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GEUMSAN coastal minesweepers (1959-1975)


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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



Graphics


<i>Yeongdong </i>1975
Yeongdong 1975
<i>Samcheok </i>1998
Samcheok 1998


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.