300

Max speed, kts

12

Fuel, t

diesel oil 15.8
Endurance, nm(kts)  

Armament

mechanical minesweeping gear

Complement

6

Project history: Minesweeping boat of MSB1 class.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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