S. Korean Navy Gets 13th Homemade Vessel

Hanjin Heavy Industries & Construction (HHIC) has delivered the 13th domestically built guided-missile destroyer to the S. Korean Navy.

Development of the PKG class, also known as Gumdoksuri class, began back in 2003. The class consists of two main designs. The first one is larger, missile armed PKG-A of approximately 500 tons and the second is smaller gun armed PKG-B of approximately 200 tons.

The 450-ton vessel named PKG-726 can sail at a top speed of 40 knots and is equipped with anti-ship missiles that have a range of 140 kilometers, reports Yonhap.

The first PKG-A vessel was ordered from Hanjin Heavy Industries. The lead ship of the class, Yoon Youngha was launched on June 28, 2007 and commissioned on December 17, 2008. The production of the PKG-A is divided between Hanjin Heavy Industries and STX.

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SBT Staff, January 27, 2014