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id="toc-Republic_of_Korea_Fleet" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Republic_of_Korea_Fleet"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 3.2 Republic of Korea Fleet </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Republic_of_Korea_Fleet-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Republic_of_Korea_Marine_Corps" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Republic_of_Korea_Marine_Corps"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 3.3 Republic of Korea Marine Corps </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Republic_of_Korea_Marine_Corps-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Shore_establishments" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Shore_establishments"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 3.4 Shore establishments </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Shore_establishments-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-U.S._naval_units_in_South_Korea" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> 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personnel including 29,000 marines (2022)<a href="#cite_note-2022DWP-1">[1]</a> ~160 ships and 80 aircraft<a href="#cite_note-2022DWP-1">[1]</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Part of</th><td class="infobox-data"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_Korea_Armed_Forces.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_Korea_Armed_Forces.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_Korea_Armed_Forces.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_Korea_Armed_Forces.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_Korea_Armed_Forces.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_Korea_Armed_Forces.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Korea_Armed_Forces" title="Republic of Korea Armed Forces">Republic of Korea Armed Forces</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data">Republic of Korea Navy HQ, Gyeryongdae complex, <a href="/wiki/Gyeryong" title="Gyeryong">Gyeryong</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Motto(s)</th><td class="infobox-data">바다로, 세계로 ("To the sea, to the world")</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">March</th><td class="infobox-data">Haegunga ("Navy Anthem")<a href="#cite_note-2">[2]</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Fleet</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>90 combatant ships</li><li>17 amphibious warfare ships</li><li>14 mine warfare ships</li><li>20 auxiliary ships</li><li>21 submarines</li></ul></div> Total:150 ships</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Engagements</th><td class="infobox-data"><div><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Korean_War" title="Korean War">Korean War</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Vietnam_War" title="Vietnam War">Vietnam War</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Enduring_Freedom" title="Operation Enduring Freedom">Operation Enduring Freedom</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Combined_Task_Force_151" title="Combined Task Force 151">Combined Task Force 151</a> (2009–present)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.navy.mil.kr/">www.navy.mil.kr</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" 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Yong-hyun</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;"><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Naval_Operations_(South_Korea)" title="Chief of Naval Operations (South Korea)">Chief of Naval Operations</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Flag_Chief_of_Naval_Operations_of_the_Republic_of_Korea_Navy.png/25px-Flag_Chief_of_Naval_Operations_of_the_Republic_of_Korea_Navy.png" decoding="async" width="25" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Flag_Chief_of_Naval_Operations_of_the_Republic_of_Korea_Navy.png/38px-Flag_Chief_of_Naval_Operations_of_the_Republic_of_Korea_Navy.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Flag_Chief_of_Naval_Operations_of_the_Republic_of_Korea_Navy.png/50px-Flag_Chief_of_Naval_Operations_of_the_Republic_of_Korea_Navy.png 2x" data-file-width="390" data-file-height="253" /> <a href="/wiki/Jiang_(rank)#South_Korea" title="Jiang (rank)">Admiral</a> <a href="/wiki/Yang_Yong-mo" title="Yang Yong-mo">Yang Yong-mo</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Insignia</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Ensign</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_South_Korea.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/125px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="125" height="83" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/188px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/250px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Flag and jack</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_the_Republic_of_Korea_Navy.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_Korea_Navy.svg/125px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_Korea_Navy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="125" height="83" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_Korea_Navy.svg/188px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_Korea_Navy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_Korea_Navy.svg/250px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_Korea_Navy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="341" /></a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;"><a href="/wiki/Commissioning_pennant" title="Commissioning pennant">Pennant</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/File:Republic_of_Korea_Navy_Commissioning_pennant.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Republic_of_Korea_Navy_Commissioning_pennant.png/200px-Republic_of_Korea_Navy_Commissioning_pennant.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Republic_of_Korea_Navy_Commissioning_pennant.png/300px-Republic_of_Korea_Navy_Commissioning_pennant.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Republic_of_Korea_Navy_Commissioning_pennant.png/400px-Republic_of_Korea_Navy_Commissioning_pennant.png 2x" data-file-width="1919" data-file-height="120" /></a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;"><a href="/wiki/Military_aircraft_insignia" title="Military aircraft insignia">Roundel</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/File:Roundel_of_South_Korea_-_Naval_Aviation_variant.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Roundel_of_South_Korea_-_Naval_Aviation_variant.svg/125px-Roundel_of_South_Korea_-_Naval_Aviation_variant.svg.png" decoding="async" width="125" height="61" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Roundel_of_South_Korea_-_Naval_Aviation_variant.svg/188px-Roundel_of_South_Korea_-_Naval_Aviation_variant.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Roundel_of_South_Korea_-_Naval_Aviation_variant.svg/250px-Roundel_of_South_Korea_-_Naval_Aviation_variant.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="650" data-file-height="316" /></a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Logo</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/File:Logo_of_the_Republic_of_Korea_Navy.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/88/Logo_of_the_Republic_of_Korea_Navy.svg/125px-Logo_of_the_Republic_of_Korea_Navy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="125" height="143" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/88/Logo_of_the_Republic_of_Korea_Navy.svg/188px-Logo_of_the_Republic_of_Korea_Navy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/88/Logo_of_the_Republic_of_Korea_Navy.svg/250px-Logo_of_the_Republic_of_Korea_Navy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="234" data-file-height="267" /></a></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Military unit</div> The Republic of Korea Navy (ROKN; <a href="/wiki/Korean_language" title="Korean language">Korean</a>: 대한민국 해군; <a href="/wiki/Hanja" title="Hanja">Hanja</a>: 大韓民國海軍), also known as the ROK Navy or South Korean Navy, is the <a href="/wiki/Naval_warfare" title="Naval warfare">naval warfare</a> service branch of the <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Korea_Armed_Forces" title="Republic of Korea Armed Forces">South Korean armed forces</a>, responsible for naval and <a href="/wiki/Amphibious_warfare" title="Amphibious warfare">amphibious operations</a>.<a href="#cite_note-3">[3]</a> The ROK Navy includes the <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Korea_Marine_Corps" title="Republic of Korea Marine Corps">Republic of Korea Marine Corps</a>, which functions as a branch of the Navy.<a href="#cite_note-4">[4]</a> The ROK Navy has about 70,000 regular personnel including 29,000 Republic of Korea Marines. There are about 140 commissioned ships in the ROK Navy. The naval aviation force consists of about 70 fixed-wing and <a href="/wiki/Rotary-wing_aircraft" class="mw-redirect" title="Rotary-wing aircraft">rotary-wing aircraft</a>. The ROK Marine Corps has about 300 <a href="/wiki/Continuous_track" title="Continuous track">tracked vehicles</a> including <a href="/wiki/Assault_Amphibious_Vehicle" title="Assault Amphibious Vehicle">assault amphibious vehicles</a>. The Republic of Korea Navy was established as the Marine Defense Group on November 11, 1945, after <a href="/wiki/Korea" title="Korea">Korea</a> was liberated from the <a href="/wiki/Empire_of_Japan" title="Empire of Japan">Empire of Japan</a> on August 15, 1945. Since the <a href="/wiki/Korean_War" title="Korean War">Korean War</a>, the <a href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea">South Korean</a> navy had concentrated its efforts on building naval forces to counteract hostilities of <a href="/wiki/North_Korea" title="North Korea">North Korea</a>. As South Korea's economy grew, the ROK Navy was able to locally build larger and better equipped fleets to deter aggression, to protect the <a href="/wiki/Sea_lines_of_communication" title="Sea lines of communication">sea lines of communication</a>, and to support the nation's <a href="/wiki/Foreign_policy" title="Foreign policy">foreign policy</a>.<a href="#cite_note-5">[5]</a> As part of its mission, the ROK Navy has engaged in several <a href="/wiki/Peacekeeping" title="Peacekeeping">peacekeeping operations</a> since the turn of the 21st century.<a href="#cite_note-:4-6">[6]</a> The ROK Navy aims to become a <a href="/wiki/Blue-water_navy" title="Blue-water navy">blue-water navy</a> in the 2020s.<a href="#cite_note-7">[7]</a><a href="#cite_note-8">[8]</a> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Duties_and_objectives">Duties and objectives</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Republic_of_Korea_Navy&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Duties and objectives">edit</a>]</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote">The main duties of the Navy shall be operations on the sea, including landing operations, and the main duties of the Marine Corps shall be landing operations, and the Navy and Marine Corps shall be formed and equipped for that purpose and shall provide education and training necessary therefor.<div class="templatequotecite">— <cite>Act on the Organization of National Armed Forces<a href="#cite_note-9">[9]</a></cite></div></blockquote> The objectives of the ROK Navy as the main force for the national security and prosperity are:<a href="#cite_note-:2-10">[10]</a><a href="#cite_note-11">[11]</a> <ul><li>To deter war</li> <li>To gain victory at sea</li> <li>To protect national interests</li> <li>To contribute to world peace</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Republic_of_Korea_Navy&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Republic_of_Korea_Navy" title="History of the Republic of Korea Navy">History of the Republic of Korea Navy</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Origins">Origins</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Republic_of_Korea_Navy&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Origins">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Naval_history_of_Korea" title="Naval history of Korea">Naval history of Korea</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:TurtleShip1415.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/TurtleShip1415.jpg/220px-TurtleShip1415.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="227" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/TurtleShip1415.jpg/330px-TurtleShip1415.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/TurtleShip1415.jpg/440px-TurtleShip1415.jpg 2x" data-file-width="448" data-file-height="463" /></a><figcaption>Early 15th century Korean turtle ship in an illustration dating to 1795<a href="#cite_note-Hawley_2005,_198-12">[12]</a></figcaption></figure> <a href="/wiki/Korea" title="Korea">Korea</a> has a long <a href="/wiki/Naval_history_of_Korea" title="Naval history of Korea">history of naval activity</a>. In the late 4th century during the <a href="/wiki/Three_Kingdoms_of_Korea" title="Three Kingdoms of Korea">Three Kingdoms period</a>, <a href="/wiki/Goguryeo" title="Goguryeo">Goguryeo</a> defeated <a href="/wiki/Baekje" title="Baekje">Baekje</a>, fielding amphibious forces of 40,000 men in the process. In 732, the <a href="/wiki/Balhae" title="Balhae">Balhae</a> navy "attacked the <a href="/wiki/Shandong_peninsula" class="mw-redirect" title="Shandong peninsula">Shandong peninsula</a> and destroyed the biggest seaport of the <a href="/wiki/Tang_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Tang Empire">Tang Empire</a> in the east – <a href="/wiki/Penglai,_Shandong" class="mw-redirect" title="Penglai, Shandong">Dengzhou</a>."<a href="#cite_note-13">[13]</a> In the 9th century, Commissioner <a href="/wiki/Jang_Bogo" title="Jang Bogo">Jang Bogo</a> of <a href="/wiki/Unified_Silla" title="Unified Silla">Unified Silla</a> established a maritime base called <a href="/wiki/Cheonghaejin" title="Cheonghaejin">Cheonghaejin</a> on an island to foster trading with <a href="/wiki/China" title="China">China</a> and <a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a>, and to eradicate pirates. In 1380, naval forces of the <a href="/wiki/Goryeo_dynasty" class="mw-redirect" title="Goryeo dynasty">Goryeo dynasty</a> defeated 500 invading Japanese pirate vessels by deploying shipboard guns, devised by <a href="/wiki/Ch%27oe_Mu-s%C5%8Fn" class="mw-redirect" title="Ch'oe Mu-sŏn">Ch'oe Mu-sŏn</a>. This is reportedly the first use of shipboard guns in <a href="/wiki/Naval_history" class="mw-redirect" title="Naval history">naval history</a>. In 1389 and 1419, Korean naval forces invaded <a href="/wiki/Tsushima_Island" title="Tsushima Island">Tsushima Island</a> to suppress Japanese piracy. In the early years of the <a href="/wiki/Joseon_dynasty" class="mw-redirect" title="Joseon dynasty">Joseon dynasty</a>, the naval force reached its peak of 50,000 personnel, in order to combat the ongoing piracy issue.<a href="#cite_note-14">[14]</a> During the <a href="/wiki/Japanese_invasions_of_Korea" class="mw-redirect" title="Japanese invasions of Korea">Japanese invasions of Korea</a> (the Imjin War) in the 16th century, the <a href="/wiki/Joseon_Navy" title="Joseon Navy">Korean naval force</a> commanded by Admiral <a href="/wiki/Yi_Sun-sin" title="Yi Sun-sin">Yi Sun-sin</a>, who later became the head of the navy, cut off the invaders' naval lifeline and defeated the Japanese fleet, reversing the war in favor of Joseon.<a href="#cite_note-15">[15]</a> Admiral Yi is also credited with the creation of the <a href="/wiki/Turtle_Ship" class="mw-redirect" title="Turtle Ship">Turtle Ship</a>. By the end of the 19th century, the Joseon navy had no significant naval force<a href="#cite_note-16">[16]</a> other than coastal defense fortresses. In 1893, the Joseon court requested the <a href="/wiki/Walter_Hillier" title="Walter Hillier">British Consul-General</a> to dispatch a naval officer for organizing a naval school in an attempt to modernize the navy. In September 1893, the navy school was established in <a href="/wiki/Ganghwa_Island" title="Ganghwa Island">Ganghwa Island</a>. <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_(navy)" title="Lieutenant (navy)">Lieutenant</a> William H. Callwell, a retired British naval officer, and John W. Curtis, a gunnery instructor, served as instructors for 160 cadets and sailor recruits. However, the <a href="/wiki/Korean_Imperial_Naval_Academy" title="Korean Imperial Naval Academy">Royal Naval Academy</a> was closed in November 1894, and the Joseon navy was brought to an end in 1895 due to the <a href="/wiki/First_Sino-Japanese_War" title="First Sino-Japanese War">First Sino-Japanese War</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Gabo_Reform" title="Gabo Reform">Gabo Reform</a>. In 1903, the government of the <a href="/wiki/Korean_Empire" title="Korean Empire">Korean Empire</a> purchased its first modern naval ship, <a href="/wiki/KIS_Yangmu" title="KIS Yangmu">KIS Yangmu</a>.<a href="#cite_note-17">[17]</a> Korean naval tradition was disrupted after Korea was annexed by the <a href="/wiki/Empire_of_Japan" title="Empire of Japan">Empire of Japan</a> in 1910. During <a href="/wiki/Korea_under_Japanese_rule" title="Korea under Japanese rule">the Japanese occupation of Korea</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Imperial_Japanese_Navy" title="Imperial Japanese Navy">Imperial Japanese Navy</a> (IJN) built a considerable naval base – <a href="/wiki/Chinkai_Guard_District" title="Chinkai Guard District">Chinkai Guard District</a> in southern Korea (at present-day <a href="/wiki/Jinhae" class="mw-redirect" title="Jinhae">Jinhae</a>). <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Founding_years_and_Korean_War">Founding years and Korean War</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Republic_of_Korea_Navy&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Founding years and Korean War">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Pak_Tu_San_(PC-701).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Pak_Tu_San_%28PC-701%29.jpg/220px-Pak_Tu_San_%28PC-701%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="277" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Pak_Tu_San_%28PC-701%29.jpg/330px-Pak_Tu_San_%28PC-701%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Pak_Tu_San_%28PC-701%29.jpg/440px-Pak_Tu_San_%28PC-701%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4525" data-file-height="5690" /></a><figcaption>ROKS Baekdusan (PC 701), the first warship of the ROK Navy, undergoing refitting at Hawaii in March 1950</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:HN-SN-98-07198.JPEG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/HN-SN-98-07198.JPEG/220px-HN-SN-98-07198.JPEG" decoding="async" width="220" height="215" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/HN-SN-98-07198.JPEG/330px-HN-SN-98-07198.JPEG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/HN-SN-98-07198.JPEG/440px-HN-SN-98-07198.JPEG 2x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="2931" /></a><figcaption>A ROKN sailor places a S. Korean naval ensign on a torpedo boat, after its transfer by the U.S. in the midst of the Korean War.</figcaption></figure> The Republic of Korea Navy was established as the Marine Defense Group on November 11, 1945. After Korea was liberated from the Empire of Japan on August 15, 1945, <a href="/wiki/Sohn_Won-yil" title="Sohn Won-yil">Sohn Won-yil</a>, a former merchant mariner and son of the <a href="/wiki/Methodism" title="Methodism">Methodist</a> minister and independence activist Sohn Jung-do,<a href="#cite_note-18">[18]</a> organized the Marine Defense Group in <a href="/wiki/Seoul" title="Seoul">Seoul</a>. The Group formed the Korean Coast Guard and Coast Guard Academy at Jinhae, and the Korean Coast Guard acquired 36 patrol boats (mainly ex-<a href="/wiki/Imperial_Japanese_Navy" title="Imperial Japanese Navy">IJN</a> and <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">USN</a> <a href="/wiki/Mine_warfare_vessel" class="mw-redirect" title="Mine warfare vessel">minecraft</a>) through the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Military_Government_in_Korea" title="United States Army Military Government in Korea">United States Army Military Government in Korea</a>. After the <a href="/wiki/First_Republic_of_Korea" title="First Republic of Korea">South Korean government</a> was established on August 15, 1948, the Korean Coast Guard became the Republic of Korea Navy, and Sohn was appointed as the first <a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Naval_Operations_(South_Korea)" title="Chief of Naval Operations (South Korea)">Chief of Naval Operations</a> of the ROK Navy.