ROKS Jang Bogo (SS-061)

ROKS Jang Bogo (SS-061) is the lead ship of the Jang Bogo-class submarine of the Republic of Korea Navy, and was the first submarine to serve with the navy. She is one of the Type 209 submarines built for export by Germany.[1]

ROKS Jang Bogo underway.
History
South Korea
Name:
  • ROKS Jang Bogo
  • (장보고)
Namesake: Jang Bogo
Ordered: 12 August 1976
Builder: Howaldtswerke Deutsche Werft AG
Laid down: 1987
Launched: September 1991
Commissioned: October 1992
Identification: SS-061
Status: Active
General characteristics
Class and type: Jang Bogo-class submarine
Displacement:
  • 1,180 t surfaced
  • 1,285 t submerged
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:
  • 4 MTU Type 12V493 AZ80 GA31L diesel engines
  • 1 Siemens electric motor
  • 1 shaft
  • 4,600 hp (3,400 kW)
Speed:
  • 11 knots (20 km/h) surfaced
  • 21 knots (39 km/h) submerged
Range: 11,300 nmi (20,900 km) surfaced at 4 knots (7.4 km/h)
Endurance: 50 days
Complement: 5 officers, 26 enlisted
Armament:

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.[2]

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.[3]

See also

References
  1. "Republic of Korea Navy". www.facebook.com.
  2. "ROKN Chang Bogo Class Submarines". Naval Technology. Retrieved 2020-08-15.
  3. "South Korea Submarine Capabilities | NTI". www.nti.org. Retrieved 2020-08-15.
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