ROKS Cheonghaejin (ASR-21)

ROKS Cheonghaejin on 21 April 2014
History
South Korea
Name	Cheonghaejin (청해진)
Namesake	Cheonghaejin
Builder	Hanjin
Launched	18 October 1995
Commissioned	2 December 1996
Identification	Pennant number: ASR-21
Status	Active
General characteristics
Class and type	Cheonghaejin-class submarine rescue ship
Displacement	3,200 tonnes (3,149 long tons) light 4,300 tonnes (4,232 long tons) full load
Length	102.8 m (337 ft 3 in)
Beam	16.4 m (53 ft 10 in)
Draft	4.6 m (15 ft 1 in)
Speed	18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Complement	140 crew
Sensors and processing systems	AN/SPS-64V surface-search radar Sonar
Armament	1 × M61 Vulcan 6 × M2 Browning machine gun
Aircraft carried	1 × SH-60 Seahawk
Aviation facilities	Helipad

ROKS Cheonghaejin (ASR-21) is the only ship of the Cheonghaejin-class submarine rescue ship in the Republic of Korea Navy. She is named after the military headquarter, Cheonghaejin.^[1]

Design[edit]

Her operations include rescuing trapped sailors in submarines, naval operation support for submarines, underwater research and mapping support, and recovery of sunk vessels. It is equipped with a deep submergence rescue vehicle (DSRV) that operates up to 500 metres (1,600 ft), and a rescue chamber that holds up to nine people.

Once all nine Son Wonil-class submarines are delivered to the Republic of Korea Navy, another ASR ship of the same class is planned to be built.

Construction and career[edit]

ROKS Cheonghaejin was launched on 18 October 1995 by Daewoo Shipbuilding and commissioned on 2 December 1996.^[2]

She salvaged a North Korean Yugo-class submarine in 1998.

She salvaged Chamsuri-class patrol boat #357 that was sunk during the naval clash in 2002 with North Korea.

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  ROKS Gwangyang on 6 April 2010
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