<a href="#cite_note-19">[19]</a> On April 15, 1949, the <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Korea_Marine_Corps" title="Republic of Korea Marine Corps">Republic of Korea Marine Corps</a> (ROKMC) was founded at Jinhae. In October 1949, the ROK Navy purchased a 600-ton submarine chaser, the former <a href="/wiki/USS_PC-823" title="USS PC-823">USS PC-823</a> with funds raised among its personnel. She was renamed <a href="/wiki/ROKS_Baekdusan_(PC_701)" class="mw-redirect" title="ROKS Baekdusan (PC 701)">ROKS Baekdusan (PC 701)</a> after <a href="/wiki/Baekdu_Mountain" class="mw-redirect" title="Baekdu Mountain">Paektu Mountain</a>, and became "the first significant <a href="/wiki/Warship" title="Warship">warship</a> of the newly independent nation".<a href="#cite_note-20">[20]</a><a href="#cite_note-21">[21]</a> The <a href="/wiki/Korean_War" title="Korean War">Korean War</a> started with the <a href="/wiki/Korean_People%27s_Army" title="Korean People's Army">North Korean army</a>'s surprise attack on Sunday, June 25, 1950. The ROK Navy confronted threats from the <a href="/wiki/North_Korean_Naval_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="North Korean Naval Force">North Korean navy</a>: "Perhaps the most aggressive and effective, if smallest, member of the South Korean armed services during the first year of the Korean War was the Republic of Korea Navy (ROKN). At the outset of the conflict, the 6,956-man ROKN, with [33]<a href="#cite_note-22">[22]</a> naval vessels of various types, was outnumbered by the 13,700 men and 110 naval vessels of the North Korean navy."<a href="#cite_note-23">[23]</a> With its <a href="/wiki/UN" class="mw-redirect" title="UN">UN</a> allies, dominated by U.S. forces, the ROK Navy was able to gain control in the seas surrounding the country, as a task group of the UN Blockading and Escort Force (Task Force 95). On July 27, 1953, the three-year-long war was brought to an end when an armistice agreement was signed. During the war, <a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a>, <a href="/wiki/Colombia" title="Colombia">Colombia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Philippines" title="Philippines">Philippines</a>, <a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands">Netherlands</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand" title="New Zealand">New Zealand</a>, <a href="/wiki/Thailand" title="Thailand">Thailand</a>, the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a> contributed naval vessels as UN allies; <a href="/wiki/Denmark" title="Denmark">Denmark</a> sent the hospital ship <a href="/wiki/MS_Jutlandia" title="MS Jutlandia">Jutlandia</a>.<a href="#cite_note-24">[24]</a> During the Korean War, the ROK Navy acquired 28 ex-USN ships including five <a href="/wiki/Tacoma-class_frigate" title="Tacoma-class frigate">Tacoma-class</a> <a href="/wiki/Frigate" title="Frigate">frigates</a>. In September 1953, the ROK Navy established the Republic of Korea Fleet, which was responsible for the operation and training of the ships. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Building_up_the_fleet">Building up the fleet</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Republic_of_Korea_Navy&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Building up the fleet">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:1956%EB%85%84_%ED%98%B8%EC%9C%84_%EA%B5%AC%EC%B6%95%ED%95%A8_%EC%9D%B8%EC%88%98_(7438440952).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/1956%EB%85%84_%ED%98%B8%EC%9C%84_%EA%B5%AC%EC%B6%95%ED%95%A8_%EC%9D%B8%EC%88%98_%287438440952%29.jpg/220px-1956%EB%85%84_%ED%98%B8%EC%9C%84_%EA%B5%AC%EC%B6%95%ED%95%A8_%EC%9D%B8%EC%88%98_%287438440952%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="127" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/1956%EB%85%84_%ED%98%B8%EC%9C%84_%EA%B5%AC%EC%B6%95%ED%95%A8_%EC%9D%B8%EC%88%98_%287438440952%29.jpg/330px-1956%EB%85%84_%ED%98%B8%EC%9C%84_%EA%B5%AC%EC%B6%95%ED%95%A8_%EC%9D%B8%EC%88%98_%287438440952%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/1956%EB%85%84_%ED%98%B8%EC%9C%84_%EA%B5%AC%EC%B6%95%ED%95%A8_%EC%9D%B8%EC%88%98_%287438440952%29.jpg/440px-1956%EB%85%84_%ED%98%B8%EC%9C%84_%EA%B5%AC%EC%B6%95%ED%95%A8_%EC%9D%B8%EC%88%98_%287438440952%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2953" data-file-height="1703" /></a><figcaption>Ex-USN Cannon-class destroyer escorts transferred to the ROK Navy at Boston in 1956</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Korean_Marines_prepare_defensive_positions_near_Tuy_Hoa.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Korean_Marines_prepare_defensive_positions_near_Tuy_Hoa.jpg/220px-Korean_Marines_prepare_defensive_positions_near_Tuy_Hoa.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="177" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Korean_Marines_prepare_defensive_positions_near_Tuy_Hoa.jpg/330px-Korean_Marines_prepare_defensive_positions_near_Tuy_Hoa.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Korean_Marines_prepare_defensive_positions_near_Tuy_Hoa.jpg/440px-Korean_Marines_prepare_defensive_positions_near_Tuy_Hoa.jpg 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="483" /></a><figcaption>ROK Marines prepare defensive positions near <a href="/wiki/Tuy_H%C3%B2a" title="Tuy Hòa">Tuy Hòa</a>, in S. Vietnam, <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr> 1965.</figcaption></figure> After the Korean War, the ROK Navy built up its surface fleet with <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>-era warships loaned from the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">U.S. Navy</a>. From 1955 to 1960, the ROK Navy acquired 42 ex-USN warships including two <a href="/wiki/Cannon-class_destroyer_escort" title="Cannon-class destroyer escort">Cannon-class</a> <a href="/wiki/Destroyer_escort" title="Destroyer escort">destroyer escorts</a>. In May 1963, the ROK Navy acquired its first <a href="/wiki/Destroyer" title="Destroyer">destroyer</a>, <a href="/wiki/USS_Erben_(DD-631)" class="mw-redirect" title="USS Erben (DD-631)">ROKS Chungmu (DD 91)</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Fletcher-class_destroyer" title="Fletcher-class destroyer">Fletcher-class</a> destroyer. Starting from 1972, nine former USN <a href="/wiki/Allen_M._Sumner-class_destroyer" title="Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer">Allen M. Sumner-class</a> and <a href="/wiki/Gearing-class_destroyer" title="Gearing-class destroyer">Gearing-class</a> destroyers were transferred and added to the ROK Fleet inventory. During the <a href="/wiki/Vietnam_War" title="Vietnam War">Vietnam War</a>, the ROK Navy dispatched the Naval Transport Group ("Seagull"), and the <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Korea_Marine_Corps" title="Republic of Korea Marine Corps">Republic of Korea Marine Corps</a> sent the <a href="/wiki/2nd_Marine_Division_(South_Korea)" title="2nd Marine Division (South Korea)">2nd Marine Brigade</a> ("Blue Dragon") to <a href="/wiki/South_Vietnam" title="South Vietnam">South Vietnam</a>. In April 1975, just before the <a href="/wiki/Fall_of_Saigon" title="Fall of Saigon">Fall of Saigon</a>, two ROKN <a href="/wiki/Landing_Ship,_Tank" title="Landing Ship, Tank">LSTs</a> evacuated about 1,300 South Vietnamese and South Koreans from South Vietnam to South Korea.<a href="#cite_note-25">[25]</a> On July 30, 1960, ROKS Gangwon (DE 72), formerly <a href="/wiki/USS_Sutton_(DE-771)" title="USS Sutton (DE-771)">USS Sutton (DE-771)</a>, sank the North Korean navy patrol craft PBS 371 off the coast of <a href="/wiki/Goseong_County,_Gangwon" title="Goseong County, Gangwon">Geojin</a>. On January 19, 1967, <a href="/wiki/ROKS_Dangpo_(PCEC_56)" class="mw-redirect" title="ROKS Dangpo (PCEC 56)">ROKS Dangpo (PCE 56)</a>, the former USS Marfa, was sunk by North Korean <a href="/wiki/Coastal_artillery" title="Coastal artillery">coastal artillery</a> north of the demarcation line off the east coast of Korea.<a href="#cite_note-26">[26]</a> In June 1970, a Navy broadcast vessel (I 2) was captured and abducted by North Korean patrol craft in the vicinity of <a href="/wiki/Yeonpyeongdo" title="Yeonpyeongdo">Yeonpyeong Islands</a> in the West Sea (<a href="/wiki/Yellow_Sea" title="Yellow Sea">Yellow Sea</a>).<a href="#cite_note-27">[27]</a> On February 22, 1974, a Navy harbor <a href="/wiki/Tugboat" title="Tugboat">tug</a> (YTL 30) capsized off <a href="/wiki/Tongyeong" title="Tongyeong">Tongyeong</a>, resulting in death of 153 Navy, <a href="/wiki/Korea_Coast_Guard" title="Korea Coast Guard">Coast Guard</a> recruits and 6 sailors. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Indigenous_warship_building">Indigenous warship building</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Republic_of_Korea_Navy&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Indigenous warship building">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Port_view_of_ROK_ship_Kyong_Buk_(FF_956)_near_San_Diego,_CA.jpeg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Port_view_of_ROK_ship_Kyong_Buk_%28FF_956%29_near_San_Diego%2C_CA.jpeg/220px-Port_view_of_ROK_ship_Kyong_Buk_%28FF_956%29_near_San_Diego%2C_CA.jpeg" decoding="async" width="220" height="139" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Port_view_of_ROK_ship_Kyong_Buk_%28FF_956%29_near_San_Diego%2C_CA.jpeg/330px-Port_view_of_ROK_ship_Kyong_Buk_%28FF_956%29_near_San_Diego%2C_CA.jpeg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Port_view_of_ROK_ship_Kyong_Buk_%28FF_956%29_near_San_Diego%2C_CA.jpeg/440px-Port_view_of_ROK_ship_Kyong_Buk_%28FF_956%29_near_San_Diego%2C_CA.jpeg 2x" data-file-width="2830" data-file-height="1783" /></a><figcaption>ROKS Gyeongbuk (FF 956), one of the Navy's first locally built Ulsan-class frigates</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:South_Korean_sailors_1981.jpeg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/South_Korean_sailors_1981.jpeg/220px-South_Korean_sailors_1981.jpeg" decoding="async" width="220" height="148" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/South_Korean_sailors_1981.jpeg/330px-South_Korean_sailors_1981.jpeg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/South_Korean_sailors_1981.jpeg/440px-South_Korean_sailors_1981.jpeg 2x" data-file-width="2830" data-file-height="1900" /></a><figcaption>ROKN seamen in the early 1980s; the lettering on their hats reads "Republic of Korea Navy" in Korean.</figcaption></figure> In the 1970s, through the <a href="/wiki/Park_Chung_Hee" title="Park Chung Hee">Park Chung Hee</a> Administration's "Yulgok Operation", a secret effort to strengthen domestic arms production,<a href="#cite_note-28">[28]</a> the ROK Navy began to establish a fleet of locally built warships. The Navy acquired shipbuilding capabilities by planning and building high-speed patrol craft such as Baekgu class and <a href="/wiki/Chamsuri-class_patrol_boat" title="Chamsuri-class patrol boat">Chamsuri class</a> in the 1970s – in November 1972, the ROK Navy launched its first domestically built fast patrol craft to intercept North Korean spy boats. The lead ship (FF 951) of the 2,000-ton <a href="/wiki/Ulsan-class_frigate" title="Ulsan-class frigate">Ulsan-class frigates</a> was launched in 1980. The lead ship (PCC 751) of the 1,000-ton <a href="/wiki/Donghae-class_corvette" title="Donghae-class corvette">Donghae-class corvettes</a> and the lead ship (PCC 756) of the updated <a href="/wiki/Pohang-class_corvette" title="Pohang-class corvette">Pohang-class corvettes</a> were launched in 1982 and 1984 respectively. With local shipbuilders, the ROK Navy continued to carry out other shipbuilding programs for such as the <a href="/wiki/Dolgorae-class_submarine" title="Dolgorae-class submarine">Dolgorae-class</a> <a href="/wiki/Midget_submarine" title="Midget submarine">midget submarine</a>, <a href="/wiki/Go_Jun_Bong-class_LST" class="mw-redirect" title="Go Jun Bong-class LST">Gojunbong-class</a> <a href="/wiki/Landing_Ship,_Tank" title="Landing Ship, Tank">tank landing ship</a>, mine warfare ship (<a href="/wiki/Wonsan-class_minelayer" title="Wonsan-class minelayer">Wonsan-class minelayer</a>, Ganggyeong-class <a href="/wiki/Minesweeper" title="Minesweeper">minesweeper</a>), Cheonji-class logistics support ship, and <a href="/wiki/Cheonghaejin-class_submarine_rescue_ship" title="Cheonghaejin-class submarine rescue ship">Cheonghaejin-class</a> <a href="/wiki/Submarine_rescue_ship" title="Submarine rescue ship">submarine rescue ship</a> in the 1980s and 1990s. In November 1987, the Headquarters Republic of Korea Marine Corps was re-established; it was disbanded in October 1973 due to budget constraint.<a href="#cite_note-29">[29]</a> In June 1993, the ROK Navy Headquarters was relocated from <a href="/wiki/Seoul" title="Seoul">Seoul</a> to the Gyeryongdae complex, the tri-service headquarters in <a href="/wiki/Gyeryong" title="Gyeryong">Gyeryong</a>.<a href="#cite_note-30">[30]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="From_a_coastal_navy_to_a_green-water_navy">From a coastal navy to a green-water navy</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Republic_of_Korea_Navy&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: From a coastal navy to a green-water navy">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:ROKS_Lee_Sunsin_(SS_068)_arrives_at_Naval_Station_Pearl_Harbor.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/ROKS_Lee_Sunsin_%28SS_068%29_arrives_at_Naval_Station_Pearl_Harbor.jpg/220px-ROKS_Lee_Sunsin_%28SS_068%29_arrives_at_Naval_Station_Pearl_Harbor.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/ROKS_Lee_Sunsin_%28SS_068%29_arrives_at_Naval_Station_Pearl_Harbor.jpg/330px-ROKS_Lee_Sunsin_%28SS_068%29_arrives_at_Naval_Station_Pearl_Harbor.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/ROKS_Lee_Sunsin_%28SS_068%29_arrives_at_Naval_Station_Pearl_Harbor.jpg/440px-ROKS_Lee_Sunsin_%28SS_068%29_arrives_at_Naval_Station_Pearl_Harbor.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3008" data-file-height="2000" /></a><figcaption>ROKS Lee Sunsin (SS 068), one of the Navy's first locally built Jang Bogo-class submarines</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:2008%EB%85%849%EC%9B%9427%EC%9D%BC_%ED%95%B4%EA%B5%B0_%EC%84%B8%EC%A2%85%EB%8C%80%EC%99%95%ED%95%A8%EA%B8%B0%EB%8F%99(2)_(7193823222).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/2008%EB%85%849%EC%9B%9427%EC%9D%BC_%ED%95%B4%EA%B5%B0_%EC%84%B8%EC%A2%85%EB%8C%80%EC%99%95%ED%95%A8%EA%B8%B0%EB%8F%99%282%29_%287193823222%29.jpg/220px-2008%EB%85%849%EC%9B%9427%EC%9D%BC_%ED%95%B4%EA%B5%B0_%EC%84%B8%EC%A2%85%EB%8C%80%EC%99%95%ED%95%A8%EA%B8%B0%EB%8F%99%282%29_%287193823222%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="154" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/2008%EB%85%849%EC%9B%9427%EC%9D%BC_%ED%95%B4%EA%B5%B0_%EC%84%B8%EC%A2%85%EB%8C%80%EC%99%95%ED%95%A8%EA%B8%B0%EB%8F%99%282%29_%287193823222%29.jpg/330px-2008%EB%85%849%EC%9B%9427%EC%9D%BC_%ED%95%B4%EA%B5%B0_%EC%84%B8%EC%A2%85%EB%8C%80%EC%99%95%ED%95%A8%EA%B8%B0%EB%8F%99%282%29_%287193823222%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/2008%EB%85%849%EC%9B%9427%EC%9D%BC_%ED%95%B4%EA%B5%B0_%EC%84%B8%EC%A2%85%EB%8C%80%EC%99%95%ED%95%A8%EA%B8%B0%EB%8F%99%282%29_%287193823222%29.jpg/440px-2008%EB%85%849%EC%9B%9427%EC%9D%BC_%ED%95%B4%EA%B5%B0_%EC%84%B8%EC%A2%85%EB%8C%80%EC%99%95%ED%95%A8%EA%B8%B0%EB%8F%99%282%29_%287193823222%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1266" data-file-height="886" /></a><figcaption>The Navy's first locally built AEGIS destroyer, ROKS Sejong the Great (DDG 991), in formation</figcaption></figure> Since the 1990s, the ROK Navy has been trying to build an ocean-going fleet to protect its <a href="/wiki/Sea_lines_of_communication" title="Sea lines of communication">sea lines of communication</a>. In 1989, the Navy mentioned the "Strategic Task Fleet" (Jeollyak-gidong-hamdae) in the Joint Strategic Objectives Plan. The ROK Naval forces began to participate in <a href="/wiki/Exercise_RIMPAC" class="mw-redirect" title="Exercise RIMPAC">RIMPAC</a> exercises from 1990. During Admiral An Pyong-tae's tenure as <a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Naval_Operations_(South_Korea)" title="Chief of Naval Operations (South Korea)">CNO</a>, <a href="/wiki/President_of_South_Korea" title="President of South Korea">President</a> <a href="/wiki/Kim_Young-sam" title="Kim Young-sam">Kim Young-sam</a> supported the Navy by approving a long-term shipbuilding plan for the ocean-going navy.<a href="#cite_note-31">[31]</a> In 1999, the Navy developed its strategic vision for the 2020s as "Navy Vision 2020" that outlined the Navy's future Task Fleet, which includes <a href="/wiki/Light_aircraft_carrier" title="Light aircraft carrier">light aircraft carriers</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ballistic_missile_submarine" title="Ballistic missile submarine">ballistic missile submarines</a>.<a href="#cite_note-:5-32">[32]</a> At the same time, the ROK Navy steadily upgraded its naval forces: In order to strengthen the <a href="/wiki/Surface_combatant" title="Surface combatant">surface combatants</a>, the ROK Navy launched the lead ship (DDH 971) of the <a href="/wiki/Gwanggaeto_the_Great-class_destroyer" title="Gwanggaeto the Great-class destroyer">Kwanggaeto the Great-class destroyer</a> in 1996 to replace the former USN destroyers. For building up a <a href="/wiki/Submarine" title="Submarine">submarine</a> force, the ROK Navy acquired its first submarine (other than midget submarines), <a href="/wiki/Type_209_submarine" title="Type 209 submarine">ROKS Jang Bogo (SS 061)</a>, from <a href="/wiki/Howaldtswerke-Deutsche_Werft" title="Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft">Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft</a> of Germany in 1992. In order to replace its antiquated <a href="/wiki/S-2_Tracker" class="mw-redirect" title="S-2 Tracker">S-2 Tracker</a> <a href="/wiki/Anti-submarine_warfare" title="Anti-submarine warfare">anti-submarine warfare</a> aircraft, the ROK Navy purchased a squadron of <a href="/wiki/P-3C_Orion" class="mw-redirect" title="P-3C Orion">P-3C Orion</a> maritime patrol aircraft, which were delivered starting in 1995. In October 1998, the ROK Navy hosted its first international fleet review in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Republic of Korea and its armed forces off of the coast of Busan and Jinhae. In June 1999, the ROK and DPRK naval forces met in the <a href="/wiki/First_Battle_of_Yeonpyeong" class="mw-redirect" title="First Battle of Yeonpyeong">First Battle of Yeonpyeong</a> near the <a href="/wiki/Northern_Limit_Line" title="Northern Limit Line">Northern Limit Line</a> (NLL) in the vicinity of <a href="/wiki/Yeonpyeongdo" title="Yeonpyeongdo">Yeonpyeong Islands</a>. On June 29, 2002, the two navies <a href="/wiki/Second_Battle_of_Yeonpyeong" class="mw-redirect" title="Second Battle of Yeonpyeong">engaged again</a> in the same vicinity, resulting in the sinking of ROKS Chamsuri 357 (PKM 357). In 2002, the lead ship <a href="/wiki/ROKS_Chungmugong_Yi_Sunshin_(DDH-975)" class="mw-redirect" title="ROKS Chungmugong Yi Sunshin (DDH-975)">(DDH 975)</a> of the 4,800-ton <a href="/wiki/Chungmugong_Yi_Sun-sin-class_destroyer" title="Chungmugong Yi Sun-sin-class destroyer">Chungmugong Yi Sun-sin-class</a> destroyers was launched.<a href="#cite_note-33">[33]</a> In 2005, an 18,800-ton <a href="/wiki/Amphibious_transport_dock" title="Amphibious transport dock">amphibious transport dock</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dokdo_class_amphibious_assault_ship" class="mw-redirect" title="Dokdo class amphibious assault ship">ROKS Dokdo</a> (LPH 6111) was launched. In 2006, the ROK Navy launched the lead ship (SS 072), which was named after the first Chief of Naval Operations, of the 1,800-ton <a href="/wiki/Type_214_submarine" title="Type 214 submarine">Sohn Wonyil-class</a> submarine equipped with an <a href="/wiki/Air-Independent_Propulsion" class="mw-redirect" title="Air-Independent Propulsion">Air-Independent Propulsion</a> (AIP) system. In May 2007, the ROK Navy launched the lead ship (DDG 991) of the 11,000-ton <a href="/wiki/King_Sejong_the_Great_class_destroyer" class="mw-redirect" title="King Sejong the Great class destroyer">Sejong the Great-class</a> destroyers, built around the American-made <a href="/wiki/AEGIS_combat_system" class="mw-redirect" title="AEGIS combat system">AEGIS combat system</a> and the <a href="/wiki/AN/SPY-1_radar" class="mw-redirect" title="AN/SPY-1 radar">SPY-1D(v)</a> multi-function phased array radar. In December 2008, the ROK Navy commissioned the <a href="/wiki/Gumdoksuri-class_patrol_vessel" class="mw-redirect" title="Gumdoksuri-class patrol vessel">fast missile craft</a> ROKS Yoon Youngha (PKG 711), which was named after the skipper of ROKS Chamsuri 357. From 2001 to 2003, a naval transport unit called Haeseong supported <a href="/wiki/Operation_Enduring_Freedom" title="Operation Enduring Freedom">Operation Enduring Freedom</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Sangnoksu_Unit" title="Sangnoksu Unit">Sangnoksu Unit</a> in <a href="/wiki/East_Timor" title="East Timor">East Timor</a>. In 2005, the Navy dispatched transport unit Jejung to supply aid in <a href="/wiki/Humanitarian_response" class="mw-redirect" title="Humanitarian response">humanitarian response</a> to the <a href="/wiki/2004_Indian_Ocean_earthquake" class="mw-redirect" title="2004 Indian Ocean earthquake">2004 Indian Ocean earthquake</a>.