ROKS Yi Cheon
ROKS Yi Cheon at Guam on 19 March 1999. | |
| History | |
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| South Korea | |
| Name |
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| Namesake | Yi Cheon |
| Ordered | 12 August 1976 |
| Builder | DSME |
| Launched | 12 September 1991 |
| Acquired | 30 April 1994 |
| Commissioned | 20 June 1994 |
| Identification | SS-062 |
| Status | Active |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & 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 |
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ROKS Yi Cheon (SS-062) is the second ship of the Jang Bogo-class submarine of the Republic of Korea Navy, and was the second submarine to serve with the navy. She is one of Jang Bogo-class submarines to be built in South Korea.