The Vietnamese Navy's Pohang 20 is in Combat Ready

26 Agustus 2019

Pohang 20 corvette (all photos : Hai Quan)

According to the latest information recently published by the Navy newspaper, the Pohang 20 submarine hunter corvette ship has been listed as "combat ready" by the Vietnamese Navy.

Thus, after being moved from Korea to the country and undergone the upgrade process, overhaul at the X46 factory finally Pohang ship number 20 has been put on the list of ready to fight.

The Navy reported, Pohang 20 ships were assigned to the on-line squadron of the 172st Brigade of the 3rd Regional Navy and stationed in Da Nang City.

The remaining Pohang-class submarine-hunting corvettes, bearing No. 18, were also given to us by the Korean side to be staffed in the 171 Brigade stationed in Vung Tau.

In some respects, the 20th corvette can now be considered the most powerful ship of the Vietnamese Navy belonging to the Guards class with the massive weapons system it is equipped with. In particular, anti-submarine weapons are mainly 324mm torpedo tube systems arranged on both sides of the ship.

Basically the weapons system that South Korea equipped with the 20 ships was kept in the status quo with two 76mm OTO Melara guns, two twin 40mm guns and 2 × 3 torpedo tubes.

Even the Pohang ships are also delivered to us by South Korea with full electronic equipment such as Marconi ST-1810 surface reconnaissance radar, ST-1802 fire control system, optical sight equipment. Radamec 2400 with Signaal PHS-32 sonar equipment.

Pohang-class corvettes are quite small in size with a length of 88.3 m; width of 10 m; drained 2.9 m; amount of water expansion 1,300 tons. The ship is equipped with a diesel engine and a combined gas turbine that allows the ship to run at a maximum speed of 32 knots and has a range of 4,000 nautical miles, with a crew of 95 people.

The fact that the Navy is on board the 20th Ship at 172 Brigade is a great addition to the 3rd Navy, which has limited anti-submarine warfare capability when this responsibility is placed on the shoulders of the generation warships. old.

(DatViet)