<a href="#cite_note-34">[34]</a> The ROK Navy hosted its second international fleet review off coast of Busan in October 2008 to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the South Korean government. On March 26, 2010, <a href="/wiki/ROKS_Cheonan_(PCC-772)" title="ROKS Cheonan (PCC-772)">ROKS Cheonan (PCC 772)</a>, a Pohang-class <a href="/wiki/Corvette" title="Corvette">corvette</a> <a href="/wiki/Baengnyeong_incident" class="mw-redirect" title="Baengnyeong incident">was sunk by a North Korean torpedo</a>, resulting in the deaths of 46 sailors near <a href="/wiki/Baengnyeong_Island" class="mw-redirect" title="Baengnyeong Island">Baengnyeong Island</a>, in the vicinity of the Northern Limit Line.<a href="#cite_note-35">[35]</a><a href="#cite_note-36">[36]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="From_green_water_to_blue_water">From green water to blue water</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Republic_of_Korea_Navy&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: From green water to blue water">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:%EC%B2%AD%ED%95%B4%EB%B6%80%EB%8C%80_Rep._of_Korea_Navy_Activity_of_CheongHae_Unit_(7876689048).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/%EC%B2%AD%ED%95%B4%EB%B6%80%EB%8C%80_Rep._of_Korea_Navy_Activity_of_CheongHae_Unit_%287876689048%29.jpg/220px-%EC%B2%AD%ED%95%B4%EB%B6%80%EB%8C%80_Rep._of_Korea_Navy_Activity_of_CheongHae_Unit_%287876689048%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/%EC%B2%AD%ED%95%B4%EB%B6%80%EB%8C%80_Rep._of_Korea_Navy_Activity_of_CheongHae_Unit_%287876689048%29.jpg/330px-%EC%B2%AD%ED%95%B4%EB%B6%80%EB%8C%80_Rep._of_Korea_Navy_Activity_of_CheongHae_Unit_%287876689048%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/%EC%B2%AD%ED%95%B4%EB%B6%80%EB%8C%80_Rep._of_Korea_Navy_Activity_of_CheongHae_Unit_%287876689048%29.jpg/440px-%EC%B2%AD%ED%95%B4%EB%B6%80%EB%8C%80_Rep._of_Korea_Navy_Activity_of_CheongHae_Unit_%287876689048%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="1339" /></a><figcaption>The Cheonghae unit of the multinational naval task force, <a href="/wiki/Combined_Task_Force_151" title="Combined Task Force 151">Combined Task Force 151</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:2013.1.18._%ED%95%B4%EA%B5%B0_%ED%8A%B9%EC%88%98%EC%A0%84%EC%A0%84%EB%8B%A8_Rep._of_Korea_Navy_Underwater_Demolition_Team_(8400684032).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/2013.1.18._%ED%95%B4%EA%B5%B0_%ED%8A%B9%EC%88%98%EC%A0%84%EC%A0%84%EB%8B%A8_Rep._of_Korea_Navy_Underwater_Demolition_Team_%288400684032%29.jpg/220px-2013.1.18._%ED%95%B4%EA%B5%B0_%ED%8A%B9%EC%88%98%EC%A0%84%EC%A0%84%EB%8B%A8_Rep._of_Korea_Navy_Underwater_Demolition_Team_%288400684032%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="129" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/2013.1.18._%ED%95%B4%EA%B5%B0_%ED%8A%B9%EC%88%98%EC%A0%84%EC%A0%84%EB%8B%A8_Rep._of_Korea_Navy_Underwater_Demolition_Team_%288400684032%29.jpg/330px-2013.1.18._%ED%95%B4%EA%B5%B0_%ED%8A%B9%EC%88%98%EC%A0%84%EC%A0%84%EB%8B%A8_Rep._of_Korea_Navy_Underwater_Demolition_Team_%288400684032%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/2013.1.18._%ED%95%B4%EA%B5%B0_%ED%8A%B9%EC%88%98%EC%A0%84%EC%A0%84%EB%8B%A8_Rep._of_Korea_Navy_Underwater_Demolition_Team_%288400684032%29.jpg/440px-2013.1.18._%ED%95%B4%EA%B5%B0_%ED%8A%B9%EC%88%98%EC%A0%84%EC%A0%84%EB%8B%A8_Rep._of_Korea_Navy_Underwater_Demolition_Team_%288400684032%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2346" data-file-height="1373" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Korea_Navy_Special_Warfare_Flotilla" title="Republic of Korea Navy Special Warfare Flotilla">ROK naval commandos</a> in a mock assault. They rescued captured tanker's crew from Somali pirates in 2011.</figcaption></figure> In preparation for an ocean-going navy, the ROK Navy established a task force called Maritime Task Flotilla Seven in February 2010. Since 2009, a <a href="/wiki/Chungmugong_Yi_Sun-sin-class_destroyer" title="Chungmugong Yi Sun-sin-class destroyer">Chungmugong Yi Sun-sin-class</a> destroyer from the task force is being deployed as the <a href="/wiki/Cheonghae_Unit" title="Cheonghae Unit">Escort Task Group (Cheonghae)</a> in response to <a href="/wiki/Piracy" title="Piracy">piracy</a> off the coast of <a href="/wiki/Somalia" title="Somalia">Somalia</a>. On January 21, 2011, naval commandos of the task group carried out an <a href="/wiki/Operation_Dawn_of_Gulf_of_Aden" title="Operation Dawn of Gulf of Aden">operation</a>, and succeeded in rescuing the crew of the hijacked <a href="/wiki/MV_Samho_Jewelry" title="MV Samho Jewelry">MV Samho Jewelry</a>.<a href="#cite_note-CNN-37">[37]</a> As a humanitarian operation, the unit was dispatched to evacuate South Koreans and foreign nationals from war-torn <a href="/wiki/Libya" title="Libya">Libya</a> in 2011 and 2014.<a href="#cite_note-:1-38">[38]</a> The ROK Navy completed a new naval base called <a href="/wiki/Jeju_Civilian-Military_Complex_Port" class="mw-redirect" title="Jeju Civilian-Military Complex Port">Jeju Civilian-Military Complex Port</a> in February 2016 on the southern coast of <a href="/wiki/Jeju_Island" title="Jeju Island">Jeju Island</a> to protect the <a href="/wiki/Sea_lines_of_communication" title="Sea lines of communication">sea lines of communication</a>.<a href="#cite_note-39">[39]</a> In order to support ocean-going operations, the ROK Navy commissioned the 10,000-ton logistics support ship, ROKS Soyang (AOE 51), and launched the first locally designed 3,000-ton submarine, Dosan Ahn Changho (SS 083) in September 2018.<a href="#cite_note-Ahn-40">[40]</a> The ROK Navy continued shipbuilding programs to upgrade its fleet with local shipbuilders. In order to replace the aging <a href="/wiki/Pohang-class_corvette" title="Pohang-class corvette">Pohang-class</a> corvettes and <a href="/wiki/Ulsan-class_frigate" title="Ulsan-class frigate">Ulsan-class</a> frigates, and to take over multi-role operations such as coast patrol and anti-submarine warfare, the ROK Navy commissioned six 2,300-ton <a href="/wiki/Incheon-class_frigate" title="Incheon-class frigate">Incheon-class</a> frigates between 2013 and 2016, and the lead ship (FFG 818) of the 2,800-ton <a href="/wiki/Daegu-class_frigate" title="Daegu-class frigate">Daegu-class</a> frigates in March 2018. Two ex-USN Edenton-class <a href="/wiki/Salvage_and_rescue_ship" class="mw-redirect" title="Salvage and rescue ship">salvage and rescue ships</a> were replaced with two locally built 3,500-ton Tongyeong-class ships between 2014 and 2016. The Navy commissioned a 3,000-ton <a href="/wiki/Minelayer" title="Minelayer">minelayer</a>, ROKS Nampo (MLS 570), in June 2017. The lead ship of the <a href="/wiki/Gumdoksuri-class_patrol_vessel" class="mw-redirect" title="Gumdoksuri-class patrol vessel">PKX-B</a> fast rocket craft, ROKS Chamsuri 211 (PKMR 211), was commissioned in November 2017 to relieve the aging fleet of <a href="/wiki/Chamsuri_class_patrol_vessel" class="mw-redirect" title="Chamsuri class patrol vessel">Chamsuri-class</a> patrol craft. The ROK Navy commissioned four 4,500-ton <a href="/wiki/Cheon_Wang_Bong-class_LST" class="mw-redirect" title="Cheon Wang Bong-class LST">Cheonwangbong-class</a> <a href="/wiki/Dock_landing_ship" title="Dock landing ship">dock landing ships</a> between 2014 and 2018. In May 2018, the Navy launched the Marado (LPH 6112), which was the second ship of the <a href="/wiki/Dokdo-class_amphibious_assault_ship" title="Dokdo-class amphibious assault ship">Dokdo-class</a> <a href="/wiki/Amphibious_transport_dock" title="Amphibious transport dock">amphibious transport dock</a>. In June 2018, the Navy launched a 4,500-ton training ship, the Hansando (ATH 81), which was also designed as a casualty receiving and treatment ship (CRTS). In October 2018, the Navy hosted its third international fleet review off coast of <a href="/wiki/Jeju_Island" title="Jeju Island">Jeju Island</a>.<a href="#cite_note-auto-41">[41]</a> In 2019, the Navy updated its strategic vision for the 100th anniversary of the ROK Navy as "Navy Vision 2045". As part of the vision, Admiral Sim Seung-seob, the Chief of Naval Operations proposed to build an <a href="/wiki/Information_and_communications_technology" title="Information and communications technology">ICT</a>-based, system-driven "Smart Navy".<a href="#cite_note-42">[42]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Aircraft_carrier_ambitions">Aircraft carrier ambitions</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Republic_of_Korea_Navy&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Aircraft carrier ambitions">edit</a>]</div> Since the 1990s, the ROK Navy has been planning to acquire an aircraft carrier force as part of its commitment to become a blue-water navy. The symbol of the ROK Navy that was introduced in 2000 depicts the Navy's aircraft carrier ambitions. In 2005 and 2018 the ROK Navy launched two 18,800-ton Dokdo-class amphibious ships (LPH), equipped with a full-length flight deck and facilities for operating helicopters. In August 2020, the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_National_Defense_(South_Korea)" title="Ministry of National Defense (South Korea)">Ministry of National Defense</a> formally announced its intent to begin construction of a 30,000-ton light aircraft carrier. It is expected to purchase <a href="/wiki/Lockheed_Martin_F-35_Lightning_II" title="Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II">F-35B</a> aircraft from the United States for the carrier.<a href="#cite_note-CNNAug2020-43">[43]</a> It was authorized as the <a href="/wiki/CVX-class_aircraft_carrier" title="CVX-class aircraft carrier">CVX program</a> in February 2021. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Organization">Organization</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Republic_of_Korea_Navy&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Organization">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/List_of_operating_units_and_shore_establishments_of_the_Republic_of_Korea_Navy" title="List of operating units and shore establishments of the Republic of Korea Navy">List of operating units and shore establishments of the Republic of Korea Navy</a></div> The Republic of Korea Navy includes the Republic of Korea Navy Headquarters, Republic of Korea Fleet, <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Korea_Marine_Corps" title="Republic of Korea Marine Corps">Republic of Korea Marine Corps</a>, Naval Education and Training Command, Naval Logistics Command, and Naval Academy. The <a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Naval_Operations_(South_Korea)" title="Chief of Naval Operations (South Korea)">Chief of Naval Operations</a> (CNO) is the highest-ranking officer of the ROK Navy. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Republic_of_Korea_Navy_Headquarters">Republic of Korea Navy Headquarters</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Republic_of_Korea_Navy&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Republic of Korea Navy Headquarters">edit</a>]</div> The ROK Navy is led by the Chief of Naval Operations (CNO). The Republic of Korea Navy Headquarters is located within the Gyeryongdae complex, the tri-service headquarters in <a href="/wiki/Gyeryong" title="Gyeryong">Gyeryong</a>, includes the office of the Chief of Naval Operations and various agencies and staff functions.<a href="#cite_note-44">[44]</a> The CNO is a four-star admiral and a member of the <a href="/wiki/Joint_Chiefs_of_Staff_(South_Korea)" title="Joint Chiefs of Staff (South Korea)">Joint Chiefs of Staff</a>. The CNO oversees the administration of organizing, recruiting, training, equipping, supplying, and mobilizing the ROK Navy. Despite the title, the Chief of Naval Operations does not have operational command authority over combat units (i.e. Republic of Korea Fleet, Republic of Korea Marine Corps). The CNO is an administrative position based in the Gyeryongdae complex, and exercises supervision of Navy organizations as the designee of the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_National_Defense_(South_Korea)" title="Ministry of National Defense (South Korea)">Minister of National Defense</a>. Operational command of combat units falls within the purview of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff who reports to the Minister of National Defense.<a href="#cite_note-45">[45]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Republic_of_Korea_Fleet">Republic of Korea Fleet</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Republic_of_Korea_Navy&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Republic of Korea Fleet">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Southkoreamap.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Southkoreamap.png/220px-Southkoreamap.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="215" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Southkoreamap.png/330px-Southkoreamap.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Southkoreamap.png/440px-Southkoreamap.png 2x" data-file-width="774" data-file-height="758" /></a><figcaption>Map of South Korea</figcaption></figure> The Republic of Korea Fleet, the highest operational command of the ROK Navy, was established in September 1953. Headquartered at Busan Naval Base, the Commander Republic of Korea Fleet (formerly Commander-in-Chief Republic of Korea Fleet) is responsible for naval operations. COMROKFLT, a three-star admiral, also serves as the Commander Naval Component Command (CNCC) of the <a href="/wiki/ROK-US_Combined_Forces_Command" class="mw-redirect" title="ROK-US Combined Forces Command">ROK-US Combined Forces Command</a> (CFC). The Republic of Korea Fleet has three numbered fleets each assigned to the seas east, west, and south of South Korea: <dl><dd><dl><dd><ul><li>First Fleet (<a href="/wiki/Headquarters" title="Headquarters">HQ</a>: <a href="/wiki/Donghae_City" class="mw-redirect" title="Donghae City">Donghae</a>)</li></ul> <dl><dd><ul><li>Maritime Battle Group One</li></ul></dd></dl> <ul><li>Second Fleet (HQ: <a href="/wiki/Pyeongtaek" title="Pyeongtaek">Pyeongtaek</a>)</li></ul> <dl><dd><ul><li>Maritime Battle Group Two</li> <li>Incheon Naval Sector Defense Command (HQ: <a href="/wiki/Incheon" title="Incheon">Incheon</a>)</li></ul></dd></dl> <ul><li>Third Fleet (HQ: <a href="/wiki/Mokpo" title="Mokpo">Mokpo</a>)</li></ul> <dl><dd><ul><li>Maritime Battle Group Three</li></ul></dd></dl></dd></dl></dd></dl> For various types of naval operations, the ROK Fleet has a submarine force, a naval aviation <a href="/wiki/Wing_(air_force_unit)" class="mw-redirect" title="Wing (air force unit)">force</a>, two surface <a href="/wiki/Flotilla" title="Flotilla">flotillas</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Special_warfare" class="mw-redirect" title="Special warfare">special warfare</a> force, and units for combat readiness and <a href="/wiki/Meteorology" title="Meteorology">meteorology</a>/<a href="/wiki/Oceanography" title="Oceanography">oceanography</a>: <dl><dd><dl><dd><ul><li>Submarine Force Command<a href="#cite_note-46">[46]</a></li> <li>Naval Air Command</li> <li>Mine/Amphibious Flotilla Five (Mine Squadron 52, Amphibious Squadron 53, Naval Mobile Construction Squadron 59)</li> <li>Maritime Task Flotilla Seven (Maritime Task Squadron 71, Maritime Task Squadron 72, Mobile Logistics Squadron 77)</li> <li>Battle Training Group Eight<a href="#cite_note-47">[47]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Korea_Navy_UDT/SEAL" class="mw-redirect" title="Republic of Korea Navy UDT/SEAL">Naval Special Warfare Flotilla</a> (including UDT/SEAL, <a href="/wiki/Explosive_ordnance_disposal" class="mw-redirect" title="Explosive ordnance disposal">EOD</a>, and Sea Salvage & Rescue Unit (SSU)<a href="#cite_note-48">[48]</a>)</li> <li>Maritime Intelligence Group</li></ul></dd></dl></dd></dl> <ul><li>Numbered fleets</li></ul> In 1986, the ROK Navy reorganized its patrol forces into three fleets: the First Fleet, Second Fleet, and Third Fleet. The three numbered fleets, each is led by a rear admiral (upper half), are responsible for protecting the coastal water around South Korea: The First Fleet is for the eastern naval sector, the Second Fleet is for the western naval sector and the Third Fleet is for the southern naval sector including <a href="/wiki/Jeju_Island" title="Jeju Island">Jeju Island</a>. Each fleet includes a Maritime Battle Group, Logistics Squadron, Base Squadron, and Training Squadron.<a href="#cite_note-49">[49]</a> The Maritime Battle Group comprises squadrons of patrol forces composed of <a href="/wiki/Gwanggaeto_the_Great_class_destroyer" class="mw-redirect" title="Gwanggaeto the Great class destroyer">Kwanggaeto the Great-class</a> destroyers, <a href="/wiki/Daegu-class_frigate" title="Daegu-class frigate">Daegu-class</a> and <a href="/wiki/Incheon_class_frigate" class="mw-redirect" title="Incheon class frigate">Incheon-class</a> frigates, <a href="/wiki/Ulsan_class_frigate" class="mw-redirect" title="Ulsan class frigate">Ulsan-class</a> frigates, <a href="/wiki/Pohang_class_corvette" class="mw-redirect" title="Pohang class corvette">Pohang-class</a> corvettes, and patrol vessels (<a href="/wiki/Gumdoksuri_class_patrol_vessel" class="mw-redirect" title="Gumdoksuri class patrol vessel">Yoon Youngha-class</a> fast missile craft, Chamsuri 211-class fast rocket craft, <a href="/wiki/Chamsuri_class_patrol_vessel" class="mw-redirect" title="Chamsuri class patrol vessel">Chamsuri-class</a> fast patrol boats). <ul><li>Submarine Force Command</li></ul> Headquartered in Jinhae, the Submarine Force Command was established in February 2015. The ROK Navy's submarine unit had a humble beginning with three Dolgorae-class midget submarines in June 1990. After acquiring ROKS Jang Bogo (SS 061), a Type 209-class submarine, the Submarine Squadron 57 of the Component Flotilla Five was upgraded to the Submarine Flotilla Nine in October 1995. Since then, it has been playing the role of the ROK Navy's core strength. The Submarine Force Command, which is led by a rear admiral (upper half), includes six Submarine Squadrons with <a href="/wiki/Type_214_submarine" title="Type 214 submarine">Type 214 submarines</a> (Sohn Wonyil class) and <a href="/wiki/Type_209_submarine" title="Type 209 submarine">Type 209 submarines</a> (Jang Bogo class). In September 2018, the ROK Navy launched the first locally designed 3,000-ton submarine, <a href="/wiki/Dosan_Ahn_Changho-class_submarine" class="mw-redirect" title="Dosan Ahn Changho-class submarine">ROKS Dosan Ahn Changho (SS 083)</a>. The Submarine Force Command offers the International Submarine Education & Training Program (ISETP) for submariners around the world.<a href="#cite_note-50">[50]</a> <ul><li>Naval Air Command</li></ul> Headquartered in <a href="/wiki/Pohang" title="Pohang">Pohang</a>, the Naval Air Command is responsible for the operation of <a href="/wiki/Naval_aircraft" class="mw-redirect" title="Naval aircraft">naval aircraft</a>. South Korean naval flying started in 1951, with the reconstruction of a former <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">USAF</a> <a href="/wiki/North_American_T-6_Texan" title="North American T-6 Texan">T-6 Texan</a> for naval duties. In 1957, the ROK Navy established the Fleet Aviation Unit, which became the Fleet Air Wing in 1977 when the Navy strengthened its naval aviation force by acquiring <a href="/wiki/S-2_Tracker" class="mw-redirect" title="S-2 Tracker">Grumman S-2 Tracker</a> ASW aircraft and <a href="/wiki/A%C3%A9rospatiale_Alouette_III" title="Aérospatiale Alouette III">Aérospatiale Alouette III</a> helicopters. In 1986, the Fleet Air Wing was renamed the Air Wing Six. In 2022, the ROK Navy upgraded the Air Wing Six to the Naval Air Command.