BRP (PS-39)

History
 Philippines
Name: TBD
Builder:

Korea Tacoma Shipyard

(now Hanjin Heavy Industries)
Identification: PS-39
General characteristics
Class and type: Pohang-class corvette
Displacement: 1,200 tonnes
Length: 88 m (288 ft 9 in)
Draft: 2.9 m (9 ft 6 in)
Propulsion: CODOG unit
Speed:
  • Maximum 32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph)
  • Cruising 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Range: 4,000 nautical miles (7,400 km; 4,600 mi)

BRP (PS-39) is a Pohang-class corvette of the Philippine Navy (PN).

Design

Armament

The ship's armament consists of[1][2] two OTO Melara 76 mm/62 compact guns and two Otobreda DARDO 40 mm guns.

The ship was also supplied with six 12.75-inch (324 mm) Mark 46 torpedoes and twelve Mark 9 depth charges.

Service history

In 1987, Chungju was commissioned into the Korean Navy.

On 27 December 2016, Chungju was decommissioned by the ROKN. The ship was transferred to the Philippine Navy.

  1. ↑ "Patrol Combat Covtte (PCC)". Republic of Korea Navy. Retrieved 8 June 2010.
  2. ↑ "Pohang (PCC Patrol Combat Corvette)". GlobalSecurity.org. 9 January 2010. Retrieved 27 March 2010.
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