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Choi Muson 2008

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
장보고 [Chang Bogo]	061		Howaldtswerke, Kiel, Germany	1988	18.6.1992	2.6.1993	in service (2019)
이천 [Lee Chun]	062		Daewoo, Okpo	1990	14.10.1992	30.4.1994	in service (2019)
최무선 [Choi Muson]	063		Daewoo, Okpo	1991	25.8.1993	27.2.1995	in service (2019)
박위 [Park Wi]	065		Daewoo, Okpo	1992	20.5.1994	3.2.1996	in service (2019)
이종무 [Lee Jongmu]	066		Daewoo, Okpo	1993	17.4.1995	29.8.1996	in service (2019)
정운 [Jung Woon]	067		Daewoo, Okpo	1994	7.5.1996	29.8.1997	in service (2019)
이순신 [Lee Sunsin]	068		Daewoo, Okpo	1995	21.5.1998	15.6.1999	in service (2019)
나대용 [Na Daeyong]	069		Daewoo, Okpo	1996	15.6.1999	30.11.2000	in service (2019)
이억기 [Lee Eokgi]	071		Daewoo, Okpo	1997	26.5.2000	30.11.2001	in service (2019)

Technical data

Displacement standard, t
Displacement normal, t	1185 / 1290
Length, m	56.1
Breadth, m	6.25 hull 7.60 stern planes
Draught, m	5.50
No of shafts	1
Machinery	4 MTU 12V493 AZ80 diesel-generators, 1 electric motor
Power, h. p.	2400 / 5000
Max speed, kts	11 / 21.5
Fuel, t	diesel oil 85
Endurance, nm(kts)	8000(8) / 230(8)
Armament	061-063, 065-067: 8 - 533 TT (bow, 14 SUT Mod.2) 068, 069, 071: 8 - 533 TT (bow, 14, inc. Sub-Harpoon SSM (4 UGM-84C instead of 4 torpedoes), SUT Mod.2 or 28 mines)
Electronic equipment	Scant radar, CSU-83 sonar suite, PRS-3/15 sonar, Argo AR-700 ECM suite, TACM torpedo decoy launcher, ISUS 83 CCS
Complement	33
Diving depth operational, m	250 (operational), 320 (max.)

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Project history

Type 209/1200 (KSS I). Chang Bogo was built in Germany and handed over 15.10.1992 while the next two were assembled in South Korea using components shipped from Germany. Phase II units were assembled in Korea, with a steadily increasing proportion of all-Korean materials and components, but some critical structures and all sensor and machinery equipment continued to be imported. The first three were ordered in 1988, to standard IKL type 209/1200 design; a second group of three was ordered during 1991. The third increment was ordered in 1995, but a planned fourth trio was dropped. Consideration is being given to adding an AIP (Air-Independent Propulsion) module and the ability to launch UGM-84C Harpoon antiship missiles during future refits. Are reportedly the quietest-yet Type 209 submarines, due to the use of advanced sound-damping rafting of the machinery. Have four 120-cell, 11,500amp*hr batteries weighing a total of 257 tons. Only 96 SUT torpedoes were ordered, submarines in 2000s received domestic designed Baeksangeo torpedoes.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.