<a href="#cite_note-:4-6">[6]</a> The Naval Air Command has naval air stations in <a href="/wiki/Pohang_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Pohang Airport">Pohang (K-3)</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mokpo_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Mokpo Airport">Mokpo (K-15)</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jinhae_Airport" title="Jinhae Airport">Jinhae (K-10)</a>, and a detached unit at <a href="/wiki/Jeju_International_Airport" title="Jeju International Airport">Jeju International Airport</a>. The Naval Air Command, which is led by a rear admiral (upper half), includes three air groups, and operates about 70 fixed-wing and <a href="/wiki/Rotary-wing_aircraft" class="mw-redirect" title="Rotary-wing aircraft">rotary-wing aircraft</a> such as <a href="/wiki/P-3C_Orion" class="mw-redirect" title="P-3C Orion">P-3CK Orion</a> <a href="/wiki/Maritime_patrol_aircraft" title="Maritime patrol aircraft">maritime patrol aircraft</a> and <a href="/wiki/AgustaWestland_AW159_Wildcat" title="AgustaWestland AW159 Wildcat">AW159 Wildcat</a> <a href="/wiki/Anti-submarine_warfare" title="Anti-submarine warfare">ASW</a> helicopters. <ul><li>Mine/Amphibious Flotilla Five</li></ul> Headquartered in Jinhae, the Mine/Amphibious Flotilla Five (formerly Component Flotilla Five) has been the matrix of various units conducting naval component operations such as <a href="/wiki/Anti-submarine_warfare" title="Anti-submarine warfare">anti-submarine warfare</a> (ASW), mine warfare, <a href="/wiki/Amphibious_warfare" title="Amphibious warfare">amphibious warfare</a>, salvage and <a href="/wiki/Special_operations" title="Special operations">special operations</a>. As a successor to the Flotilla One and Flotilla Two, the Component Flotilla Five was founded in 1986 with the ASW Squadron 51 (later to become Maritime Task Flotilla Seven), Mine Squadron 52, Amphibious Squadron 53, Service Squadron 55 (later Sea Salvage & Rescue Unit), and Special Warfare Squadron 56 (later Naval Special Warfare Flotilla). In 1990 and 2007, the Submarine Squadron 57 (later Submarine Force Command) and Training Squadron 509 (later Battle Training Group Eight) were established respectively. As of December 2018, the Flotilla Five was composed of the Mine Squadron 52, Amphibious Squadron 53, and Naval Mobile Construction Squadron 59. The Commander Mine/Amphibious Flotilla Five is a rear admiral (lower half).<a href="#cite_note-51">[51]</a> <ul><li>Maritime Task Flotilla Seven</li></ul> Since the 1990s, the ROK Navy has been trying to build an ocean-going fleet to protect the <a href="/wiki/Sea_lines_of_communication" title="Sea lines of communication">sea lines of communication</a>. In 2001, President <a href="/wiki/Kim_Dae-jung" title="Kim Dae-jung">Kim Dae-jung</a> revealed that the Navy will have a task force called "Strategic Task Fleet" (Jeollyak-gidong-hamdae), which will "protect national interests in the five oceans and contribute to world peace."<a href="#cite_note-52">[52]</a> As part of the plan, the ROK Navy established a task force called Maritime Task Flotilla Seven on February 1, 2010, which evolved from the <a href="/wiki/Anti-submarine_warfare" title="Anti-submarine warfare">ASW</a> Squadron 51 of the Component Flotilla Five. It is led by a rear admiral (lower half), and headquartered at Jeju Naval Base in <a href="/wiki/Jeju_Island" title="Jeju Island">Jeju Island</a>. The task force is responsible for the defense of South Korea against sea-borne threats and protection of its <a href="/wiki/Sea_lines_of_communication" title="Sea lines of communication">sea lines of communication</a>. The Maritime Task Flotilla Seven includes three surface squadrons: The Maritime Task Squadron 71 and 72 are composed of three <a href="/wiki/King_Sejong_the_Great_class_destroyer" class="mw-redirect" title="King Sejong the Great class destroyer">Sejong the Great-class</a> <a href="/wiki/Aegis_Combat_System" title="Aegis Combat System">AEGIS</a> <a href="/wiki/Guided_missile_destroyer" class="mw-redirect" title="Guided missile destroyer">guided-missile destroyers</a> and six <a href="/wiki/Chungmugong_Yi_Sun-sin-class_destroyer" title="Chungmugong Yi Sun-sin-class destroyer">Chungmugong Yi Sun-sin-class</a> destroyers; the Mobile Logistics Squadron 77 is composed of <a href="/wiki/ROKS_Soyang_(AOE-51)" title="ROKS Soyang (AOE-51)">Soyang-class</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cheonji-class_fast_combat_support_ship" title="Cheonji-class fast combat support ship">Cheonji-class</a> fast combat support ships.<a href="#cite_note-53">[53]</a> A <a href="/wiki/Chungmugong_Yi_Sun-sin-class_destroyer" title="Chungmugong Yi Sun-sin-class destroyer">Chungmugong Yi Sun-sin-class</a> destroyer of the Maritime Task Flotilla Seven is being deployed as the <a href="/wiki/Cheonghae_Unit" title="Cheonghae Unit">Escort Task Group (Cheonghae)</a> in response to <a href="/wiki/Piracy" title="Piracy">piracy</a> in shipping lanes off the coast of <a href="/wiki/Somalia" title="Somalia">Somalia</a>. As a humanitarian operation, ROKS Munmu the Great (DDH 976) of the task group was dispatched to evacuate South Koreans and foreign nationals from war-torn <a href="/wiki/Libya" title="Libya">Libya</a> in 2014.<a href="#cite_note-:1-38">[38]</a> The ROK Navy plans to upgrade the Maritime Task Flotilla Seven to a fleet with 18 destroyers.<a href="#cite_note-:4-6">[6]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Republic_of_Korea_Marine_Corps">Republic of Korea Marine Corps</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Republic_of_Korea_Navy&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Republic of Korea Marine Corps">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Korea_Marine_Corps" title="Republic of Korea Marine Corps">Republic of Korea Marine Corps</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:2014.2.14._2014_%EC%BD%94%EB%B8%8C%EB%9D%BC%EA%B3%A8%EB%93%9C_%EC%97%B0%ED%95%A9%ED%9B%88%EB%A0%A82014_Cobra_Gold_Combined_Exercise_14th,_Feb,_2014_(12652073913).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/2014.2.14._2014_%EC%BD%94%EB%B8%8C%EB%9D%BC%EA%B3%A8%EB%93%9C_%EC%97%B0%ED%95%A9%ED%9B%88%EB%A0%A82014_Cobra_Gold_Combined_Exercise_14th%2C_Feb%2C_2014_%2812652073913%29.jpg/220px-2014.2.14._2014_%EC%BD%94%EB%B8%8C%EB%9D%BC%EA%B3%A8%EB%93%9C_%EC%97%B0%ED%95%A9%ED%9B%88%EB%A0%A82014_Cobra_Gold_Combined_Exercise_14th%2C_Feb%2C_2014_%2812652073913%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="129" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/2014.2.14._2014_%EC%BD%94%EB%B8%8C%EB%9D%BC%EA%B3%A8%EB%93%9C_%EC%97%B0%ED%95%A9%ED%9B%88%EB%A0%A82014_Cobra_Gold_Combined_Exercise_14th%2C_Feb%2C_2014_%2812652073913%29.jpg/330px-2014.2.14._2014_%EC%BD%94%EB%B8%8C%EB%9D%BC%EA%B3%A8%EB%93%9C_%EC%97%B0%ED%95%A9%ED%9B%88%EB%A0%A82014_Cobra_Gold_Combined_Exercise_14th%2C_Feb%2C_2014_%2812652073913%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/2014.2.14._2014_%EC%BD%94%EB%B8%8C%EB%9D%BC%EA%B3%A8%EB%93%9C_%EC%97%B0%ED%95%A9%ED%9B%88%EB%A0%A82014_Cobra_Gold_Combined_Exercise_14th%2C_Feb%2C_2014_%2812652073913%29.jpg/440px-2014.2.14._2014_%EC%BD%94%EB%B8%8C%EB%9D%BC%EA%B3%A8%EB%93%9C_%EC%97%B0%ED%95%A9%ED%9B%88%EB%A0%A82014_Cobra_Gold_Combined_Exercise_14th%2C_Feb%2C_2014_%2812652073913%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3410" data-file-height="2000" /></a><figcaption> KAAV7A1 assault amphibious vehicles of the ROKMC at Cobra Gold 2014 in Thailand</figcaption></figure> The ROK Navy includes the <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Korea_Marine_Corps" title="Republic of Korea Marine Corps">Republic of Korea Marine Corps</a>, which functions as a branch of the Navy.<a href="#cite_note-54">[54]</a> The ROK Marine Corps is responsible for conducting amphibious operations with the ROK Navy. The Marine Corps, with 29,000 personnel, is organized into two divisions and two brigades under the Headquarters ROK Marine Corps. The Commandant of the Republic of Korea Marine Corps is a three-star general. The ROK Marine Corps has about 300 tracked vehicles including <a href="/wiki/Assault_Amphibious_Vehicle" title="Assault Amphibious Vehicle">assault amphibious vehicles</a>, <a href="/wiki/Main_battle_tank" title="Main battle tank">main battle tanks</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Self-propelled_artillery" title="Self-propelled artillery">self-propelled artillery</a>. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Shore_establishments">Shore establishments</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Republic_of_Korea_Navy&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Shore establishments">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li>Naval Education and Training Command</li></ul> Headquartered in Jinhae, the Naval Education and Training Command is one of the two major shore commands of the ROK Navy. The Command is responsible for training, education and professional development of the Navy's active duty Sailors.<a href="#cite_note-55">[55]</a> One of its primary roles is to conduct the initial orientation and basic training for new recruits of the Navy and the <a href="/wiki/Korea_Coast_Guard" title="Korea Coast Guard">Korea Coast Guard</a>. The Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps (NROTC) is under the Naval Education and Training Command. The Naval Education and Training Command is led by a vice admiral. <ul><li>Naval Logistics Command</li></ul> The Naval Logistics Command is the other major shore command of the ROK Navy. It is located in Jinhae. The Command delivers logistics and support to the Navy, and is committed to the Navy's combat readiness. It includes the Naval Ship Yard, the Naval Supply Center, the Naval Ordnance Ammunition Center, and the Naval Technology Research Institute. The Naval Logistics Command is led by a rear admiral (upper half).<a href="#cite_note-56">[56]</a> <ul><li>Republic of Korea Naval Academy</li></ul> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Korea_Naval_Academy" title="Korea Naval Academy">Korea Naval Academy</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Midshipmen_at_the_ROK_Naval_Academy_graduation..jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Midshipmen_at_the_ROK_Naval_Academy_graduation..jpg/220px-Midshipmen_at_the_ROK_Naval_Academy_graduation..jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="145" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Midshipmen_at_the_ROK_Naval_Academy_graduation..jpg/330px-Midshipmen_at_the_ROK_Naval_Academy_graduation..jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Midshipmen_at_the_ROK_Naval_Academy_graduation..jpg/440px-Midshipmen_at_the_ROK_Naval_Academy_graduation..jpg 2x" data-file-width="3233" data-file-height="2124" /></a><figcaption>Midshipmen stand in formation at the ROK Naval Academy graduation ceremony</figcaption></figure> The Republic of Korea Naval Academy is a four-year coeducational service academy located in Jinhae. It was established in 1946. Graduates are commissioned as Ensigns in the Navy or Second Lieutenants in the Marine Corps. The Naval Academy also hosts the Officer Candidate School (OCS), which provides training to become commissioned officers for civilian college graduates and candidates with military experience.<a href="#cite_note-57">[57]</a> The Superintendent of the ROK Naval Academy is a vice admiral. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="U.S._naval_units_in_South_Korea">U.S. naval units in South Korea</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Republic_of_Korea_Navy&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: U.S. naval units in South Korea">edit</a>]</div> South Korea has a joint military partnership with the United States as outlined by the <a href="/wiki/Mutual_Defense_Treaty_Between_the_United_States_and_the_Republic_of_Korea" class="mw-redirect" title="Mutual Defense Treaty Between the United States and the Republic of Korea">Mutual Defense Treaty</a> signed in October 1953. The ROK Navy has worked closely with the U.S. Navy to promote regional stability. Headquartered at Busan Naval Base,<a href="#cite_note-58">[58]</a> the <a href="/wiki/Commander_Naval_Forces_Korea" class="mw-redirect" title="Commander Naval Forces Korea">Commander U.S. Naval Forces Korea</a> (CNFK) is a shore command of the United States Navy that serves as the shore support agency for all U.S. naval activity in South Korea. The U.S. Naval Forces Korea was established in July 1957, with headquarters in Seoul. Originally established as the U.S. Naval Advisory Group Chinhae Detachment, the <a href="/wiki/Commander_Fleet_Activities_Chinhae" title="Commander Fleet Activities Chinhae">Commander Fleet Activities Chinhae</a> (CFAC) is a U.S. Navy installation in Jinhae. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Bases">Bases</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Republic_of_Korea_Navy&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Bases">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:131105_%EC%B2%AD%ED%95%B4%EB%B6%80%EB%8C%80_13%EC%A7%84_%EC%9E%85%ED%95%AD_%ED%99%98%EC%98%81%EC%8B%9D-%EB%B0%B0%EC%A4%80%ED%98%B8_(4)_(10717709876).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/131105_%EC%B2%AD%ED%95%B4%EB%B6%80%EB%8C%80_13%EC%A7%84_%EC%9E%85%ED%95%AD_%ED%99%98%EC%98%81%EC%8B%9D-%EB%B0%B0%EC%A4%80%ED%98%B8_%284%29_%2810717709876%29.jpg/220px-131105_%EC%B2%AD%ED%95%B4%EB%B6%80%EB%8C%80_13%EC%A7%84_%EC%9E%85%ED%95%AD_%ED%99%98%EC%98%81%EC%8B%9D-%EB%B0%B0%EC%A4%80%ED%98%B8_%284%29_%2810717709876%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="93" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/131105_%EC%B2%AD%ED%95%B4%EB%B6%80%EB%8C%80_13%EC%A7%84_%EC%9E%85%ED%95%AD_%ED%99%98%EC%98%81%EC%8B%9D-%EB%B0%B0%EC%A4%80%ED%98%B8_%284%29_%2810717709876%29.jpg/330px-131105_%EC%B2%AD%ED%95%B4%EB%B6%80%EB%8C%80_13%EC%A7%84_%EC%9E%85%ED%95%AD_%ED%99%98%EC%98%81%EC%8B%9D-%EB%B0%B0%EC%A4%80%ED%98%B8_%284%29_%2810717709876%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/131105_%EC%B2%AD%ED%95%B4%EB%B6%80%EB%8C%80_13%EC%A7%84_%EC%9E%85%ED%95%AD_%ED%99%98%EC%98%81%EC%8B%9D-%EB%B0%B0%EC%A4%80%ED%98%B8_%284%29_%2810717709876%29.jpg/440px-131105_%EC%B2%AD%ED%95%B4%EB%B6%80%EB%8C%80_13%EC%A7%84_%EC%9E%85%ED%95%AD_%ED%99%98%EC%98%81%EC%8B%9D-%EB%B0%B0%EC%A4%80%ED%98%B8_%284%29_%2810717709876%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2362" data-file-height="1000" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Busan_Naval_Base" title="Busan Naval Base">Busan Naval Base</a></figcaption></figure> The ROK Navy operates several naval bases in South Korea: <a href="/wiki/Jinhae" class="mw-redirect" title="Jinhae">Jinhae</a>, <a href="/wiki/Busan" title="Busan">Busan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Donghae_City" class="mw-redirect" title="Donghae City">Donghae</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pyeongtaek" title="Pyeongtaek">Pyeongtaek</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mokpo" title="Mokpo">Mokpo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Incheon" title="Incheon">Incheon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pohang" title="Pohang">Pohang</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jeju_Island" title="Jeju Island">Jeju Island</a>, <a href="/wiki/Baengnyeong_Island" class="mw-redirect" title="Baengnyeong Island">Baengnyeong Island</a>. Naval air stations are in Pohang, Mokpo, and Jinhae. Situated in the southeastern coast of the <a href="/wiki/Korean_Peninsula" class="mw-redirect" title="Korean Peninsula">Korean Peninsula</a>, Jinhae has been the major naval port in Korea since the <a href="/wiki/Imperial_Japanese_Navy" title="Imperial Japanese Navy">Imperial Japanese Navy</a> built a <a href="/wiki/Chinkai_Guard_District" title="Chinkai Guard District">naval base</a> during the <a href="/wiki/Korea_under_Japanese_rule" title="Korea under Japanese rule">Japanese occupation</a> period. After Korea was liberated from the Empire of Japan, the Korean Coast Guard (later the ROK Navy) was formed in Jinhae. Jinhae Naval Base is the principal homeport of the Republic of Korea Fleet, and hosts vital naval facilities including the Naval Shipyard. The Jinhae Naval Base Command is responsible for protecting the area. Located in South Korea's <a href="/wiki/Busan" title="Busan">second most-populous city</a> after Seoul, <a href="/wiki/Busan_Naval_Base" title="Busan Naval Base">Busan Naval Base</a> has become another major naval base for the ROK Fleet since its headquarters moved from Jinhae in 2007. The base can accommodate up to 30 naval ships as big as the <a href="/wiki/Nimitz-class_aircraft_carrier" title="Nimitz-class aircraft carrier">Nimitz-class aircraft carrier</a>. Donghae, Pyeongtaek, and Mokpo hosts the headquarters of the First, Second and the Third Fleet respectively. Incheon hosts the Incheon Naval Sector Defense Command under a one-star admiral responsible for protecting littoral waters close to <a href="/wiki/Seoul" title="Seoul">Seoul</a>, the nation's capital. Pohang has a naval base for amphibious forces such as the 1st Marine Division ("Sea Dragon") located nearby. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Jeju_Naval_Base">Jeju Naval Base</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Republic_of_Korea_Navy&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Jeju Naval Base">edit</a>]</div> In February 2016, the ROK Navy completed a new naval base on the southern coast of South Korea's largest island - <a href="/wiki/Jeju_Island" title="Jeju Island">Jeju</a>, which lies in the <a href="/wiki/Korea_Strait" title="Korea Strait">Korea Strait</a>. Jeju Naval Base was established to protect the <a href="/wiki/Sea_lines_of_communication" title="Sea lines of communication">sea lines of communication</a> and to strengthen the Navy's control over the seas around South Korea.<a href="#cite_note-59">[59]</a> It is home of the Maritime Task Flotilla Seven and the Submarine Squadron 93. The base is also known as <a href="/wiki/Jeju_Civilian-Military_Complex_Port" class="mw-redirect" title="Jeju Civilian-Military Complex Port">Jeju Civilian-Military Complex Port</a> because it was designed to be jointly used by military and civilians; there is a pier and terminal for cruise ships. The base can host up to 20 naval vessels and two 150,000-ton cruise ships at the same time.<a href="#cite_note-60">[60]</a> Jeju Naval Base was the venue for the international fleet review 2018 in October 2018.<a href="#cite_note-61">[61]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personnel">Personnel</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Republic_of_Korea_Navy&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Personnel">edit</a>]</div> The ROK Navy has about 70,000 personnel, including the 29,000 members of the ROK Marine Corps. <a href="/wiki/Conscription_in_South_Korea" title="Conscription in South Korea">Military service is mandatory for all South Korean men</a>. In the ROK Navy, all members are volunteers, with enlisted seamen serving for 20-month periods; commissioned officers, warrant officers, and petty officers serving longer terms than those of enlisted seamen, or as career. Women can volunteer as officers, warrant officers, or petty officers. In 2001, six female <a href="/wiki/Ensign_(rank)" title="Ensign (rank)">ensigns</a>, who had become commissioned officers through the Officer Candidate School, were assigned to serve on surface ships of the ROK Navy, for the first time.<a href="#cite_note-62">[62]</a> <ul><li>Commissioned officers</li></ul> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:2012_%ED%95%B4%EA%B5%B0_%EC%97%AC%EA%B5%B0_%EA%B3%A0%EC%86%8D%EC%A0%95_%EC%A0%95%EC%9E%A5_%EC%9E%84%EB%AA%85_(7559205702).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/2012_%ED%95%B4%EA%B5%B0_%EC%97%AC%EA%B5%B0_%EA%B3%A0%EC%86%8D%EC%A0%95_%EC%A0%95%EC%9E%A5_%EC%9E%84%EB%AA%85_%287559205702%29.jpg/220px-2012_%ED%95%B4%EA%B5%B0_%EC%97%AC%EA%B5%B0_%EA%B3%A0%EC%86%8D%EC%A0%95_%EC%A0%95%EC%9E%A5_%EC%9E%84%EB%AA%85_%287559205702%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="135" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/2012_%ED%95%B4%EA%B5%B0_%EC%97%AC%EA%B5%B0_%EA%B3%A0%EC%86%8D%EC%A0%95_%EC%A0%95%EC%9E%A5_%EC%9E%84%EB%AA%85_%287559205702%29.jpg/330px-2012_%ED%95%B4%EA%B5%B0_%EC%97%AC%EA%B5%B0_%EA%B3%A0%EC%86%8D%EC%A0%95_%EC%A0%95%EC%9E%A5_%EC%9E%84%EB%AA%85_%287559205702%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/2012_%ED%95%B4%EA%B5%B0_%EC%97%AC%EA%B5%B0_%EA%B3%A0%EC%86%8D%EC%A0%95_%EC%A0%95%EC%9E%A5_%EC%9E%84%EB%AA%85_%287559205702%29.jpg/440px-2012_%ED%95%B4%EA%B5%B0_%EC%97%AC%EA%B5%B0_%EA%B3%A0%EC%86%8D%EC%A0%95_%EC%A0%95%EC%9E%A5_%EC%9E%84%EB%AA%85_%287559205702%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2953" data-file-height="1811" /></a><figcaption>Three ROKN Lieutenants were appointed as the first female commanding officers of <a href="/wiki/Chamsuri_class_patrol_boat" class="mw-redirect" title="Chamsuri class patrol boat">Chamsuri-class patrol boats</a> in 2012.</figcaption></figure> There are several paths to becoming a commissioned officer in the ROK Navy, including the Naval Academy, Officer Candidate School (OCS), and Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps (NROTC). Officer Candidate School, located at the Naval Academy, Jinhae, provides training for candidates with current or prior enlisted experience in the military and civilian college graduates, which take majority in OCS. <ul><li>Warrant officers</li></ul> The <a href="/wiki/Warrant_officer" title="Warrant officer">warrant officer</a> rank in the <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Korea_Armed_Forces" title="Republic of Korea Armed Forces">South Korean armed forces</a> falls in between that of non-commissioned and commissioned officers. In the ROK Navy, warrant officers are mostly former <a href="/wiki/Non-commissioned_officers" class="mw-redirect" title="Non-commissioned officers">non-commissioned officers</a> who had earned the rating of <a href="/wiki/Sangsa" class="mw-redirect" title="Sangsa">Sangsa</a> (Chief petty officer) or <a href="/wiki/Wonsa" class="mw-redirect" title="Wonsa">Wonsa</a> (Master chief petty officer) and who had been selected for and completed the warrant officer candidate program. Other routes include the naval aviation program and Air Intercept Controller (AIC) program; a small number of warrant officers serve as language officers who specialize in English translation and interpretation.