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REPUBLIC OF KOREA NAVY (SOUTH KOREA)

MINE WARFARE SHIPS AND CRAFT

DAEJEON inshore minesweepers (1943-1945/1946)

Daejeon 1950

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
대전 [Daejeon] (ex-...go) 301   Japan     1943-45 // 10.1946 stricken 1959?
통영 [Tongyeong] (ex-...go) 302   Japan     1943-45 // 1946-47 stricken 1959?
대구 [Daegu] (ex-...go) 303   Japan     1943-45 // 1946-47 stricken 1959?
태백산 [Taebaeksan] (ex-...go) 304   Japan     1943-45 // 1946-47 stricken 1959?
두만강 [Dumangang] (ex-...go) 305   Japan     1943-45 // 1946-47 sunk 1950
단양 [Danyang] (ex-...go) 306   Japan     1943-45 // 1946-47 stricken 1959?
단천 [Dancheon] (ex-...go) 307   Japan     1943-45 // 1946-47 stricken 1959?
토성 [Toseong] (ex-...go) 308   Japan     1943-45 // 1946-47 stricken 1959?
대동갱 [Daedonggang] (ex-...go) 309   Japan     1943-45 // 1946-47 stricken 1959?
덕천 [Deokcheon] (ex-...go) 310   Japan     1943-45 // 1946-47 stricken 1959?
통천 [Tongcheon] (ex-...go) 311   Japan     1943-45 // 1946-47 went to North Korea 1948

 

Displacement standard, t

130

Displacement full, t

135

Length, m

26.0 wl 29.2 oa

Breadth, m

5.65

Draught, m

1.97

No of shafts

1

Machinery

1 diesel

Power, h. p.

400

Max speed, kts

11

Fuel, t

diesel oil
Endurance, nm(kts) 1000(10)
Armament

1 x 1 - 25/60 96-shiki, mechanical and magnetic minesweeping gear

Complement

32

Project history: Former Japanese wooden-hulled auxiliary submarine chasers.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: Dumangang was sunk by gunfire of USN cruiser Juneau. Tongcheon went to North Korea in 1948.

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