ROKS Choe Museon (SS-063)

ROKS Choe Museon (SS-063) is the third 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.

ROKS Choe Museon passes by USS Helena into the Sembawang, Singapore in 2000.
History
South Korea
Name:
  • ROKS Choe Museon
  • (최무선)
Namesake: Choe Museon
Ordered: 12 August 1976
Builder: Daewoo Shipbuilding, South Korea
Launched: 7 August 1993
Acquired: 27 February 1995
Commissioned: 28 February 1995
Identification: SS-063
Status: Active
General characteristics
Class and type: Chang 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.[1]

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.[2]

Construction and career

ROKS Choe Museon was built and launched on 7 August 1993 by Daewoo Shipbuilding. She was acquired by the navy on 27 February 1995 and be commissioned 28 February 1995.

Exercise Pacific Reach 2000

The Republic of Singapore Navy played host to navies from Japan, Republic of Korea and the United States in Exercise Pacific Reach 2000, which was the first multilateral submarine rescue exercise held in the Western Pacific region. ROKS Choe Museon was chosen to represent South Korea in the exercise and she arrived on October 2, 2000.[3]

See also

References
  1. "ROKN Chang Bogo Class Submarines". Naval Technology. Retrieved 2020-08-15.
  2. "South Korea Submarine Capabilities | NTI". www.nti.org. Retrieved 2020-08-15.
  3. "Multinational Sub Rescue Exercise Begins". Los Angeles Times. 2000-10-03. Retrieved 2020-08-18.
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