<a href="#cite_note-63">[63]</a> Warrant officers mess in the <a href="/wiki/Wardroom" title="Wardroom">wardroom</a> with commissioned officers. <ul><li>Petty officers</li></ul> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:A_South_Korean_navy_petty_officer.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/A_South_Korean_navy_petty_officer.jpg/220px-A_South_Korean_navy_petty_officer.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="157" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/A_South_Korean_navy_petty_officer.jpg/330px-A_South_Korean_navy_petty_officer.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/A_South_Korean_navy_petty_officer.jpg/440px-A_South_Korean_navy_petty_officer.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2100" data-file-height="1500" /></a><figcaption>A South Korean navy petty officer aboard ROKS Munmu the Great (DDH 976) waves to onlookers pier side.</figcaption></figure> Petty officers originate from a petty officer candidate program, which trains military personnel and civilians who take majority - seamen experience is not required to become petty officers. In the ROK Navy, personnel with ranks of Hasa (Petty officer) through Wonsa are considered petty officers (i.e. <a href="/wiki/Non-commissioned_officers" class="mw-redirect" title="Non-commissioned officers">non-commissioned officers</a>). Those at Sangsa and Wonsa are further referred to as "CPO" (<a href="/wiki/Chief_petty_officer" title="Chief petty officer">chief petty officer</a>) collectively and considered a separate community within the Navy. "CPO"s have privileges such as separate dining and living areas. There are the appointments of Juim-wonsa and Juim-sangsa equivalent to that of the U.S. Navy's <a href="/wiki/Command_master_chief_petty_officer" title="Command master chief petty officer">command master chief petty officer</a> (CMDCM). The positions are filled by senior Wonsa and Sangsa respectively and unlike their U.S. Navy counterparts, the ROK Navy Juim-wonsa and Juim-sangsa wear the same standard rate insignia of Wonsa or Sangsa with an identification badge.<a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://blog.daum.net/howbuddy/547">[1]</a> <ul><li>Seamen</li></ul> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Two_Republic_of_Korea_Navy_sailors_find_the_time_to_relax_RIMPAC_980708-N-2619S-002.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Two_Republic_of_Korea_Navy_sailors_find_the_time_to_relax_RIMPAC_980708-N-2619S-002.jpg/220px-Two_Republic_of_Korea_Navy_sailors_find_the_time_to_relax_RIMPAC_980708-N-2619S-002.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="334" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Two_Republic_of_Korea_Navy_sailors_find_the_time_to_relax_RIMPAC_980708-N-2619S-002.jpg/330px-Two_Republic_of_Korea_Navy_sailors_find_the_time_to_relax_RIMPAC_980708-N-2619S-002.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Two_Republic_of_Korea_Navy_sailors_find_the_time_to_relax_RIMPAC_980708-N-2619S-002.jpg/440px-Two_Republic_of_Korea_Navy_sailors_find_the_time_to_relax_RIMPAC_980708-N-2619S-002.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1337" data-file-height="2030" /></a><figcaption>Two South Korean navy seamen find the time to relax.</figcaption></figure> In the ROK Navy, seamen are referred to as "Subyeong" (<a href="/wiki/Korean_language" title="Korean language">Korean</a>: 수병; <a href="/wiki/Hanja" title="Hanja">Hanja</a>: 水兵). Normally the enlisted seamen serve in the Navy for 20 months; civilian recruits get initial trainings at the basic military training center in Jinhae as Ideungbyeong (Seaman 2nd class). After completing their military services as <a href="/wiki/Byeongjang" class="mw-redirect" title="Byeongjang">Byeongjang</a> (Leading seaman), most of them are transferred from active duty to the naval reserve. Others continue the military service as Hasa (Petty officer) and may become career petty officers.<a href="#cite_note-64">[64]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Uniforms">Uniforms</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Republic_of_Korea_Navy&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Uniforms">edit</a>]</div> ROK Navy uniforms were influenced by US Navy uniforms with some notable differences. Petty officers, not just chief petty officers, wear uniforms identical to that of a commissioned officer's uniform except with different insignia, and petty officers wear a <a href="/wiki/Combination_cap" class="mw-redirect" title="Combination cap">combination cap</a> with a white cover and a gold <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/chinstrap" class="extiw" title="wikt:chinstrap">chinstrap</a>. Seamen wear dungaree trousers, chambray shirts and "dixie cup" hats as their work uniforms. Honor guards and musicians of the navy bands of seaman rates wear <a href="/wiki/Sailor_cap" title="Sailor cap">sailor caps</a> bearing "Republic of Korea Navy" in <a href="/wiki/Hangul" title="Hangul">Hangul</a> with the dress uniforms. A new shipboard working uniform similar to the <a href="/wiki/Navy_Working_Uniform" title="Navy Working Uniform">NWU</a> Type I has been issued since 2021.<a href="#cite_note-65">[65]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ranks_and_rates">Ranks and rates</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Republic_of_Korea_Navy&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Ranks and rates">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Military_ranks_of_South_Korea" title="Military ranks of South Korea">Military ranks of South Korea</a></div> In the ROK Navy, as in the rest of the ROK Armed Forces, ranks fall into one of four categories: commissioned officer, warrant officer, petty officer (non-commissioned officer), and seaman, in decreasing order of authority. Commissioned officer ranks are subdivided into flag officers, senior officers (lieutenant commander through captain), and junior officers (ensign through lieutenant). ROK Navy <a href="/wiki/Commissioned_officers" class="mw-redirect" title="Commissioned officers">commissioned officer</a> ranks have two distinct sets of rank insignia: On <a href="/wiki/Dress_uniform" class="mw-redirect" title="Dress uniform">dress uniform</a> a series of stripes similar to <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_of_Nations" title="Commonwealth of Nations">Commonwealth</a> naval ranks are worn; on service uniforms, working uniforms, and special uniform situations (combat utilities and flight suits), the rank insignia are the same as the equivalent rank in the Army or the Air Force. The warrant officer rank insignia is denoted by a gold-colored Sowi insignia, and a single broken stripe. 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class="mw-redirect" title="Byeongjang">Byeongjang</a> </td> <td colspan="4">상등병 <a href="/wiki/Sangdeungbyeong" class="mw-redirect" title="Sangdeungbyeong">Sangdeungbyeong</a> </td> <td colspan="2">일등병 <a href="/wiki/Ildeungbyeong" class="mw-redirect" title="Ildeungbyeong">Ildeungbyeong</a> </td> <td colspan="6">이등병 <a href="/wiki/Ideungbyeong" class="mw-redirect" title="Ideungbyeong">Ideungbyeong</a> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="International_activities">International activities</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Republic_of_Korea_Navy&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: International activities">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:USN_MH-60S_is_landing_on_the_flight_deck_of_the_ROKS_Dokdo_(LPH_6111).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/USN_MH-60S_is_landing_on_the_flight_deck_of_the_ROKS_Dokdo_%28LPH_6111%29.jpg/220px-USN_MH-60S_is_landing_on_the_flight_deck_of_the_ROKS_Dokdo_%28LPH_6111%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/USN_MH-60S_is_landing_on_the_flight_deck_of_the_ROKS_Dokdo_%28LPH_6111%29.jpg/330px-USN_MH-60S_is_landing_on_the_flight_deck_of_the_ROKS_Dokdo_%28LPH_6111%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/USN_MH-60S_is_landing_on_the_flight_deck_of_the_ROKS_Dokdo_%28LPH_6111%29.jpg/440px-USN_MH-60S_is_landing_on_the_flight_deck_of_the_ROKS_Dokdo_%28LPH_6111%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1750" data-file-height="1171" /></a><figcaption>A U.S. Navy <a href="/wiki/MH-60" class="mw-redirect" title="MH-60">MH-60</a>S landing on the flight deck of ROKS <a href="/wiki/ROKS_Dokdo" title="ROKS Dokdo">Dokdo</a> (LPH 6111) during the Korean Interoperability Training Program</figcaption></figure> The ROK Navy frequently participates in multinational exercises and international activities. Also it has engaged in several peacekeeping operations since the turn of the 21st century. <ul><li>Cruise Training: since 1954, the ROK Navy has conducted the annual ocean-going training with the fourth year midshipmen (naval cadets) of the Naval Academy to provide on the job training before commissioning them and to foster relations with other navies around the world. In 1992, the ROK Navy ships - ROKS Chungnam (FF 953) and ROKS Masan (FF 955) of the Cruise Training Unit circumnavigated the world for the first time.</li> <li>Navy to Navy Talks: the ROK Navy holds regular naval conferences with its counterparts of <a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany">Germany</a>, <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a>, <a href="/wiki/Indonesia" title="Indonesia">Indonesia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Malaysia" title="Malaysia">Malaysia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Singapore" title="Singapore">Singapore</a>, <a href="/wiki/Thailand" title="Thailand">Thailand</a>, <a href="/wiki/Turkey" title="Turkey">Turkey</a>, the United Kingdom, and United States.<a href="#cite_note-67">[67]</a><a href="#cite_note-68">[68]</a></li> <li>Pacific Reach: the ROK Navy has participated in the biannual submarine rescue exercise since 2000. In 2004, the ROK Navy hosted the exercise, which was the first multinational naval exercise the ROK Navy ever hosted.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/RIMPAC" title="RIMPAC">RIMPAC</a>: the ROK Naval forces have participated in the biannual multilateral naval exercise since 1990.</li> <li>ROKN-JMSDF SAREX: the ROK Navy and <a href="/wiki/Japan_Maritime_Self_Defense_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="Japan Maritime Self Defense Force">Japan Maritime Self Defense Force</a> (JMSDF) conducted the search and rescue exercise biannually since 1999.</li> <li>WP MCMEX/DIVEX: the mine warfare forces of the ROK Navy have participated in the Western Pacific Mine Counter Measure Exercise/Diving Exercise since 2004.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cobra_Gold" title="Cobra Gold">Cobra Gold</a>: together with the ROK Marines, the ROK Navy has participated in Cobra Gold since 2010.<a href="#cite_note-69">[69]</a><a href="#cite_note-70">[70]</a></li> <li>ROK-US combined amphibious landing exercise: The ROK Navy and ROKMC together with the U.S. Navy and <a href="/wiki/U.S._Marine_Corps" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Marine Corps">U.S. Marine Corps</a> conduct the exercise annually in Korea.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Counter-piracy_operations">Counter-piracy operations</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Republic_of_Korea_Navy&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Counter-piracy operations">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Piracy_in_Somalia" class="mw-redirect" title="Piracy in Somalia">Piracy in Somalia</a></div> Since March 2009, the ROK Navy has deployed the <a href="/wiki/Cheonghae_Unit" title="Cheonghae Unit">Escort Task Group (Cheonghae)</a> in response to <a href="/wiki/Piracy" title="Piracy">piracy</a> in shipping lanes off the coast of <a href="/wiki/Somalia" title="Somalia">Somalia</a>. The task group is composed of a <a href="/wiki/Chungmugong_Yi_Sun-sin-class_destroyer" title="Chungmugong Yi Sun-sin-class destroyer">Chungmugong Yi Sun-sin-class</a> destroyer and about 30 naval special warfare personnel. The group operates as part of the multinational task force, <a href="/wiki/Combined_Task_Force_151" title="Combined Task Force 151">Combined Task Force 151</a> of <a href="/wiki/United_States_Fifth_Fleet" title="United States Fifth Fleet">Combined Maritime Forces</a> (CMF).<a href="#cite_note-71">[71]</a> <a href="/wiki/ROKS_Munmu_the_Great_(DDH-976)" title="ROKS Munmu the Great (DDH-976)">ROKS Munmu the Great</a> was the first ship to be deployed as part of the unit to <a href="/wiki/Somalia" title="Somalia">Somali</a> waters. On January 21, 2011, South Korean naval commandos of the task group carried out <a href="/wiki/Operation_Dawn_of_Gulf_of_Aden" title="Operation Dawn of Gulf of Aden">Operation Dawn of Gulf of Aden</a>, an operation to rescue the crew of the hijacked <a href="/wiki/MV_Samho_Jewelry" title="MV Samho Jewelry">MV Samho Jewelry</a> and succeed in rescuing the crew and killing or capturing all of the pirates on board.<a href="#cite_note-CNN-37">[37]</a> As of March 2019, about 8,500 sailors were deployed to the <a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Aden" title="Gulf of Aden">Gulf of Aden</a> in 28 Escort Task Groups, which had escorted about 22,000 ships since the first deployment.<a href="#cite_note-72">[72]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="International_fleet_review">International fleet review</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Republic_of_Korea_Navy&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: International fleet review">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Multinational_ships_steam_in_formation_during_an_exercise_at_the_RoK_international_Fleet_Review_2018_-_181011-N-DK042-0154.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Multinational_ships_steam_in_formation_during_an_exercise_at_the_RoK_international_Fleet_Review_2018_-_181011-N-DK042-0154.jpg/220px-Multinational_ships_steam_in_formation_during_an_exercise_at_the_RoK_international_Fleet_Review_2018_-_181011-N-DK042-0154.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="119" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Multinational_ships_steam_in_formation_during_an_exercise_at_the_RoK_international_Fleet_Review_2018_-_181011-N-DK042-0154.jpg/330px-Multinational_ships_steam_in_formation_during_an_exercise_at_the_RoK_international_Fleet_Review_2018_-_181011-N-DK042-0154.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Multinational_ships_steam_in_formation_during_an_exercise_at_the_RoK_international_Fleet_Review_2018_-_181011-N-DK042-0154.jpg/440px-Multinational_ships_steam_in_formation_during_an_exercise_at_the_RoK_international_Fleet_Review_2018_-_181011-N-DK042-0154.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2200" data-file-height="1186" /></a><figcaption>Multinational ships steam in formation at the ROK international Fleet Review 2018</figcaption></figure> In October 1998, the ROK Navy hosted its first international fleet review in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Republic of Korea and its armed forces off coast of Busan and Jinhae. 21 ships from 11 countries (Australia, <a href="/wiki/Bangladesh" title="Bangladesh">Bangladesh</a>, France, <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a>, Indonesia, Japan, New Zealand, <a href="/wiki/Philippines" title="Philippines">Philippines</a>, <a href="/wiki/Singapore" title="Singapore">Singapore</a>, United Kingdom, United States) participated in the fleet review as well as 34 ships and 15 aircraft from South Korea.<a href="#cite_note-73">[73]</a> The ROK Navy hosted its second international fleet review off coast of Busan in October 2008 to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the South Korean government. 22 ships from 11 countries (Australia, Canada, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, <a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia">Russia</a>, Singapore, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States) participated in the fleet review as well as 33 ships and 27 aircraft from South Korea.<a href="#cite_note-74">[74]</a><a href="#cite_note-75">[75]</a> The Cruise Training Unit – <a href="/wiki/ROKS_Gwanggaeto_the_Great" title="ROKS Gwanggaeto the Great">ROKS Gwanggaeto the Great (DDH 971)</a>, <a href="/wiki/ROKS_Jeju_(FF-958)" title="ROKS Jeju (FF-958)">ROKS Jeju (FF 958)</a> and <a href="/wiki/ROKS_Cheonji_(AOE-57)" title="ROKS Cheonji (AOE-57)">ROKS Cheonji (AOE 57)</a> participated in International Fleet Review 2002 commemorating the 50th anniversary of <a href="/wiki/Japan_Maritime_Self-Defense_Force" title="Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force">JMSDF</a> in <a href="/wiki/Tokyo_Bay" title="Tokyo Bay">Tokyo Bay</a>. The Cruise Training Fleet – <a href="/wiki/ROKS_Chungmugong_Yi_Sun-sin_(DDH-975)" title="ROKS Chungmugong Yi Sun-sin (DDH-975)">ROKS Chungmugong Yi Sun-sin (DDH 975)</a> and <a href="/wiki/ROKS_Cheonji_(AOE-57)" title="ROKS Cheonji (AOE-57)">ROKS Cheonji (AOE 57)</a> – visited the United Kingdom in order to take part in the International Fleet Review for <a href="/wiki/Trafalgar_200" class="mw-redirect" title="Trafalgar 200">Trafalgar 200</a> in 2005. In April 2009, <a href="/wiki/ROKS_Dokdo" title="ROKS Dokdo">ROKS Dokdo (LPH 6111)</a> and <a href="/wiki/ROKS_Gang_Gam-chan_(DDH-979)" title="ROKS Gang Gam-chan (DDH-979)">ROKS Gang Gam-chan (DDH-979)</a> attended an international fleet review to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese <a href="/wiki/People%27s_Liberation_Army_Navy" title="People's Liberation Army Navy">People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy</a> in <a href="/wiki/Qingdao" title="Qingdao">Qingdao</a>. In August 2009, the Cruise Training Flotilla – <a href="/wiki/ROKS_Choe_Yeong_(DDH-981)" title="ROKS Choe Yeong (DDH-981)">ROKS Choi Young (DDH 981)</a> and <a href="/wiki/ROKS_Daecheong_(AOE-58)" title="ROKS Daecheong (AOE-58)">ROKS Daecheong (AOE 58)</a> participated in the Indonesian International Fleet Review, which commemorates the 64th anniversary of <a href="/wiki/Proclamation_of_Indonesian_Independence" title="Proclamation of Indonesian Independence">Indonesian independence</a>. The ROK Navy hosted its third international fleet review off coast of <a href="/wiki/Jeju_Island" title="Jeju Island">Jeju Island</a> in October 2018. 15 ships from 9 countries (<a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Brunei" title="Brunei">Brunei</a>, <a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a>, <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a>, <a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia">Russia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Singapore" title="Singapore">Singapore</a>, <a href="/wiki/Thailand" title="Thailand">Thailand</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vietnam" title="Vietnam">Vietnam</a>) participated in the pass-in-review as well as 24 ships and 24 aircraft from <a href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea">South Korea</a>.<a href="#cite_note-76">[76]</a> In April 2019, <a href="/wiki/ROKS_Gyeonggi_(FFG-812)" title="ROKS Gyeonggi (FFG-812)">ROKS Gyeonggi (FFG 812)</a> attended an international fleet review to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the <a href="/wiki/People%27s_Liberation_Army_Navy" title="People's Liberation Army Navy">PLA Navy</a> in Qingdao. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Equipment">Equipment</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Republic_of_Korea_Navy&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Equipment">edit</a>]</div> There are about 160 commissioned ships with the ROK Navy (a total displacement of about 350,000 tonnes<a href="#cite_note-:0-77">[77]</a>). The naval aviation force consists of about 70 fixed-wing and <a href="/wiki/Rotary-wing_aircraft" class="mw-redirect" title="Rotary-wing aircraft">rotary-wing aircraft</a>. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ships">Ships</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Republic_of_Korea_Navy&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Ships">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/List_of_active_Republic_of_Korea_Navy_ships" title="List of active Republic of Korea Navy ships">List of active Republic of Korea Navy ships</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_ships_of_the_Republic_of_Korea_Navy" title="List of ships of the Republic of Korea Navy">List of ships of the Republic of Korea Navy</a> for a list of decommissioned ships of the South Korean navy</div> The vessels are categorized into four levels. A first-rate ship (Sohn Wonyil–class SS, DDG, DDH, LPH, MLS, and AOE) is commanded by a captain; a second-rate ship (SS, FFG, FF, PCC, LST, ATS, and ASR) by a commander; a third-rate ship (PKG, MSH, and MHC) by a lieutenant commander; and a fourth-rate craft (PKMR, PKM, and LSF) is commanded by a lieutenant or a warrant officer. The ROK Navy employs the U.S. Navy–style letter based <a href="/wiki/Hull_classification_symbols" class="mw-redirect" title="Hull classification symbols">hull classification symbols</a> to designate the types of its ships and <a href="/wiki/Hull_number" title="Hull number">hull numbers</a> to uniquely identify its vessels (e.g. DDH 975<a href="#cite_note-78">[note 1]</a>). The names are that of the historical figures, Navy heroes, provinces, cities, counties, peaks, lakes, islands, and birds. The Chief of Naval Operations selects the names of ships.