ROKS Cheonghaejin
| File:2014.4 세월호 구조 작전 (13979529595).jpg ROKS Cheonghaejin on 21 April 2014 | |
| History | |
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| Name |
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| Namesake | Cheonghaejin |
| Builder | Hanjin |
| Launched | 18 October 1995 |
| Commissioned | 2 December 1996 |
| Identification | Pennant number: ASR-21 |
| Status | Active |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Cheonghaejin-class submarine rescue ship |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 102.8 m (337 ft 3 in) |
| Beam | 16.4 m (53 ft 10 in) |
| Draft | 4.6 m (15 ft 1 in) |
| Speed | 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph) |
| Complement | 140 crew |
| Sensors & processing systems | |
| Armament |
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| Aircraft carried | 1 × SH-60 Seahawk |
| Aviation facilities | Helipad |
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ROKS Cheonghaejin (ASR-21) is the only ship of the Cheonghaejin-class submarine rescue ship in the Republic of Korea Navy. She is named after the military headquarter, Cheonghaejin.[1]
Design
[edit | edit source]Her operations include rescuing trapped sailors in submarines, naval operation support for submarines, underwater research and mapping support, and recovery of sunk vessels. It is equipped with a deep submergence rescue vehicle (DSRV) that operates up to 500 metres (1,600 ft), and a rescue chamber that holds up to nine people.
Once all nine Son Wonil-class submarines are delivered to the Republic of Korea Navy, another ASR ship of the same class is planned to be built.
Construction and career
[edit | edit source]ROKS Cheonghaejin was launched on 18 October 1995 by Daewoo Shipbuilding and commissioned on 2 December 1996.[2]
She salvaged a North Korean Yugo-class submarine in 1998.
She salvaged Chamsuri-class patrol boat #357 that was sunk during the naval clash in 2002 with North Korea.
Gallery
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ROKS Gwangyang on 6 April 2010
