ROKS Suncheon (PCC-767)
ROKS Suncheon (PCC-767) was a Pohang-class corvette of the Republic of Korea Navy. It was decommissioned and transferred to the Peruvian Navy as BAP Guise (CC-28).
BAP Guise at Callao Port on 5 January 2022 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| South Korea | |
| Name |
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| Namesake | Suncheon |
| Builder | Hanjin, Busan |
| Launched | 3 April 1987 |
| Commissioned | 30 September 1988 |
| Decommissioned | 24 December 2019 |
| Identification | Pennant number: PCC-767 |
| Fate | Transferred to the Peruvian Navy |
| Peru | |
| Name | Guise |
| Namesake | Martin George Guisse |
| Operator | Peruvian Navy |
| Acquired | 2021 |
| Commissioned | January 2022 |
| Homeport | Callao |
| Identification | Pennant number: CC-28 |
| Status | Active |
| 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 m (9 ft 6 in) |
| Installed power | 2 × MTU 6V396 TC52 diesel generators |
| Propulsion |
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| 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 |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys | 2 × Loral Hycor Mk 34 RBOC Chaff and Decoy Launching System |
| Armament |
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Development and design edit
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 edit
Suncheon was launched on 8 April 1987 by Hanjin Heavy Industries in Busan. The vessel was commissioned on 30 September 1988 and decommissioned on 24 December 2019.[2]
The ship was transferred to Peru in 2021 and was commissioned in January 2022 as the BAP Guise.[3]
On 17 July 2022, two sailors were critically injured after a fire broke out in the engine room of the Guise while the ship was participating in the 2022 RIMPAC exercise. The fire was extinguished and the injured sailors were transferred to Honolulu for medical treatment.[4]
References edit
- ^ "Pohang (PCC Patrol Combat Corvette)". www.globalsecurity.org. Retrieved 2021-01-10.
- ^ 해군 마산함,경북함,순천함 전역식 영상 입니다, retrieved 2021-02-01
- ^ "B.A.P. Guise arribó al Callao y se suma a las unidades de superficie de la Marina de Guerra". El Peruano. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
- ^ Eckstein, Megan (17 July 2022). "Two sailors injured after engine room fire starts on Peruvian ship during Pacific exercise". Defense News.