<a href="#cite_note-:2-10">[10]</a> The <a href="/wiki/Ship_prefix" title="Ship prefix">ship prefix</a> for all the commissioned ROK Navy ship is ROKS (Republic of Korea Ship) when the names of ships are written in English. <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th style="text-align:left;">Class </th> <th style="text-align:left;">Image </th> <th style="text-align:left;">ROKN classification </th> <th style="text-align:left;">Displacement (light/full tons) </th> <th style="text-align:left;">First deployment </th> <th style="text-align:left;">Commissioned </th> <th style="text-align:left;">Launched </th> <th style="text-align:left;">Note </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="8" style="align: center; background: lavender;"><a href="/wiki/Submarines" class="mw-redirect" title="Submarines">Submarines</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/KSS-III_submarine" title="KSS-III submarine">Dosan Ahn Changho class</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:ROKS_Dosan_Ahn_Changho_class_submarine.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/ROKS_Dosan_Ahn_Changho_class_submarine.png/180px-ROKS_Dosan_Ahn_Changho_class_submarine.png" decoding="async" width="180" height="101" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/ROKS_Dosan_Ahn_Changho_class_submarine.png/270px-ROKS_Dosan_Ahn_Changho_class_submarine.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/ROKS_Dosan_Ahn_Changho_class_submarine.png/360px-ROKS_Dosan_Ahn_Changho_class_submarine.png 2x" data-file-width="1364" data-file-height="767" /></a> </td> <td>SS: Submarine</td> <td>3,750 (submerged) </td> <td>2021</td> <td>3</td> <td>-</td> <td>KSS-III Batch-I; 3 in batch </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Type_214_submarine" title="Type 214 submarine">Sohn Wonyil class</a> </td> <td><a 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data-file-width="1158" data-file-height="617" /></a> </td> <td>SS: Submarine</td> <td>1,860 (submerged) </td> <td>2007</td> <td>9</td> <td>- </td> <td>SS-II (9 in class); Capable of launching cruise missiles<a href="#cite_note-79">[78]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Jang_Bogo-class_submarine" title="Jang Bogo-class submarine">Jang Bogo class</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:US_Navy_100707-N-7200S-207_ROKS_Lee_Eokgi_(SS_071)_leads_a_formation_of_U.S._and_coalition_forces_during_Rim_of_the_Pacific_(RIMPAC)_2010_exercises.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="ROKS Lee Eokgi (SS 071)"><img alt="ROKS Lee Eokgi (SS 071)" 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href="/wiki/File:2008%EB%85%849%EC%9B%9427%EC%9D%BC_%ED%95%B4%EA%B5%B0_%EC%84%B8%EC%A2%85%EB%8C%80%EC%99%95%ED%95%A8%EA%B8%B0%EB%8F%99_(1)_(7193823614).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="ROKS Sejong the Great (Sejong the Great class)"><img alt="ROKS Sejong the Great (Sejong the Great class)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/2008%EB%85%849%EC%9B%9427%EC%9D%BC_%ED%95%B4%EA%B5%B0_%EC%84%B8%EC%A2%85%EB%8C%80%EC%99%95%ED%95%A8%EA%B8%B0%EB%8F%99_%281%29_%287193823614%29.jpg/180px-2008%EB%85%849%EC%9B%9427%EC%9D%BC_%ED%95%B4%EA%B5%B0_%EC%84%B8%EC%A2%85%EB%8C%80%EC%99%95%ED%95%A8%EA%B8%B0%EB%8F%99_%281%29_%287193823614%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="98" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/2008%EB%85%849%EC%9B%9427%EC%9D%BC_%ED%95%B4%EA%B5%B0_%EC%84%B8%EC%A2%85%EB%8C%80%EC%99%95%ED%95%A8%EA%B8%B0%EB%8F%99_%281%29_%287193823614%29.jpg/270px-2008%EB%85%849%EC%9B%9427%EC%9D%BC_%ED%95%B4%EA%B5%B0_%EC%84%B8%EC%A2%85%EB%8C%80%EC%99%95%ED%95%A8%EA%B8%B0%EB%8F%99_%281%29_%287193823614%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/2008%EB%85%849%EC%9B%9427%EC%9D%BC_%ED%95%B4%EA%B5%B0_%EC%84%B8%EC%A2%85%EB%8C%80%EC%99%95%ED%95%A8%EA%B8%B0%EB%8F%99_%281%29_%287193823614%29.jpg/360px-2008%EB%85%849%EC%9B%9427%EC%9D%BC_%ED%95%B4%EA%B5%B0_%EC%84%B8%EC%A2%85%EB%8C%80%EC%99%95%ED%95%A8%EA%B8%B0%EB%8F%99_%281%29_%287193823614%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1628" data-file-height="886" /></a> </td> <td>DDG: Destroyer Guided-missile</td> <td>7,650/10,600 </td> <td>2008</td> <td>3 <a href="#cite_note-82">[81]</a></td> <td>1</td> <td>3 more planned as KDX-III Batch-II<a href="#cite_note-83">[82]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Chungmugong_Yi_Sun-sin-class_destroyer" title="Chungmugong Yi Sun-sin-class destroyer">Chungmugong Yi Sun-sin class</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:ROKS_Munmu_the_Great_(DDH_976).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="ROKS Munmu the Great (DDH 976), a Chungmugong Yi Sunshin-class destroyer"><img alt="ROKS Munmu the Great (DDH 976), a Chungmugong Yi Sunshin-class destroyer" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/ROKS_Munmu_the_Great_%28DDH_976%29.jpg/180px-ROKS_Munmu_the_Great_%28DDH_976%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="113" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/ROKS_Munmu_the_Great_%28DDH_976%29.jpg/270px-ROKS_Munmu_the_Great_%28DDH_976%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/ROKS_Munmu_the_Great_%28DDH_976%29.jpg/360px-ROKS_Munmu_the_Great_%28DDH_976%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2464" data-file-height="1542" /></a> </td> <td>DDH: Destroyer Helicopter</td> <td>4,500/5,520 </td> <td>2003</td> <td>6<a href="#cite_note-84">[83]</a></td> <td>-</td> <td>DDH-II; To be followed by <a href="/wiki/KDDX-class_destroyer" title="KDDX-class destroyer">KDDX</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Gwanggaeto_the_Great-class_destroyer" title="Gwanggaeto the Great-class destroyer">Kwanggaeto the Great class</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:2009%EB%85%845%EC%9B%9415%EC%9D%BC_%ED%95%B4%EA%B5%B0_1%ED%95%A8%EB%8C%80%ED%9B%88%EB%A0%A8_(7193824738).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="ROKS Kwanggaeto the Great (DDH 971), the Navy's first indigenously built destroyer"><img alt="ROKS Kwanggaeto the Great (DDH 971), the Navy's first indigenously built destroyer" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/2009%EB%85%845%EC%9B%9415%EC%9D%BC_%ED%95%B4%EA%B5%B0_1%ED%95%A8%EB%8C%80%ED%9B%88%EB%A0%A8_%287193824738%29.jpg/180px-2009%EB%85%845%EC%9B%9415%EC%9D%BC_%ED%95%B4%EA%B5%B0_1%ED%95%A8%EB%8C%80%ED%9B%88%EB%A0%A8_%287193824738%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="88" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/2009%EB%85%845%EC%9B%9415%EC%9D%BC_%ED%95%B4%EA%B5%B0_1%ED%95%A8%EB%8C%80%ED%9B%88%EB%A0%A8_%287193824738%29.jpg/270px-2009%EB%85%845%EC%9B%9415%EC%9D%BC_%ED%95%B4%EA%B5%B0_1%ED%95%A8%EB%8C%80%ED%9B%88%EB%A0%A8_%287193824738%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/2009%EB%85%845%EC%9B%9415%EC%9D%BC_%ED%95%B4%EA%B5%B0_1%ED%95%A8%EB%8C%80%ED%9B%88%EB%A0%A8_%287193824738%29.jpg/360px-2009%EB%85%845%EC%9B%9415%EC%9D%BC_%ED%95%B4%EA%B5%B0_1%ED%95%A8%EB%8C%80%ED%9B%88%EB%A0%A8_%287193824738%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1811" data-file-height="886" /></a> </td> <td>DDH: Destroyer Helicopter</td> <td>3,200/3,900 </td> <td>1998</td> <td>3</td> <td>-</td> <td>DDH-I </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="8" style="align: center; background: lavender;"><a href="/wiki/Frigate" title="Frigate">Frigates</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Chungnam-class_frigate" title="Chungnam-class frigate">Chungnam class</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>FFG: Frigate Guided-missile</td> <td>3,600/4,300 </td> <td>2024</td> <td>-</td> <td>1</td> <td>FFG-III (FFX Batch-III; 6 in batch) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Daegu-class_frigate" title="Daegu-class frigate">Daegu class</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:ROKS_Daegu_(FFG-818).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="ROKS Daegu (Daegu class)"><img alt="ROKS Daegu (Daegu class)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/ROKS_Daegu_%28FFG-818%29.jpg/180px-ROKS_Daegu_%28FFG-818%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="101" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/ROKS_Daegu_%28FFG-818%29.jpg/270px-ROKS_Daegu_%28FFG-818%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/ROKS_Daegu_%28FFG-818%29.jpg/360px-ROKS_Daegu_%28FFG-818%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1613" data-file-height="907" /></a> </td> <td>FFG: Frigate Guided-missile</td> <td>3,100/3,650 </td> <td>2018</td> <td>8</td> <td>-</td> <td>FFG-II </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Incheon-class_frigate" title="Incheon-class frigate">Incheon class</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:20130626_%EB%8C%80%ED%95%9C%ED%95%B4%ED%98%91_%EC%A0%84%EC%8A%B9%ED%96%89%EC%82%AC_(4)_(9460603621).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="ROKS Incheon (Incheon class)"><img alt="ROKS Incheon (Incheon class)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/20130626_%EB%8C%80%ED%95%9C%ED%95%B4%ED%98%91_%EC%A0%84%EC%8A%B9%ED%96%89%EC%82%AC_%284%29_%289460603621%29.jpg/180px-20130626_%EB%8C%80%ED%95%9C%ED%95%B4%ED%98%91_%EC%A0%84%EC%8A%B9%ED%96%89%EC%82%AC_%284%29_%289460603621%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="95" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/20130626_%EB%8C%80%ED%95%9C%ED%95%B4%ED%98%91_%EC%A0%84%EC%8A%B9%ED%96%89%EC%82%AC_%284%29_%289460603621%29.jpg/270px-20130626_%EB%8C%80%ED%95%9C%ED%95%B4%ED%98%91_%EC%A0%84%EC%8A%B9%ED%96%89%EC%82%AC_%284%29_%289460603621%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/20130626_%EB%8C%80%ED%95%9C%ED%95%B4%ED%98%91_%EC%A0%84%EC%8A%B9%ED%96%89%EC%82%AC_%284%29_%289460603621%29.jpg/360px-20130626_%EB%8C%80%ED%95%9C%ED%95%B4%ED%98%91_%EC%A0%84%EC%8A%B9%ED%96%89%EC%82%AC_%284%29_%289460603621%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2464" data-file-height="1304" /></a> </td> <td>FFG: Frigate Guided-missile</td> <td>2,500/3,251 </td> <td>2013</td> <td>6</td> <td>-</td> <td>FFG-I </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ulsan-class_frigate" title="Ulsan-class frigate">Ulsan class</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:2009%EB%85%845%EC%9B%9415%EC%9D%BC_%ED%95%B4%EA%B5%B0_1%ED%95%A8%EB%8C%80%ED%9B%88%EB%A0%A82_(7193824422).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="ROKS Busan (Ulsan class)"><img alt="ROKS Busan (Ulsan class)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/2009%EB%85%845%EC%9B%9415%EC%9D%BC_%ED%95%B4%EA%B5%B0_1%ED%95%A8%EB%8C%80%ED%9B%88%EB%A0%A82_%287193824422%29.jpg/180px-2009%EB%85%845%EC%9B%9415%EC%9D%BC_%ED%95%B4%EA%B5%B0_1%ED%95%A8%EB%8C%80%ED%9B%88%EB%A0%A82_%287193824422%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="107" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/2009%EB%85%845%EC%9B%9415%EC%9D%BC_%ED%95%B4%EA%B5%B0_1%ED%95%A8%EB%8C%80%ED%9B%88%EB%A0%A82_%287193824422%29.jpg/270px-2009%EB%85%845%EC%9B%9415%EC%9D%BC_%ED%95%B4%EA%B5%B0_1%ED%95%A8%EB%8C%80%ED%9B%88%EB%A0%A82_%287193824422%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/2009%EB%85%845%EC%9B%9415%EC%9D%BC_%ED%95%B4%EA%B5%B0_1%ED%95%A8%EB%8C%80%ED%9B%88%EB%A0%A82_%287193824422%29.jpg/360px-2009%EB%85%845%EC%9B%9415%EC%9D%BC_%ED%95%B4%EA%B5%B0_1%ED%95%A8%EB%8C%80%ED%9B%88%EB%A0%A82_%287193824422%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1484" data-file-height="886" /></a> </td> <td>FF: Frigate</td> <td>1,446/2,350 </td> <td>1981</td> <td>2</td> <td>-</td> <td>To be replaced by FFG </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="8" style="align: center; background: lavender;"><a href="/wiki/Corvette" title="Corvette">Corvettes</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Pohang-class_corvette" title="Pohang-class corvette">Pohang class</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:2010._3._%ED%95%B4%EA%B5%B0_PCC%ED%95%A8%EC%9D%98_%EC%9D%BC%EC%83%81_Rep._of_Korea_Navy_(7548298946).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="ROKS Bucheon (Pohang class)"><img alt="ROKS Bucheon (Pohang class)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/2010._3._%ED%95%B4%EA%B5%B0_PCC%ED%95%A8%EC%9D%98_%EC%9D%BC%EC%83%81_Rep._of_Korea_Navy_%287548298946%29.jpg/180px-2010._3._%ED%95%B4%EA%B5%B0_PCC%ED%95%A8%EC%9D%98_%EC%9D%BC%EC%83%81_Rep._of_Korea_Navy_%287548298946%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/2010._3._%ED%95%B4%EA%B5%B0_PCC%ED%95%A8%EC%9D%98_%EC%9D%BC%EC%83%81_Rep._of_Korea_Navy_%287548298946%29.jpg/270px-2010._3._%ED%95%B4%EA%B5%B0_PCC%ED%95%A8%EC%9D%98_%EC%9D%BC%EC%83%81_Rep._of_Korea_Navy_%287548298946%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/2010._3._%ED%95%B4%EA%B5%B0_PCC%ED%95%A8%EC%9D%98_%EC%9D%BC%EC%83%81_Rep._of_Korea_Navy_%287548298946%29.jpg/360px-2010._3._%ED%95%B4%EA%B5%B0_PCC%ED%95%A8%EC%9D%98_%EC%9D%BC%EC%83%81_Rep._of_Korea_Navy_%287548298946%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="685" /></a> </td> <td>PCC: Patrol Combat Corvette</td> <td>950/1,220 </td> <td>1984</td> <td>3</td> <td>-</td> <td>To be replaced by FFG </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="8" style="align: center; background: lavender;"><a href="/wiki/Patrol_vessels" class="mw-redirect" title="Patrol vessels">Patrol vessels</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Gumdoksuri-class_patrol_vessel" class="mw-redirect" title="Gumdoksuri-class patrol vessel">Yoon Youngha class</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:2012._9._%EC%84%9C%ED%95%B4_NLL%ED%95%B4%EC%83%81%EA%B2%BD%EA%B3%84_Rep._of_Korea_Navy_NLL_Maritime_Security_in_the_western_sea_(8031753530).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="ROKS Hyun Sihak (Yoon Youngha class)"><img alt="ROKS Hyun Sihak (Yoon Youngha class)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/2012._9._%EC%84%9C%ED%95%B4_NLL%ED%95%B4%EC%83%81%EA%B2%BD%EA%B3%84_Rep._of_Korea_Navy_NLL_Maritime_Security_in_the_western_sea_%288031753530%29.jpg/180px-2012._9._%EC%84%9C%ED%95%B4_NLL%ED%95%B4%EC%83%81%EA%B2%BD%EA%B3%84_Rep._of_Korea_Navy_NLL_Maritime_Security_in_the_western_sea_%288031753530%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="79" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/2012._9._%EC%84%9C%ED%95%B4_NLL%ED%95%B4%EC%83%81%EA%B2%BD%EA%B3%84_Rep._of_Korea_Navy_NLL_Maritime_Security_in_the_western_sea_%288031753530%29.jpg/270px-2012._9._%EC%84%9C%ED%95%B4_NLL%ED%95%B4%EC%83%81%EA%B2%BD%EA%B3%84_Rep._of_Korea_Navy_NLL_Maritime_Security_in_the_western_sea_%288031753530%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/2012._9._%EC%84%9C%ED%95%B4_NLL%ED%95%B4%EC%83%81%EA%B2%BD%EA%B3%84_Rep._of_Korea_Navy_NLL_Maritime_Security_in_the_western_sea_%288031753530%29.jpg/360px-2012._9._%EC%84%9C%ED%95%B4_NLL%ED%95%B4%EC%83%81%EA%B2%BD%EA%B3%84_Rep._of_Korea_Navy_NLL_Maritime_Security_in_the_western_sea_%288031753530%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="883" /></a> </td> <td>PKG: Patrol Killer Guided-missile</td> <td>440/570 </td> <td>2008</td> <td>18<a href="#cite_note-85">[84]</a></td> <td>-</td> <td>- </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Gumdoksuri-class_patrol_vessel" class="mw-redirect" title="Gumdoksuri-class patrol vessel">Chamsuri (PKMR 211) class</a> </td> <td>- </td> <td>PKMR: Patrol Killer Medium Rocket</td> <td>210/250 </td> <td>2017</td> <td>16</td> <td>-</td> <td>PKX-B Batch-I (16 in batch), Batch-II (18 in batch) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Chamsuri-class_patrol_boat" title="Chamsuri-class patrol boat">Chamsuri (PKM 268) class</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:2010._7._%EB%8F%99%ED%95%B4_%ED%95%9C%EB%AF%B8%EC%97%B0%ED%95%A9_%ED%9B%88%EB%A0%A8_Rep._of_Korea_Navy_korea_us_combine_training_(7554655104).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="A Chamsuri-class patrol craft and a Sohn Wonyil-class submarine on background"><img alt="A Chamsuri-class patrol craft and a Sohn Wonyil-class submarine on background" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/2010._7._%EB%8F%99%ED%95%B4_%ED%95%9C%EB%AF%B8%EC%97%B0%ED%95%A9_%ED%9B%88%EB%A0%A8_Rep._of_Korea_Navy_korea_us_combine_training_%287554655104%29.jpg/180px-2010._7._%EB%8F%99%ED%95%B4_%ED%95%9C%EB%AF%B8%EC%97%B0%ED%95%A9_%ED%9B%88%EB%A0%A8_Rep._of_Korea_Navy_korea_us_combine_training_%287554655104%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="123" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/2010._7._%EB%8F%99%ED%95%B4_%ED%95%9C%EB%AF%B8%EC%97%B0%ED%95%A9_%ED%9B%88%EB%A0%A8_Rep._of_Korea_Navy_korea_us_combine_training_%287554655104%29.jpg/270px-2010._7._%EB%8F%99%ED%95%B4_%ED%95%9C%EB%AF%B8%EC%97%B0%ED%95%A9_%ED%9B%88%EB%A0%A8_Rep._of_Korea_Navy_korea_us_combine_training_%287554655104%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/2010._7._%EB%8F%99%ED%95%B4_%ED%95%9C%EB%AF%B8%EC%97%B0%ED%95%A9_%ED%9B%88%EB%A0%A8_Rep._of_Korea_Navy_korea_us_combine_training_%287554655104%29.jpg/360px-2010._7._%EB%8F%99%ED%95%B4_%ED%95%9C%EB%AF%B8%EC%97%B0%ED%95%A9_%ED%9B%88%EB%A0%A8_Rep._of_Korea_Navy_korea_us_combine_training_%287554655104%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="702" /></a> </td> <td>PKM: Patrol Killer Medium</td> <td>151/170 </td> <td>1978</td> <td>26</td> <td>-</td> <td>To be replaced by PKG & PKMR </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="8" style="align: center; background: lavender;"><a href="/wiki/Amphibious_warfare_ships" class="mw-redirect" title="Amphibious warfare ships">Amphibious warfare ships</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Dokdo-class_amphibious_assault_ship" title="Dokdo-class amphibious assault ship">Dokdo class</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:%ED%95%B4%EA%B5%B0_%EB%8F%85%EB%8F%84%ED%95%A8_(7438321572).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Amphibious transport dock, ROKS Dokdo (LPH 6111)"><img alt="Amphibious transport dock, ROKS Dokdo (LPH 6111)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/%ED%95%B4%EA%B5%B0_%EB%8F%85%EB%8F%84%ED%95%A8_%287438321572%29.jpg/180px-%ED%95%B4%EA%B5%B0_%EB%8F%85%EB%8F%84%ED%95%A8_%287438321572%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="108" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/%ED%95%B4%EA%B5%B0_%EB%8F%85%EB%8F%84%ED%95%A8_%287438321572%29.jpg/270px-%ED%95%B4%EA%B5%B0_%EB%8F%85%EB%8F%84%ED%95%A8_%287438321572%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/%ED%95%B4%EA%B5%B0_%EB%8F%85%EB%8F%84%ED%95%A8_%287438321572%29.jpg/360px-%ED%95%B4%EA%B5%B0_%EB%8F%85%EB%8F%84%ED%95%A8_%287438321572%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2953" data-file-height="1777" /></a> </td> <td>LPH: Landing Transport Helicopter<a href="#cite_note-86">[85]</a></td> <td>14,550/19,000 </td> <td>2007</td> <td>2</td> <td>-</td> <td>- </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Cheon_Wang_Bong-class_LST" class="mw-redirect" title="Cheon Wang Bong-class LST">Cheonwangbong class</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:2013._9._%EC%B2%9C%EC%99%95%EB%B4%89%ED%95%A8_%EC%A7%84%EC%88%98%EC%8B%9D_Rep._of_Korea_Navy_ROK_Ship_Chunwangbong_Launching_Ceremony_(9732841805).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Christening ceremony of ROKS Cheonwangbong (Cheonwangbong class)"><img alt="Christening ceremony of ROKS Cheonwangbong (Cheonwangbong class)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/2013._9._%EC%B2%9C%EC%99%95%EB%B4%89%ED%95%A8_%EC%A7%84%EC%88%98%EC%8B%9D_Rep._of_Korea_Navy_ROK_Ship_Chunwangbong_Launching_Ceremony_%289732841805%29.jpg/180px-2013._9._%EC%B2%9C%EC%99%95%EB%B4%89%ED%95%A8_%EC%A7%84%EC%88%98%EC%8B%9D_Rep._of_Korea_Navy_ROK_Ship_Chunwangbong_Launching_Ceremony_%289732841805%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="94" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/2013._9._%EC%B2%9C%EC%99%95%EB%B4%89%ED%95%A8_%EC%A7%84%EC%88%98%EC%8B%9D_Rep._of_Korea_Navy_ROK_Ship_Chunwangbong_Launching_Ceremony_%289732841805%29.jpg/270px-2013._9._%EC%B2%9C%EC%99%95%EB%B4%89%ED%95%A8_%EC%A7%84%EC%88%98%EC%8B%9D_Rep._of_Korea_Navy_ROK_Ship_Chunwangbong_Launching_Ceremony_%289732841805%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/2013._9._%EC%B2%9C%EC%99%95%EB%B4%89%ED%95%A8_%EC%A7%84%EC%88%98%EC%8B%9D_Rep._of_Korea_Navy_ROK_Ship_Chunwangbong_Launching_Ceremony_%289732841805%29.jpg/360px-2013._9._%EC%B2%9C%EC%99%95%EB%B4%89%ED%95%A8_%EC%A7%84%EC%88%98%EC%8B%9D_Rep._of_Korea_Navy_ROK_Ship_Chunwangbong_Launching_Ceremony_%289732841805%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2362" data-file-height="1235" /></a> </td> <td>LST: Landing Ship Tank</td> <td>4,900/8,000 </td> <td>2014</td> <td>4<a href="#cite_note-87">[86]</a></td> <td>-</td> <td>LST-II </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Go_Jun_Bong-class_LST" class="mw-redirect" title="Go Jun Bong-class LST">Gojunbong class</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:ROK_LST682_behind_a_LCAC.