ROKS Bucheon on 11 July 2012
History
South Korea
Name	Bucheon (부천)
Namesake	Bucheon
Builder	Hyundai, Ulsan
Launched	30 December 1988
Commissioned	4 May 1989
Decommissioned	25 March 2021
Identification	Pennant number: PCC-773
Status	Decommissioned
General characteristics
Class and type	Pohang-class corvette
Displacement	1,220 tons
Length	289.7 ft (88 m)
Beam	33 ft (10 m)
Draft	2.9 ft (0.88 m)
Installed power	2 × MTU 6V396 TC52 diesel generators
Propulsion	Combined diesel or gas (CODOG) arrangement: 2 × MTU 12V956 TB82 diesel engines producing combined total of 6,260 shp (4,670 kW) 1 × General Electric LM2500 PB gas turbines generating 27,820 shp (20,700 kW)
Speed	32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph) maximum
Range	4,000  nmi (7,400 km; 4,600 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) using diesel engines
Endurance	20 days
Boats & landing craft carried	2 × RHIB
Crew	118
Sensors and processing systems	X-band & S-band navigational radars Raytheon AN/SPS-64(V)5B surface search radar Signaal (Thales Nederland) WM-28 Fire Control System Signaal (Thales Nederland) LIOD optronic director Raytheon AN/SQS-58 hull mounted passive/active sonar
Electronic warfare & decoys	2 × Loral Hycor Mk 34 RBOC Chaff and Decoy Launching System
Armament	2 × Oto Melara 76 mm/62 caliber Compact naval guns 2 × Otobreda 40mm L/70 twin naval guns 2 × Mk 32 triple torpedo tubes 2 × Mk 9 Depth Charge Racks 6 × M2HB Browning .50 caliber machine guns

ROKS Bucheon (PCC-773) was a Pohang-class corvette of the Republic of Korea Navy.

Development and design

The Pohang class is a series of corvettes built by different Korean shipbuilding companies. The class consists of 24 ships and some after decommissioning were sold or given to other countries. There are five different types of designs in the class from Flight II to Flight VI. ^[1]

Construction and career

Bucheon was launched on 30 December 1988 by Hyundai Heavy Industries in Ulsan. The vessel was commissioned in 1990.

On 22 December 2016, USS Barry and ROKS Bucheon conducted an officer exchange program. ^[2]

On 25 March 2021, was decommissioned at Jinhae military port. ^[3]

Gallery

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  ROKS Bucheon and ROKS Jo Chunhyung on 21 March 2012.
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  ROKS Bucheon and ROKS Jo Chunhyung on 21 March 2012.
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  ROKS Bucheon and ROKS Sokcho on 11 May 2012.
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  ROKS Bucheon on 11 July 2012.
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  ROKS Bucheon on 11 July 2012.
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  ROKS Bucheon on 11 July 2012.
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  ROKS Bucheon replenish with USNS Pecos on 1 March 2013.

References