Department of National
Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana
This was the reply of
Lorenzana when asked if South Korea is still offering to the country their
decommissioned “Pohang” class corvettes
“South Korea has already given the Navy a ‘Pohang’-class frigate (corvette) last year and has made known that they have another two ‘Pohang’ class available. The PN desires to get them to have three ‘Pohang’ [corvettes in its inventory],” Lorenzana said in a message to government owned and managed Philippine News Agency (PNA).
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The DND Secretary added that the Philippines is keen to avail of this offer especially if it comes at no cost to the country.
“If [it is] no cost to
us, why not,” Lorenzana said, adding that South Korea is a “better giver as
they give a perfectly operational ship.”
The PN’s BRP Conrado
Yap (PS-39) was part of the “Pohang”-class corvette donated by South
Korea to the Philippines, the former Republic of Korea Navy “Chungju.”
“Pohang”-class
corvettes, especially those designated as Flight II, are optimized for
anti-submarine warfare missions.
It is armed with two
76mm Oto Melara automatic guns, two Oto Breda 40mm light cannons, depth-charge
racks, and two triple torpedo tubes and surveillance systems like radar and
sonar.
The ship measures 88.3
meters long, with a beam of 10 meters and a draft of 2.9 meters with
displacement at 1,216 tons full load. It is rated for a crew of 118 personnel
and can sustain an operational presence for 20 days.
BRP Conrado Yap’s
combined diesel or gas (CODOG) propulsion configuration of motor transport unit
(MTU) diesel engines and LM2500 gas turbine with controllable pitch propellers
(CPP) enable the ship to move to a maximum speed up to 32 knots to a distance
of 4,000 nautical miles.
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