ROKS Sokcho (PCC-778)

History

South Korea
Name:	Sochko (Korean: 속초)
Namesake:	Sokcho
Operator:	Republic of Korea Navy
Builder:	Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. Ulsan, South Korea
Identification:	Pennant number PCC-778
General characteristics
Class and type:	Pohang-class corvette
Displacement:	1,200 tonnes
Length:	88 m (288 ft 9 in)^[1]
Draft:	2.9 m (9 ft 6 in)^[2]
Propulsion:	CODOG unit^[1]
Speed:	Maximum 32 knots (59 km/h) Cruising 15 knots (28 km/h)^[1]
Range:	4,000 nautical miles (7,400 km)^[1]
Crew:	104^[3]
Armament:	4 × Harpoon missiles, 2 × OTO Melara(76mm)/62 compact cannons 2 × Breda 40mm/70 cannons, 6 × Mark 46 torpedoes, 12 × Mark 9 depth charges^[1]^[2]

ROKS Sokcho (PCC-778) is a South Korean Pohang-class corvette of the Republic of Korea Navy (ROKN). It was in the vicinity at the time of the sinking of the ROKS Cheonan and is reported to have fired shots at a possible target that it identified at that time.^[4]

Design

The ship's armament consists of:^[1]^[2]

1 2 3 4 5 6 "Patrol Combat Covtte (PCC)". Republic of Korea Navy. Retrieved 8 June 2010.
1 2 3 "Pohang (PCC Patrol Combat Corvette)". GlobalSecurity.org. 9 January 2010. Retrieved 27 March 2010.
↑ "South Korean navy ship sinks near sea border with North". BBC. 26 March 2010. Retrieved 26 March 2010.
↑ Tania Branigan and Caroline Davies (26 March 2010). "South Korean naval ship sinks in disputed area after 'explosion'". The Guardian. Retrieved 30 March 2010.

Sejong the Great class	Sejong the Great Yulgok Yi I Seoae Yu Seong-ryong

Chungmugong Yi Sun-sin class	Chungmugong Yi Sun-sin Munmu the Great Dae Jo-yeong Wang Geon Gang Gam-chan Choe Yeong

Gwanggaeto the Great class	Gwanggaeto the Great Eulji Mundeok Yang Manchun

Son Won-il class	Son Won-il Jeong Ji An Jung-geun

Chang Bogo class	Chang Bogo Lee Cheon Choi Museon Park Wi Lee Jongmu Jung Woon Lee Sunsin Na Daeyong Lee Eokgi

Dolgorae class	ROKS SSM-052 ~ 053

Ulsan class	Ulsan Seoul Chungnam Masan Gyeongbuk Jeonnam Jeju Busan Cheongju

Incheon class	Incheon Gyeonggi Jeonbuk Gangwon Chungbuk Gwangju

Daegu class	Daegu

Pohang class	Gyeongju Mokpo Gimcheon Chungju Jinju Yeosu Jinhae Suncheon Iri Wonju Andong Bucheon Seongnam Jecheon Daecheon Sokcho Yeongju Namwon Gwangmyeong Sinseong Gongju

Donghae class	Donghae Suwon Gangneung Anyang

Gumdoksuri class	Yoon Youngha Han Sanggook Jo Chunhyung Hwang Dohyun Suh Hoowon Park Donghyuk Jung Geungmo

Chamsuri class	ROKS PKM-2xx ~ 3xx

Dokdo-class LPH	Dokdo

Go Jun Bong-class LST	Go Jun Bong Bi Ro Bong Hyang Ro Bong Sung In Bong

Cheon Wang Bong-class LST	Cheon Wang Bong tbc tbc tbc

Solgae-class LSF	ROKS LSF-621 ~ 623, 631 ~ 632

Wonsan class	Wonsan

Ganggyeong class	Ganggyeong Gangjin Goryeong Gimpo Gochang Geumhwa

Yangyang class	Yangyang Ongjin Haenam

Pohang-class corvettes

Andong Bucheon Cheonan (sinking) Daecheon Gongju Gunsan Gwangmyeong Gyeongju Iri Jecheon Jinhae Jinju Namwon Pohang Seongnam Sinseong Sokcho Suncheon Wonju Yeongju Yeosu

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