Yangyang-class minesweeper
The ship in front is the Yangyang-class minesweeper Ongjin | |
| Class overview | |
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| Builders | Kangnam Corporation |
| Operators | Republic of Korea Navy |
| Built | 1999–2021 |
| In commission | 1999–present |
| Completed | 6 |
| Active | 5 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Minesweeper |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 60 m (196 ft 10 in) |
| Beam | 10.5 m (34 ft 5 in) |
| Propulsion | 2 × Voith Schneider Propeller |
| Speed | 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
| Range | 2,970 nmi (5,500 km) |
| Complement | about 50–61 |
| Sensors & processing systems |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys | Mine Disposal Vehicle (MDV) |
| Armament |
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Yangyang-class minesweeper (양양급 소해함, 襄陽級掃海艦) is a ship class of minesweepers currently in service on the Republic of Korea Navy.
Its main missions are gathering data of ports in the Korean region, and searching naval mine and minesweeping, in wartime. They sometimes used at finding and recovering North Korean missiles, by using Variable Depth Sonar to detect missile fragments.
Ongjin, second ship of the class, is famous for finding the stern of ROKS Cheonan at the site of the ROKS Cheonan sinking.