 ROKS Lee Jongmoo, a P-3 Orion, and USS Columbus during RIMPAC 1998.
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| History | |
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 South Korea | |
| Name |
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| Namesake | Lee Jongmoo |
| Ordered | 12 August 1976 |
| Builder | DSME |
| Launched | 17 May 1995 |
| Acquired | 30 August 1996 |
| Commissioned | 31 August 1996 |
| Identification | SS-066 |
| Status | Active |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Jang Bogo-class submarine |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 55.9 m (183 ft 5 in) |
| Beam | 6.4 m (21 ft 0 in) |
| Draft | 5.9 m (19 ft 4 in) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed |
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| Range | 11,300 nmi (20,900 km) surfaced at 4 knots (7.4 km/h) |
| Endurance | 50 days |
| Complement | 5 officers, 26 enlisted |
| Armament |
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ROKS Lee Jongmoo (SS-066) is the fifth ship of the Jang Bogo-class submarine of the Republic of Korea Navy, and was the fourth submarine to serve with the navy. She is one of Jang Bogo-class submarines to be built in South Korea.
Development
At the end of the 1980s the South Korean navy started to improve its overall capability and began to operate more advanced vessels. South Korea purchased its first submarines, German U-209 class in its Type 1200 subvariant, ordered as the Jang Bogo class. These boats are generally similar to Turkey's six Atilay-class submarines, with German sensors and weapons.
The first order placed late in 1987 covered three boats, one to be completed in Germany and the other two in South Korea from German-supplied kits. There followed by two additional three-boat orders placed in October 1989 and January 1994 for boats of South Korean construction. The boats were commissioned from 1993 to 2001.
The older boats were upgraded, it is believed that the modernization included a hull stretch to the Type 1400 length, provision for tube-launched Harpoon missiles and the addition of a towed-array sonar.
Construction and career
Lee Jongmoo was built and launched on 17 May 1995 by Daewoo Shipbuilding. She was acquired by the navy on 30 August 1996 and be commissioned 31 August 1996.
RIMPAC 1998
9 July 1998, she alongside USS Pasadena and USS Columbus conducted exercises and patrols off Hawaii during RIMPAC 1998.
See also
References
- "ROKN Chang Bogo Class Submarines". Naval Technology. Retrieved 2020-08-15.
- "South Korea Submarine Capabilities | NTI". www.nti.org. Retrieved 2020-08-15.
- "A trio of submarines patrol the Pacific Ocean near Hawaii during exercise RIMPAC '98. The submarines are the Los Angeles class USS PASADENA (SSN-752), foreground, USS COLUMBUS (SSN-762), furthest to the rear, and in between the two US subs, the Korean ROKS LEE JONG MOO (SS 62)". The U.S. National Archives. 1998-07-19. Retrieved 2020-08-19.
- "Rim of the Pacific Exercise (RIMPAC)". GlobalSecurity. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