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="ROKS Birobong (Gojunbong class)"><img alt="ROKS Birobong (Gojunbong class)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/ROK_LST682_behind_a_LCAC.jpg/180px-ROK_LST682_behind_a_LCAC.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/ROK_LST682_behind_a_LCAC.jpg/270px-ROK_LST682_behind_a_LCAC.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/ROK_LST682_behind_a_LCAC.jpg/360px-ROK_LST682_behind_a_LCAC.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3872" data-file-height="2592" /></a> </td> <td>LST: Landing Ship Tank</td> <td>2,900/4,900 </td> <td>1993</td> <td>4</td> <td>-</td> <td>- </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/LSF-II_631" class="mw-redirect" title="LSF-II 631">Solgae (LSF 631) class</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:ROKS_LSF_632_launched_from_the_ROKS_Dokdo_(LPH_6111).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="ROKS Solgae 632 (Solgae 631 class)"><img alt="ROKS Solgae 632 (Solgae 631 class)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/ROKS_LSF_632_launched_from_the_ROKS_Dokdo_%28LPH_6111%29.jpg/180px-ROKS_LSF_632_launched_from_the_ROKS_Dokdo_%28LPH_6111%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/ROKS_LSF_632_launched_from_the_ROKS_Dokdo_%28LPH_6111%29.jpg/270px-ROKS_LSF_632_launched_from_the_ROKS_Dokdo_%28LPH_6111%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/ROKS_LSF_632_launched_from_the_ROKS_Dokdo_%28LPH_6111%29.jpg/360px-ROKS_LSF_632_launched_from_the_ROKS_Dokdo_%28LPH_6111%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="680" /></a> </td> <td>LSF: Landing Ship Fast</td> <td>95/155 </td> <td>2007</td> <td>4</td> <td>2</td> <td>LSF-II (locally-built <a href="/wiki/Landing_Craft_Air_Cushion" title="Landing Craft Air Cushion">LCAC</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Tsaplya-class_LCAC" title="Tsaplya-class LCAC">Solgae (LSF 621) class</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:2011.4.7_%ED%95%B4%EB%B3%912%EC%82%AC%EB%8B%A8_%EC%A0%81%EA%B5%AD%EC%A7%80%EB%8F%84%EB%B0%9C%EB%8C%80%EB%B9%84%ED%9B%88%EB%A0%A8_(7633940020).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="ROKS Solgae 623 (Solgae 621 class)"><img alt="ROKS Solgae 623 (Solgae 621 class)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/2011.4.7_%ED%95%B4%EB%B3%912%EC%82%AC%EB%8B%A8_%EC%A0%81%EA%B5%AD%EC%A7%80%EB%8F%84%EB%B0%9C%EB%8C%80%EB%B9%84%ED%9B%88%EB%A0%A8_%287633940020%29.jpg/180px-2011.4.7_%ED%95%B4%EB%B3%912%EC%82%AC%EB%8B%A8_%EC%A0%81%EA%B5%AD%EC%A7%80%EB%8F%84%EB%B0%9C%EB%8C%80%EB%B9%84%ED%9B%88%EB%A0%A8_%287633940020%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="96" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/2011.4.7_%ED%95%B4%EB%B3%912%EC%82%AC%EB%8B%A8_%EC%A0%81%EA%B5%AD%EC%A7%80%EB%8F%84%EB%B0%9C%EB%8C%80%EB%B9%84%ED%9B%88%EB%A0%A8_%287633940020%29.jpg/270px-2011.4.7_%ED%95%B4%EB%B3%912%EC%82%AC%EB%8B%A8_%EC%A0%81%EA%B5%AD%EC%A7%80%EB%8F%84%EB%B0%9C%EB%8C%80%EB%B9%84%ED%9B%88%EB%A0%A8_%287633940020%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/2011.4.7_%ED%95%B4%EB%B3%912%EC%82%AC%EB%8B%A8_%EC%A0%81%EA%B5%AD%EC%A7%80%EB%8F%84%EB%B0%9C%EB%8C%80%EB%B9%84%ED%9B%88%EB%A0%A8_%287633940020%29.jpg/360px-2011.4.7_%ED%95%B4%EB%B3%912%EC%82%AC%EB%8B%A8_%EC%A0%81%EA%B5%AD%EC%A7%80%EB%8F%84%EB%B0%9C%EB%8C%80%EB%B9%84%ED%9B%88%EB%A0%A8_%287633940020%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2953" data-file-height="1580" /></a> </td> <td>LSF: Landing Ship Fast </td> <td>132/149 </td> <td>2005 </td> <td>3 </td> <td>- </td> <td>Assault <a href="/wiki/Hovercraft" title="Hovercraft">hovercraft</a> (<a href="/wiki/Tsaplya-class_LCAC" title="Tsaplya-class LCAC">Project 12061E Murena-E</a>) transferred from <a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia">Russia</a><a href="#cite_note-88">[87]</a><a href="#cite_note-89">[88]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="8" style="align: center; background: lavender;"><a href="/wiki/Naval_mine" title="Naval mine">Mine warfare ships</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Nampo-class_minelayer" title="Nampo-class minelayer">Nampo class</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Trial_run_of_the_Nampo-class_minelayer_on_5_June_2017.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="ROKS Nampo (Nampo class)"><img alt="ROKS Nampo (Nampo class)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Trial_run_of_the_Nampo-class_minelayer_on_5_June_2017.jpg/180px-Trial_run_of_the_Nampo-class_minelayer_on_5_June_2017.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Trial_run_of_the_Nampo-class_minelayer_on_5_June_2017.jpg/270px-Trial_run_of_the_Nampo-class_minelayer_on_5_June_2017.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Trial_run_of_the_Nampo-class_minelayer_on_5_June_2017.jpg/360px-Trial_run_of_the_Nampo-class_minelayer_on_5_June_2017.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5616" data-file-height="3744" /></a> </td> <td>MLS: Mine Layer Ship</td> <td>3,000/4,240 </td> <td>2017</td> <td>1<a href="#cite_note-90">[89]</a></td> <td>-</td> <td>MLS-II </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Wonsan-class_minelayer" title="Wonsan-class minelayer">Wonsan class</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:2013._11._%ED%95%9C%EB%AF%B8_%EC%97%B0%ED%95%A9_%EA%B8%B0%EB%A2%B0%EC%A0%84_%ED%9B%88%EB%A0%A8_Republic_of_Korea_Navy_(10917179044).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="ROKS Wonsan (Wonsan class)"><img alt="ROKS Wonsan (Wonsan class)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/2013._11._%ED%95%9C%EB%AF%B8_%EC%97%B0%ED%95%A9_%EA%B8%B0%EB%A2%B0%EC%A0%84_%ED%9B%88%EB%A0%A8_Republic_of_Korea_Navy_%2810917179044%29.jpg/180px-2013._11._%ED%95%9C%EB%AF%B8_%EC%97%B0%ED%95%A9_%EA%B8%B0%EB%A2%B0%EC%A0%84_%ED%9B%88%EB%A0%A8_Republic_of_Korea_Navy_%2810917179044%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/2013._11._%ED%95%9C%EB%AF%B8_%EC%97%B0%ED%95%A9_%EA%B8%B0%EB%A2%B0%EC%A0%84_%ED%9B%88%EB%A0%A8_Republic_of_Korea_Navy_%2810917179044%29.jpg/270px-2013._11._%ED%95%9C%EB%AF%B8_%EC%97%B0%ED%95%A9_%EA%B8%B0%EB%A2%B0%EC%A0%84_%ED%9B%88%EB%A0%A8_Republic_of_Korea_Navy_%2810917179044%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/2013._11._%ED%95%9C%EB%AF%B8_%EC%97%B0%ED%95%A9_%EA%B8%B0%EB%A2%B0%EC%A0%84_%ED%9B%88%EB%A0%A8_Republic_of_Korea_Navy_%2810917179044%29.jpg/360px-2013._11._%ED%95%9C%EB%AF%B8_%EC%97%B0%ED%95%A9_%EA%B8%B0%EB%A2%B0%EC%A0%84_%ED%9B%88%EB%A0%A8_Republic_of_Korea_Navy_%2810917179044%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4012" data-file-height="2219" /></a> </td> <td>MLS: Mine Layer Ship</td> <td>2,500/3,300 </td> <td>1997</td> <td>1</td> <td>-</td> <td>MLS-I </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Yangyang-class_minesweeper" title="Yangyang-class minesweeper">Yangyang class</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/File:2012._9._%EC%9D%B8%EC%B2%9C%EC%83%81%EB%A5%99%EC%9E%91%EC%A0%84_%EC%A0%84%EC%8A%B9%ED%96%89%EC%82%AC_Rep._of_Korea_Navy_62th_Anniversary_of_Incheon_Landing_Operation_(7998836744).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="ROKS Ongjin (Yangyang class) and ROKS Goryeong (Ganggyeong class) on background"><img alt="ROKS Ongjin (Yangyang class) and ROKS Goryeong (Ganggyeong class) on background" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/2012._9._%EC%9D%B8%EC%B2%9C%EC%83%81%EB%A5%99%EC%9E%91%EC%A0%84_%EC%A0%84%EC%8A%B9%ED%96%89%EC%82%AC_Rep._of_Korea_Navy_62th_Anniversary_of_Incheon_Landing_Operation_%287998836744%29.jpg/180px-2012._9._%EC%9D%B8%EC%B2%9C%EC%83%81%EB%A5%99%EC%9E%91%EC%A0%84_%EC%A0%84%EC%8A%B9%ED%96%89%EC%82%AC_Rep._of_Korea_Navy_62th_Anniversary_of_Incheon_Landing_Operation_%287998836744%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="101" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/2012._9._%EC%9D%B8%EC%B2%9C%EC%83%81%EB%A5%99%EC%9E%91%EC%A0%84_%EC%A0%84%EC%8A%B9%ED%96%89%EC%82%AC_Rep._of_Korea_Navy_62th_Anniversary_of_Incheon_Landing_Operation_%287998836744%29.jpg/270px-2012._9._%EC%9D%B8%EC%B2%9C%EC%83%81%EB%A5%99%EC%9E%91%EC%A0%84_%EC%A0%84%EC%8A%B9%ED%96%89%EC%82%AC_Rep._of_Korea_Navy_62th_Anniversary_of_Incheon_Landing_Operation_%287998836744%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/2012._9._%EC%9D%B8%EC%B2%9C%EC%83%81%EB%A5%99%EC%9E%91%EC%A0%84_%EC%A0%84%EC%8A%B9%ED%96%89%EC%82%AC_Rep._of_Korea_Navy_62th_Anniversary_of_Incheon_Landing_Operation_%287998836744%29.jpg/360px-2012._9._%EC%9D%B8%EC%B2%9C%EC%83%81%EB%A5%99%EC%9E%91%EC%A0%84_%EC%A0%84%EC%8A%B9%ED%96%89%EC%82%AC_Rep._of_Korea_Navy_62th_Anniversary_of_Incheon_Landing_Operation_%287998836744%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="1119" /></a> </td> <td>MSH: Mine Sweeper Hunter</td> <td>730/880 </td> <td>1999</td> <td>6<a href="#cite_note-91">[90]</a></td> <td></td> <td>- </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ganggyeong-class_minehunter" title="Ganggyeong-class minehunter">Ganggyeong class</a></td> <td>MHC: Mine Hunter Coastal</td> <td>470/520 </td> <td>1986</td> <td>6</td> <td>-</td> <td>- </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="8" style="align: center; background: lavender;"><a href="/wiki/Auxiliary_ship" title="Auxiliary ship">Auxiliary ships</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td>Hansando class </td> <td>- </td> <td>ATH: Training Ship Helicopter</td> <td>4,500/6,000 </td> <td>2020</td> <td>1<a href="#cite_note-2020-10-23_DN-92">[91]</a></td> <td>-</td> <td>Training ship and Casualty Receiving & Treatment Ships (CRTS) </td></tr> <tr> <td>Soyang class </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:ROKS_Soyang_in_Busan_Naval_Base.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Republic of Korea Navy Fast Combat Support Ship "Soyang"(AOE-51) berthed at Busan Naval Base in Jan 2020."><img alt="Republic of Korea Navy Fast Combat Support Ship "Soyang"(AOE-51) berthed at Busan Naval Base in Jan 2020." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/ROKS_Soyang_in_Busan_Naval_Base.jpg/180px-ROKS_Soyang_in_Busan_Naval_Base.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/ROKS_Soyang_in_Busan_Naval_Base.jpg/270px-ROKS_Soyang_in_Busan_Naval_Base.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/ROKS_Soyang_in_Busan_Naval_Base.jpg/360px-ROKS_Soyang_in_Busan_Naval_Base.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5366" data-file-height="3572" /></a> </td> <td>AOE: Fast Combat Support Ship</td> <td>10,600/23,000 </td> <td>2018</td> <td>1<a href="#cite_note-93">[92]</a></td> <td>-</td> <td>AOE-II </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Cheonji-class_combat_support_ship" class="mw-redirect" title="Cheonji-class combat support ship">Cheonji class</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:ROKS_Hwacheon_in_counter-terror_training_October_2015.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="ROKS Hwacheon (AOE 59) in counter-terror exercise"><img alt="ROKS Hwacheon (AOE 59) in counter-terror exercise" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/ROKS_Hwacheon_in_counter-terror_training_October_2015.jpg/180px-ROKS_Hwacheon_in_counter-terror_training_October_2015.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="117" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/ROKS_Hwacheon_in_counter-terror_training_October_2015.jpg/270px-ROKS_Hwacheon_in_counter-terror_training_October_2015.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/ROKS_Hwacheon_in_counter-terror_training_October_2015.jpg/360px-ROKS_Hwacheon_in_counter-terror_training_October_2015.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3545" data-file-height="2297" /></a> </td> <td>AOE: Fast Combat Support Ship</td> <td>4,200/9,200 </td> <td>1991</td> <td>3</td> <td>-</td> <td>- </td></tr> <tr> <td>Tongyeong class </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:2012._9._%ED%86%B5%EC%98%81%ED%95%A8_%EC%A7%84%EC%88%98%EC%8B%9D_Rep._of_Korea_Navy_Launching_ceremoney_of_ATS2_(7998812649).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Christening ceremony of ROKS Tongyeong (Tongyeong class)"><img alt="Christening ceremony of ROKS Tongyeong (Tongyeong class)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/2012._9._%ED%86%B5%EC%98%81%ED%95%A8_%EC%A7%84%EC%88%98%EC%8B%9D_Rep._of_Korea_Navy_Launching_ceremoney_of_ATS2_%287998812649%29.jpg/180px-2012._9._%ED%86%B5%EC%98%81%ED%95%A8_%EC%A7%84%EC%88%98%EC%8B%9D_Rep._of_Korea_Navy_Launching_ceremoney_of_ATS2_%287998812649%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="70" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/2012._9._%ED%86%B5%EC%98%81%ED%95%A8_%EC%A7%84%EC%88%98%EC%8B%9D_Rep._of_Korea_Navy_Launching_ceremoney_of_ATS2_%287998812649%29.jpg/270px-2012._9._%ED%86%B5%EC%98%81%ED%95%A8_%EC%A7%84%EC%88%98%EC%8B%9D_Rep._of_Korea_Navy_Launching_ceremoney_of_ATS2_%287998812649%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/2012._9._%ED%86%B5%EC%98%81%ED%95%A8_%EC%A7%84%EC%88%98%EC%8B%9D_Rep._of_Korea_Navy_Launching_ceremoney_of_ATS2_%287998812649%29.jpg/360px-2012._9._%ED%86%B5%EC%98%81%ED%95%A8_%EC%A7%84%EC%88%98%EC%8B%9D_Rep._of_Korea_Navy_Launching_ceremoney_of_ATS2_%287998812649%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="775" /></a> </td> <td>ATS: Salvage and Rescue Ship</td> <td>3,500/4,710 </td> <td>2014</td> <td>2<a href="#cite_note-94">[93]</a></td> <td>-</td> <td>ATS-II </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ganghwado-class_submarine_rescue_ship&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ganghwado-class submarine rescue ship (page does not exist)">Ganghwado class</a> </td> <td>- </td> <td>ASR: Submarine Rescue Ship</td> <td>5,600/6,800 </td> <td>2023</td> <td>-</td> <td>1</td> <td>ASR-II </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Cheonghaejin-class_submarine_rescue_ship" title="Cheonghaejin-class submarine rescue ship">Cheonghaejin class</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:2014.4_%EC%84%B8%EC%9B%94%ED%98%B8_%EA%B5%AC%EC%A1%B0_%EC%9E%91%EC%A0%84_(13979529595).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="ROKS Cheonghaejin (Cheonghaejin class)"><img alt="ROKS Cheonghaejin (Cheonghaejin class)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/2014.4_%EC%84%B8%EC%9B%94%ED%98%B8_%EA%B5%AC%EC%A1%B0_%EC%9E%91%EC%A0%84_%2813979529595%29.jpg/180px-2014.4_%EC%84%B8%EC%9B%94%ED%98%B8_%EA%B5%AC%EC%A1%B0_%EC%9E%91%EC%A0%84_%2813979529595%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="91" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/2014.4_%EC%84%B8%EC%9B%94%ED%98%B8_%EA%B5%AC%EC%A1%B0_%EC%9E%91%EC%A0%84_%2813979529595%29.jpg/270px-2014.4_%EC%84%B8%EC%9B%94%ED%98%B8_%EA%B5%AC%EC%A1%B0_%EC%9E%91%EC%A0%84_%2813979529595%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/2014.4_%EC%84%B8%EC%9B%94%ED%98%B8_%EA%B5%AC%EC%A1%B0_%EC%9E%91%EC%A0%84_%2813979529595%29.jpg/360px-2014.4_%EC%84%B8%EC%9B%94%ED%98%B8_%EA%B5%AC%EC%A1%B0_%EC%9E%91%EC%A0%84_%2813979529595%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4581" data-file-height="2306" /></a> </td> <td>ASR: Submarine Rescue Ship</td> <td>3,200/4,300 </td> <td>1996</td> <td>1</td> <td>-</td> <td>To be followed by ASR-II </td></tr> <tr> <td>Singiwon class </td> <td>- </td> <td>AGS: Surveying Ship</td> <td>3,500/4,600 </td> <td>2014</td> <td>1<a href="#cite_note-95">[94]</a><a href="#cite_note-96">[95]</a></td> <td>-</td> <td>AGX-II </td></tr> <tr> <td>Sinsegi class </td> <td>- </td> <td>AGS: Surveying Ship</td> <td>2,850/3,700 </td> <td>2003</td> <td>1<a href="#cite_note-97">[96]</a></td> <td>-</td> <td>AGX-I </td></tr> <tr> <td>Mulgae (LCU 87) class </td> <td>- </td> <td>LCU: Landing Craft Utility </td> <td>540/940 </td> <td>2010 </td> <td>3 </td> <td>- </td> <td>500-ton LCU for logistics support </td></tr> <tr> <td>Mulgae (LCU/L 79) class </td> <td>- </td> <td>LCU/L: Landing Craft Utility Minelayer</td> <td>235/442 </td> <td>1998</td> <td>7</td> <td>-</td> <td>Littoral transport, logistics and mine warfare support </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Aircraft">Aircraft</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Republic_of_Korea_Navy&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Aircraft">edit</a>]</div> The Air Wing Six operates about 70 fixed-wing and <a href="/wiki/Rotary-wing_aircraft" class="mw-redirect" title="Rotary-wing aircraft">rotary-wing aircraft</a> including P-3CK Orion maritime patrol aircraft and AW159 Wildcat ASW helicopters. These aircraft operate from bases throughout South Korea, as well as from the ROK Navy's ships. The ROK Navy had operated about 30 <a href="/wiki/Grumman_S-2_Tracker" title="Grumman S-2 Tracker">S-2</a> <a href="/wiki/Anti-submarine_warfare" title="Anti-submarine warfare">anti-submarine warfare</a> aircraft from 1976 to 2001. From 1977 to 1979, the Navy had acquired 12 <a href="/wiki/A%C3%A9rospatiale_Alouette_III" title="Aérospatiale Alouette III">Aérospatiale Alouette III</a> helicopters for <a href="/wiki/Shipboard_helicopter_operations" title="Shipboard helicopter operations">shipboard helicopter operations</a> with ex-USN <a href="/wiki/Gearing-class_destroyer" title="Gearing-class destroyer">Gearing-class</a> destroyers. The ROK Navy had acquired eight <a href="/wiki/P-3_Orion" class="mw-redirect" title="P-3 Orion">P-3C</a> aircraft by 1996, and eight more <a href="/wiki/P-3_Orion" class="mw-redirect" title="P-3 Orion">P-3CK</a> maritime patrol aircraft (ex-USN P-3B) were delivered to the ROK Navy by 2010 after undergoing extensive refurbishment and modernization. The Navy took delivery of the first batch of 12 Mk.99 <a href="/wiki/Westland_Lynx" title="Westland Lynx">Lynx helicopters</a> in 1991; a second batch of 13 Mk.99A Super Lynx helicopters began delivery in 1999. In 2016, the Navy took delivery of eight AW159 Wildcats helicopters. <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th style="text-align:left;">Aircraft </th> <th style="text-align:left;">Image </th> <th style="text-align:left;">Type </th> <th style="text-align:left;">Variant </th> <th style="text-align:left;">First deployment </th> <th style="text-align:left;">In service </th> <th style="text-align:left;">Note </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="7" style="align: center; background: lavender;"><a href="/wiki/Fixed-wing_aircraft" title="Fixed-wing aircraft">Fixed-wing aircraft</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Boeing_P-8_Poseidon" title="Boeing P-8 Poseidon">Boeing P-8 Poseidon</a> </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Anti-submarine_warfare#Modern_warfare" title="Anti-submarine warfare">ASW</a>/<a href="/wiki/Maritime_patrol_aircraft" title="Maritime patrol aircraft">Maritime patrol aircraft</a> </td> <td>P-8A </td> <td>2023 </td> <td>6<a href="#cite_note-98">[97]</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Lockheed_P-3_Orion" title="Lockheed P-3 Orion">Lockheed P-3 Orion</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/File:P-3_ROK-Jakarta.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="A ROKN P-3 Orion taking part in searching for Indonesia AirAsia Flight 8501"><img alt="A ROKN P-3 Orion taking part in searching for Indonesia AirAsia Flight 8501" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/P-3_ROK-Jakarta.JPG/180px-P-3_ROK-Jakarta.JPG" decoding="async" width="180" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/P-3_ROK-Jakarta.JPG/270px-P-3_ROK-Jakarta.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/P-3_ROK-Jakarta.JPG/360px-P-3_ROK-Jakarta.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2736" data-file-height="1824" /></a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Anti-submarine_warfare#Modern_warfare" title="Anti-submarine warfare">ASW</a>/<a href="/wiki/Maritime_patrol_aircraft" title="Maritime patrol aircraft">Maritime patrol aircraft</a> </td> <td>P-3CK </td> <td>2010 </td> <td>8<a href="#cite_note-99">[98]</a> </td> <td>8 ex-USN P-3B sent from AMARC for modernization by <a href="/wiki/Korea_Aerospace_Industries" title="Korea Aerospace Industries">KAI</a>; 1 additional spare aircraft used for parts and remaining hull scrapped in <a href="/wiki/Tucson,_Arizona" title="Tucson, Arizona">Tucson, Arizona</a>.<a href="#cite_note-100">[99]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>P-3C </td> <td>1995 </td> <td>8 </td> <td>Updated<a href="#cite_note-101">[100]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Reims-Cessna_F406_Caravan_II" title="Reims-Cessna F406 Caravan II">Reims-Cessna F406 Caravan II</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Reims_F406_Caravan_II,_France_-_Army_AN0632367.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="A French Reims F406"><img alt="A French Reims F406" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Reims_F406_Caravan_II%2C_France_-_Army_AN0632367.jpg/180px-Reims_F406_Caravan_II%2C_France_-_Army_AN0632367.