#20 - ex-ROKS Yeosu

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Administrator's note: See also the companion thread Where in the world are the Pohang corvettes?

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Vietnam receives second ROKN corvette
17th October 2018 - 08:54 GMT | by Gordon Arthur RSS

https://www.shephardmedia.com/news/imps-news/vietnam-receives-second-rokn-corvette/

Vietnam’s second 1,200t Pohang-class corvette – formerly operated by the Republic of Korea Navy (ROKN) – appeared in a South Korean international fleet review off the coast of Jeju on 11 October.

The former ROKS Yeosu now carries pennant number HQ-20 in the Vietnam People’s Navy

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South Korea International Fleet Review 2018 - Full Video
Published on Oct 11, 2018
TIME STAMPS:

3:35 - Presidential helicopter lands on ROKS Il Chul Bong (LST-688)
6:40 - President Moon Jae-in disembarks from helicopter
8:50 - President enters the viewing area
11:28 - Intro movie
16:00 - President's speech
28:39 - Ships begin getting into formation
31:30 - Naval Aviation flyover
32:35 - Surface ships review
47:40 - Navy Special Warfare Flotila (UDT/SEAL) intro movie
49:40 - UDT/SEAL parachuting demo
57:26 - Aerial view of the formation
58:10 - Navy history & future tribute movie
1:03:00 - Foreign surface ships review
1:26:45 - Air Force flyover

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtDONvhLC00

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From before the Yeosu was transferred to Vietnam

https://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=94903

160525-N-YU572-134 SEA OF JAPAN (May 25, 2016) The Republic of Korea destroyer ROKS Sejong the Great (DDG 991), front, the guided-missile destroyer USS Decatur (DDG 73), left, the Republic of Korea corvette ROKS Yeosu (PCC-765), top, and the guided-missile destroyer USS Momsen (DDG 92), right, steam in formation during a maneuvering exercise. The destroyers Decatur, Momsen, and USS Spruance (DDG 111) are deployed as part of a U.S. 3rd Fleet Pacific Surface Action Group (PAC SAG) under Destroyer Squadron (CDS) 31. (U.S. Navy photo by Naval Aircrewman 3rd Class Coty Voll/Released)

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When she was still ROKS Yeosu

Photo by: AAA siam
Taken on November 5, 2007

https://www.flickr.com/photos/10695602@N03/1869469879/

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VietDefense
· November 4

https://www.facebook.com/VietDefenseVN/photos/a.1256417387849774/1417020241789487/?type=3&theater

Vietnam has armed the Pohang class corvette Ship #20 with two Uran-E shipborne missile systems, each with four Kh-35UE subsonic antiship cruise missiles. Despite the fact that the original Flight III Pohang corvettes such as #20 were never meant to be equipped with missile launchers, Vietnamese engineers overcame this problem by adjusting the position of the torpedo tubes to make room. By default, Ship #20 is now the heaviest armed out of all Flight III Pohang Corvettes due to being the only one compared to her sister ships - the BRP Conrado Yap in the Philippines Navy and ENS Shbab Misr in the Egyptian Navy - that has antiship missile capabilities. Vietnam's Ship #18 also does not have this upgrade. These modifications have brought Ship #20 closer in line with her more modern Flight IV cousins. A Russian fire control radar was also installed.

Those following VietDefense should of been able to pick up our rather obvious hints, such as the cheap blueprint looking design we created along with the discussion on modifying a Pohang. Vietnamese community members & VietDefense sources knew about it but kept it secret due to operational security reasons. It's now considered safe to reveal.




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About the Kh-35UE

http://roe.ru/eng/catalog/aerospace-systems/air-to-air-missile/kh-35ue/