_arrives_at_Joint_Base_Pearl_Harbor-Hickam_during_RIMPAC_2024.jpg) ROKS Lee Beom-seok (SS-081) arrives at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam during RIMPAC 2024
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| History | |
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| Name |
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| Namesake | Lee Beom-seok |
| Builder | DSME |
| Laid down | 2012 |
| Launched | 8 November 2016 |
| Acquired | 9 May 2019 |
| Commissioned | 13 May 2019 |
| Identification | Pennant number: SS-081 |
| Status | Active |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Sohn Won-yil-class submarine |
| Displacement | |
| Length | 65 m (213 ft 3 in) |
| Beam | 6.3 m (20 ft 8 in) |
| Draught | 6 m (19 ft 8 in) |
| Propulsion | Diesel-electric, fuel cell AIP, low noise skew back propeller |
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| Range |
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| Endurance | 84 days |
| Test depth | nearly 400 m (1,300 ft) |
| Complement | 5 officers + 22 crew |
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ROKS Lee Beom-seok (SS-081) is the eighth boat of the Sohn Won-yil-class submarine in the Republic of Korea Navy. She is named after the Korean independence activist, Lee Beom-seok.
Design
Main article: Type 214 submarineThere are media reports that the Sohn Won-yil is equipped with eight 533 mm torpedo tubes, and that South Korea will mount a Korean Tomahawk missile, Hyunmoo-3, with a range of 500 km. It is said that they are also developing versions with a range of 1000 km and 1500 km, but there was no confirmation of whether this version could be mounted on a 533mm torpedo tube. Originally, the American Tomahawk missile was conceptually designed to be launched from a 533mm torpedo tube. Korea has also recently succeeded in localizing it.
The Cheonryong missile with a range of 500 km has been installed in the Sohn Won-yil-class and has been deployed and is in operation.
Germany, which exported the Sohn Won-yil-class (class 214), is using a Type 212 submarine that uses the same AIP system with the same displacement. It has a range of 20 km, and is equipped with four 533 mm torpedo tube, and is capable against air, surface, and submarine targets.
Construction and career
ROKS Lee Beom-seok was launched on 8 November 2016 by Daewoo Shipbuilding and commissioned on 13 May 2019.
References
- "[단독] 국산 잠대지 미사일 서해 배치...사거리 300km". news.naver.com (in Korean). Retrieved 2021-07-11.
- 김귀근 (2016-11-08). "항일무장투쟁 이범석 장군, 1천800t급 잠수함으로 부활(종합)". 연합뉴스 (in Korean). Retrieved 2021-07-11.
