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Yeongdong 1975

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
금산 [Geumsan]	522, 1980- 551		Harbor Boat Building, Terminal Is, USA			12.6.1959	stricken 2008
고흥 [Goheung]	523, 1980- 552		Harbor Boat Building, Terminal Is, USA			14.8.1959	stricken 2008
금호 [Geumdok]	525, 1980- 553		Harbor Boat Building, Terminal Is, USA			30.8.1959	stricken 2008
남양 [Namyang]	526, 1980- 555		Peterson Builders, Sturgeon Bay, USA			13.8.1963	stricken 2008
하동 [Hadong]	527, 1980- 556		Peterson Builders, Sturgeon Bay, USA			14.10.1963	stricken 2008
삼척 [Samcheok]	528, 1980- 557		Peterson Builders, Sturgeon Bay, USA			20.6.1968	stricken 2008
영동 [Yeongdong]	529, 1980- 558		Harbor Boat Building, Terminal Is, USA			1.9.1975	stricken 2008
옥천 [Okcheon]	530, 1980- 559		Harbor Boat Building, Terminal Is, USA			1.9.1975	stricken 2008

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	522, 523, 525: 320 526-530: 315
Displacement full, t	522, 523, 525: 370 526-530: 380
Length, m	522, 523, 525: 41.5 pp 43.0 oa 526-530: 44.3
Breadth, m	522, 523, 525: 7.95 526-530: 8.29
Draught, m	522, 523, 525: 2.55 526-530: 2.70
No of shafts	2
Machinery	522, 523, 525: 2 General Motors Electromotive Div. 8-268A diesels 526-530: 4 General Motors 6-71 diesels
Power, h. p.	522, 523, 525: 1200 526-530: 1020
Max speed, kts	14
Fuel, t	522, 523, 525: diesel oil 40 526-530: diesel oil 33
Endurance, nm(kts)	2500(14)
Armament	1 x 2 - 20/70 Mk 24, 3 x 1 - 12.7/90, mechanical, magnetic, acoustic minesweeping gear
Electronic equipment	Decca 45 radar, UQS-1 sonar
Complement	40

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Project history

Former USN wooden-hulled YMS type coastal minesweepers.

Modernizations

1990s, Hadong, Samcheok, Yeongdong, Okcheon: - UQS-1 sonar; + Type 2022 sonar

Naval service

No significant events.