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="117" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Reims_F406_Caravan_II%2C_France_-_Army_AN0632367.jpg/270px-Reims_F406_Caravan_II%2C_France_-_Army_AN0632367.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Reims_F406_Caravan_II%2C_France_-_Army_AN0632367.jpg/360px-Reims_F406_Caravan_II%2C_France_-_Army_AN0632367.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="650" /></a> </td> <td>light utility aircraft </td> <td>F406 </td> <td>1999 </td> <td>5<a href="#cite_note-Defence2016-102">[101]</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Target_tug" title="Target tug">Target tug</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="7" style="align: center; background: lavender;"><a href="/wiki/Rotorcraft" title="Rotorcraft">Rotary-wing aircraft</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/AgustaWestland_AW159_Wildcat" title="AgustaWestland AW159 Wildcat">AgustaWestland AW159 Wildcat</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Royal_Navy_Wildcat_Helicopter_MOD_45158434.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="A Royal Navy Wildcat"><img alt="A Royal Navy Wildcat" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Royal_Navy_Wildcat_Helicopter_MOD_45158434.jpg/180px-Royal_Navy_Wildcat_Helicopter_MOD_45158434.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="119" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Royal_Navy_Wildcat_Helicopter_MOD_45158434.jpg/270px-Royal_Navy_Wildcat_Helicopter_MOD_45158434.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Royal_Navy_Wildcat_Helicopter_MOD_45158434.jpg/360px-Royal_Navy_Wildcat_Helicopter_MOD_45158434.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2510" data-file-height="1662" /></a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Anti-submarine_warfare#Modern_warfare" title="Anti-submarine warfare">ASW</a> helicopter </td> <td>AW159 </td> <td>2017 </td> <td>8<a href="#cite_note-103">[102]</a> </td> <td>- </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Westland_Lynx" title="Westland Lynx">Westland Lynx</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/File:2012._9._%EC%9D%B8%EC%B2%9C%EC%83%81%EB%A5%99%EC%9E%91%EC%A0%84_%EC%A0%84%EC%8A%B9%ED%96%89%EC%82%AC_Rep._of_Korea_Navy_62th_Anniversary_of_Incheon_Landing_Operation_Rep.of_Korea_Navy_(7998834439).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="A ROKN Lynx ASW helo"><img alt="A ROKN Lynx ASW helo" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/2012._9._%EC%9D%B8%EC%B2%9C%EC%83%81%EB%A5%99%EC%9E%91%EC%A0%84_%EC%A0%84%EC%8A%B9%ED%96%89%EC%82%AC_Rep._of_Korea_Navy_62th_Anniversary_of_Incheon_Landing_Operation_Rep.of_Korea_Navy_%287998834439%29.jpg/180px-2012._9._%EC%9D%B8%EC%B2%9C%EC%83%81%EB%A5%99%EC%9E%91%EC%A0%84_%EC%A0%84%EC%8A%B9%ED%96%89%EC%82%AC_Rep._of_Korea_Navy_62th_Anniversary_of_Incheon_Landing_Operation_Rep.of_Korea_Navy_%287998834439%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="122" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/2012._9._%EC%9D%B8%EC%B2%9C%EC%83%81%EB%A5%99%EC%9E%91%EC%A0%84_%EC%A0%84%EC%8A%B9%ED%96%89%EC%82%AC_Rep._of_Korea_Navy_62th_Anniversary_of_Incheon_Landing_Operation_Rep.of_Korea_Navy_%287998834439%29.jpg/270px-2012._9._%EC%9D%B8%EC%B2%9C%EC%83%81%EB%A5%99%EC%9E%91%EC%A0%84_%EC%A0%84%EC%8A%B9%ED%96%89%EC%82%AC_Rep._of_Korea_Navy_62th_Anniversary_of_Incheon_Landing_Operation_Rep.of_Korea_Navy_%287998834439%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/2012._9._%EC%9D%B8%EC%B2%9C%EC%83%81%EB%A5%99%EC%9E%91%EC%A0%84_%EC%A0%84%EC%8A%B9%ED%96%89%EC%82%AC_Rep._of_Korea_Navy_62th_Anniversary_of_Incheon_Landing_Operation_Rep.of_Korea_Navy_%287998834439%29.jpg/360px-2012._9._%EC%9D%B8%EC%B2%9C%EC%83%81%EB%A5%99%EC%9E%91%EC%A0%84_%EC%A0%84%EC%8A%B9%ED%96%89%EC%82%AC_Rep._of_Korea_Navy_62th_Anniversary_of_Incheon_Landing_Operation_Rep.of_Korea_Navy_%287998834439%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="1356" /></a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Anti-submarine_warfare#Modern_warfare" title="Anti-submarine warfare">ASW</a> helicopter </td> <td>Super Lynx Mk.99A </td> <td>1999 </td> <td>12<a href="#cite_note-104">[103]</a> </td> <td>- </td></tr> <tr> <td>Lynx Mk.99 </td> <td>1991 </td> <td>11 </td> <td>- </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Sikorsky_UH-60_Black_Hawk" title="Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk">Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:%ED%95%B4%EA%B5%B0_%ED%95%B4%EB%82%9C%EA%B5%AC%EC%A1%B0%EB%8C%80_%ED%98%B9%ED%95%9C%EA%B8%B0_%EB%82%B4%ED%95%9C%ED%9B%88%EB%A0%A8.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="A ROKN UH-60P supporting SSU training"><img alt="A ROKN UH-60P supporting SSU training" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/%ED%95%B4%EA%B5%B0_%ED%95%B4%EB%82%9C%EA%B5%AC%EC%A1%B0%EB%8C%80_%ED%98%B9%ED%95%9C%EA%B8%B0_%EB%82%B4%ED%95%9C%ED%9B%88%EB%A0%A8.jpg/180px-%ED%95%B4%EA%B5%B0_%ED%95%B4%EB%82%9C%EA%B5%AC%EC%A1%B0%EB%8C%80_%ED%98%B9%ED%95%9C%EA%B8%B0_%EB%82%B4%ED%95%9C%ED%9B%88%EB%A0%A8.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="115" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/%ED%95%B4%EA%B5%B0_%ED%95%B4%EB%82%9C%EA%B5%AC%EC%A1%B0%EB%8C%80_%ED%98%B9%ED%95%9C%EA%B8%B0_%EB%82%B4%ED%95%9C%ED%9B%88%EB%A0%A8.jpg/270px-%ED%95%B4%EA%B5%B0_%ED%95%B4%EB%82%9C%EA%B5%AC%EC%A1%B0%EB%8C%80_%ED%98%B9%ED%95%9C%EA%B8%B0_%EB%82%B4%ED%95%9C%ED%9B%88%EB%A0%A8.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/%ED%95%B4%EA%B5%B0_%ED%95%B4%EB%82%9C%EA%B5%AC%EC%A1%B0%EB%8C%80_%ED%98%B9%ED%95%9C%EA%B8%B0_%EB%82%B4%ED%95%9C%ED%9B%88%EB%A0%A8.jpg/360px-%ED%95%B4%EA%B5%B0_%ED%95%B4%EB%82%9C%EA%B5%AC%EC%A1%B0%EB%8C%80_%ED%98%B9%ED%95%9C%EA%B8%B0_%EB%82%B4%ED%95%9C%ED%9B%88%EB%A0%A8.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3862" data-file-height="2470" /></a> </td> <td>utility transport helicopter </td> <td>UH-60P </td> <td>1994 </td> <td>8<a href="#cite_note-Defence2016-102">[101]</a> </td> <td>Built by <a href="/wiki/Korean_Air#Aerospace_research_and_manufacturing" title="Korean Air">KAL-ASD</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a 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href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_Republic_of_Korea_Navy_weaponry" title="List of Republic of Korea Navy weaponry">List of Republic of Korea Navy weaponry</a></div>The ROK Navy, the <a href="/wiki/Defense_Acquisition_Program_Administration" title="Defense Acquisition Program Administration">Defense Acquisition Program Administration</a> (DAPA), and the <a href="/wiki/Agency_for_Defense_Development" title="Agency for Defense Development">Agency for Defense Development</a> (ADD) have been developing naval weaponry with local defense companies. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Future_acquisitions">Future acquisitions</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Republic_of_Korea_Navy&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Future acquisitions">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ships_2">Ships</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Republic_of_Korea_Navy&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: Ships">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li>Korean Submarine (KSS)</li></ul> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Korean_Attack_Submarine_program" title="Korean Attack Submarine program">Korean Attack Submarine program</a></div> The KSS program was a three-phased program to build up the ROK Navy's <a href="/wiki/Submarine" title="Submarine">submarine</a> forces. Before the KSS program, the submarine fleet of the ROK Navy consisted of Dolgorae-class <a href="/wiki/Midget_submarines" class="mw-redirect" title="Midget submarines">midget submarines</a>, which had limited capabilities for inshore operations. Through the first phase, KSS-I, the ROK Navy acquired nine 1,200-ton <a href="/wiki/Jang_Bogo-class_submarine" title="Jang Bogo-class submarine">Jang Bogo-class</a> <a href="/wiki/Submarine" title="Submarine">submarine</a>. For the second phase, KSS-II, the ROK Navy planned to acquire nine 1,800-ton <a href="/wiki/Type_214_submarine" title="Type 214 submarine">Sohn Wonyil-class submarines</a> with Air-Independent propulsion (AIP) system;<a href="#cite_note-korea1-105">[104]</a> the lead boat of her class, ROKS Sohn Wonyil (SS 072) was launched at a shipyard of Hyundai Heavy Industries on June 9, 2006. The Type 214 submarine is expected to play a key role in safeguarding the country's maritime interests. For the third phase of the program, the lead boat of KSS-III, the Dosan Ahn Changho (SS 083) was launched in 2018. A total of nine 3,000-ton KSS-III submarines are expected to be built in South Korea with indigenous technologies (i.e. not going under license as the previous KSS-I and KSS-II submarines).<a href="#cite_note-106">[105]</a> The KSS-III submarines will be able to fire <a href="/wiki/Submarine_launched_ballistic_missile" class="mw-redirect" title="Submarine launched ballistic missile">submarine launched ballistic missiles</a> (SLBMs): Prompted by North Korea's development of the <a href="/wiki/KN-11" class="mw-redirect" title="KN-11">KN-11</a> SLBM, a vertical launching pad will be installed on the submarines for a missile expected to be developed by 2020.<a href="#cite_note-107">[106]</a> KSS-III submarines will have six vertical missile launch tubes that could house <a href="/wiki/Hyunmoo-2" class="mw-redirect" title="Hyunmoo-2">Hyunmoo-2</a>B <a href="/wiki/Short-range_ballistic_missile" title="Short-range ballistic missile">short-range ballistic missile</a> with a range of 500 km (310 mi).<a href="#cite_note-108">[107]</a> South Korea has long sought the acquisition of <a href="/wiki/Nuclear-powered_submarine" class="mw-redirect" title="Nuclear-powered submarine">nuclear-powered submarines</a>, and the 2021 <a href="/wiki/AUKUS" title="AUKUS">AUKUS</a> announcement to supply them to Australia has renewed this desire.<a href="#cite_note-38north-20211209-109">[108]</a> <ul><li>Aircraft Carrier Experimental (CVX)</li></ul> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/CVX-class_aircraft_carrier" title="CVX-class aircraft carrier">CVX-class aircraft carrier</a></div> The ROK Navy initially planned to build an amphibious assault ships capable of operating the <a href="/wiki/Lockheed_Martin_F-35_Lightning_II#F-35B" title="Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II">F-35B</a> as the <a href="/wiki/LPX-II-Class_Aircraft_Carrier" class="mw-redirect" title="LPX-II-Class Aircraft Carrier">LPX-II</a> program. In August 2020, the Ministry of National Defense formally announced its intent to begin construction of a 30,000-ton light aircraft carrier, and it was authorized as the CVX program in February 2021. The ROK Navy plans to acquire an aircraft carrier by 2033.<a href="#cite_note-110">[109]</a> <ul><li>Korea Destroyer Experimental (KDX)</li></ul> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Korean_Destroyer_eXperimental" title="Korean Destroyer eXperimental">Korean Destroyer eXperimental</a></div> The KDX program was a three-phased program to modernize the surface fleet by developing and constructing new <a href="/wiki/Destroyer" title="Destroyer">destroyers</a> for the ROK Navy with advanced combat systems and weaponry. The outcomes of this program include the <a href="/wiki/Gwanggaeto_the_Great-class_destroyer" title="Gwanggaeto the Great-class destroyer">Gwanggaeto the Great-class destroyer</a> destroyers, which are the first ROK destroyers to be armed with <a href="/wiki/Surface-to-air_missile" title="Surface-to-air missile">surface-to-air missiles</a>; the <a href="/wiki/Chungmugong_Yi_Sun-sin-class_destroyer" title="Chungmugong Yi Sun-sin-class destroyer">Chungmugong Yi Sun-sin-class</a> destroyers; and the powerful <a href="/wiki/Sejong_the_Great-class_destroyer" title="Sejong the Great-class destroyer">Sejong the Great-class</a> <a href="/wiki/Destroyer" title="Destroyer">destroyer</a>, which are equipped with the sophisticated <a href="/wiki/AEGIS_combat_system" class="mw-redirect" title="AEGIS combat system">AEGIS combat system</a> for air-defense and anti-missile operations. These new destroyers replaced antiquated destroyers that had been transferred from the U.S. Navy decades ago. As follow up programs, the ROK Navy plans to build three additional AEGIS destroyers (KDX-III Batch-II) by 2028,<a href="#cite_note-111">[110]</a> and six 8,000-ton destroyers (<a href="/wiki/KDDX-class_destroyer" title="KDDX-class destroyer">KDDX</a>) by 2030 as successors of the <a href="/wiki/Chungmugong_Yi_Sun-sin-class_destroyer" title="Chungmugong Yi Sun-sin-class destroyer">Chungmugong Yi Sun-sin-class</a> destroyers.<a href="#cite_note-112">[111]</a><a href="#cite_note-113">[112]</a> <ul><li>Frigate Experimental (FFX)</li></ul> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Incheon-class_frigate" title="Incheon-class frigate">Incheon-class frigate</a></div> The FFX program aims to replace the Ulsan-class frigates and Donghae/Pohang-class corvettes with new frigates. The total number of the ships to be built is 26 (FFX batch-I batch-II batch-III batch-IV).<a href="#cite_note-114">[113]</a> These frigates will be armed with the American-made <a href="/wiki/Phalanx_CIWS" title="Phalanx CIWS">Phalanx CIWS system</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Rolling_Airframe_Missile" class="mw-redirect" title="Rolling Airframe Missile">rolling airframe missile system</a>, and they will each carry an <a href="/wiki/Anti-submarine_warfare" title="Anti-submarine warfare">anti-submarine warfare</a> helicopter.<a href="#cite_note-115">[114]</a> Six <a href="/wiki/Incheon-class_frigate" title="Incheon-class frigate">Incheon-class</a> <a href="/wiki/Frigate" title="Frigate">frigates</a> (FFX Batch-I) were commissioned by 2016. The <a href="/wiki/Lead_ship" title="Lead ship">lead ship</a> (<a href="/wiki/ROKS_Daegu_(FFG-818)" title="ROKS Daegu (FFG-818)">FFG 818</a>) in a class of eight in the <a href="/wiki/Daegu-class_frigate" title="Daegu-class frigate">Daegu-class</a> frigate (FFX Batch-II) was commissioned in 2018. As follow-up, six <a href="/wiki/Chungnam-class_frigate" title="Chungnam-class frigate">Chungnam-class</a> frigate (FFX Batch-III) are planned, and the lead ship is to be delivered in 2024.<a href="#cite_note-116">[115]</a> <ul><li>Patrol Killer Experimental (PKX)</li></ul> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Gumdoksuri-class_patrol_vessel" class="mw-redirect" title="Gumdoksuri-class patrol vessel">Gumdoksuri-class patrol vessel</a></div> Through the PKX program, the ROK Navy plans to build a fleet of a next generation <a href="/wiki/Patrol_craft" class="mw-redirect" title="Patrol craft">patrol craft</a> with <a href="/wiki/Cooperative_Engagement_Capability" title="Cooperative Engagement Capability">Cooperative Engagement Capability</a> and enhanced weaponry such as 76 mm guns and the KSSM anti-ship missiles. There are two variations: PKX-A and PKX-B. The PKX-A is a 570-ton patrol craft with anti-ship missiles; PKX-B is a 200-ton patrol craft. 18 PKX-As and 34 PKX-Bs are planned. On 28 June 2007, the lead ship of PKX-A, PKG 711 named, ROKS Yoon Youngha, captain of PKM 357 at the <a href="/wiki/Second_Battle_of_Yeonpyeong" class="mw-redirect" title="Second Battle of Yeonpyeong">Second Battle of Yeonpyeong</a> was launched at the shipyard of <a href="/wiki/Hanjin_Heavy_Industries" class="mw-redirect" title="Hanjin Heavy Industries">Hanjin Heavy Industries</a> in <a href="/wiki/Busan" title="Busan">Busan</a>. All 18 PKGs were commissioned by 2018 to replace the aging <a href="/wiki/Chamsuri_class_patrol_vessel" class="mw-redirect" title="Chamsuri class patrol vessel">Chamsuri-class</a> patrol craft. The lead ship of PKX-B, ROKS Chamsuri 211 (PKMR 211), was commissioned in 2017. <ul><li>Landing Transport Experimental (LPX)</li></ul> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Dokdo-class_amphibious_assault_ship" title="Dokdo-class amphibious assault ship">Dokdo-class amphibious assault ship</a></div> The LPX program was the ROK Navy's new <a href="/wiki/Amphibious_assault_ship" title="Amphibious assault ship">amphibious warfare ship</a> program for which Hanjin Heavy Industries has provided the general design package. The ROK Navy's requirements for the new amphibious warfare ships were to enhance Korea's current amphibious operation capability, both in terms of assault and <a href="/wiki/Military_operations_other_than_war" title="Military operations other than war">military operations other than war</a> (MOOTW) type operations. On 12 July 2005, the lead ship (LPH 6111) of the 14,500-ton <a href="/wiki/Dokdo-class_amphibious_assault_ship" title="Dokdo-class amphibious assault ship">Dokdo-class</a> <a href="/wiki/Amphibious_transport_dock" title="Amphibious transport dock">amphibious transport dock</a> was launched at the shipyard of Hanjin Heavy Industries in <a href="/wiki/Busan" title="Busan">Busan</a>. The first <a href="/wiki/Air-cushioned_landing_craft" title="Air-cushioned landing craft">air-cushion landing craft</a> of LSF-II (ROKS Solgae 631) was delivered for ROKS Dokdo in April 2007. In October 2009, the ROK Navy revealed a plan to commission another LPX around 2018.<a href="#cite_note-117">[116]</a> The Marado (LPH 6112) was launched in May 2018. <ul><li>MSH phase II</li></ul> The ROKN plans to build and commission three more Yangyang class mine warfare ships. The lead ship, Namhae was launched in April 2020. <ul><li>ASR-II</li></ul> The ROK Navy plans to commission a new submarine rescue ship around 2022.<a href="#cite_note-118">[117]</a> <a href="/wiki/Daewoo_Shipbuilding_%26_Marine_Engineering" class="mw-redirect" title="Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering">Daewoo S&ME</a> (DSME) will build the ship, and <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">UK</a>-based underwater systems developer JFD will deliver a <a href="/wiki/Deep-submergence_rescue_vehicle" title="Deep-submergence rescue vehicle">deep-submergence rescue vehicle</a> (DSRV) for the ROK Navy in 2021.<a href="#cite_note-119">[118]</a><a href="#cite_note-120">[119]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Aircraft_2">Aircraft</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Republic_of_Korea_Navy&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: Aircraft">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li>Maritime Patrol Aircraft-II</li></ul> The ROK Navy had acquired eight <a href="/wiki/P-3_Orion" class="mw-redirect" title="P-3 Orion">P-3C</a> aircraft by 1996 through the Maritime Patrol Aircraft-I phase I.<a href="#cite_note-121">[120]</a> Through the phase II, eight more <a href="/wiki/P-3_Orion" class="mw-redirect" title="P-3 Orion">P-3CK</a> maritime patrol aircraft, modified from retired <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">USN</a> P-3B had been delivered to the ROK Navy by 2010 after undergoing extensive refurbishment and modernization.<a href="#cite_note-122">[121]</a><a href="#cite_note-123">[122]</a> In May 2013, it was announced that the <a href="/wiki/Defense_Acquisition_Program_Administration" title="Defense Acquisition Program Administration">Defense Acquisition Program Administration</a> (DAPA) was commencing a <a href="/wiki/South_Korean_won" title="South Korean won">₩</a>1 trillion (equivalent to ₩1.05 trillion or <a href="/wiki/USD" class="mw-redirect" title="USD">US$</a>929.13 million in 2017)<a href="#cite_note-inflation-KRW-124">[123]</a> procurement program to acquire up to 20 new anti-submarine warfare aircraft to replace the existing fleet of 16 P-3Cs. While possible candidates include the <a href="/wiki/EADS_CASA_C-295" title="EADS CASA C-295">C-295 MPA</a>, <a href="/wiki/Boeing_P-8_Poseidon" title="Boeing P-8 Poseidon">P-8 Poseidon</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Lockheed_Martin_C-130J_Super_Hercules" title="Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules">SC-130J Sea Hercules</a>,<a href="#cite_note-125">[124]</a> DAPA was considering a plan to procure 12 to 20 ex-USN <a href="/wiki/S-3_Viking" class="mw-redirect" title="S-3 Viking">S-3 Vikings</a> for the ROKN.<a href="#cite_note-126">[125]</a> In 2017, the ROK Navy canceled plans to purchase refurbished and upgraded S-3 Viking aircraft.<a href="#cite_note-127">[126]</a><a href="#cite_note-128">[127]</a> In March 2019, the South Korean government ordered six <a href="/wiki/Boeing_P-8_Poseidon" title="Boeing P-8 Poseidon">P-8A</a> aircraft from <a href="/wiki/Boeing" title="Boeing">Boeing</a>.<a href="#cite_note-129">[128]</a> <ul><li>Maritime Helicopter-II</li></ul> Through Maritime Helicopter-I, the ROK Navy took delivery of the first batch of 12 Mk.99 <a href="/wiki/Westland_Lynx" title="Westland Lynx">Lynx helicopters</a> in 1991;<a href="#cite_note-130">[129]</a> a second batch of 13 Mk.99A Super Lynx helicopters began delivery in 1999. The first Lynx batch was later upgraded to the same standard as the second batch; the changes included the adoption of a new radar, FLIR, and ESM systems.<a href="#cite_note-131">[130]</a><a href="#cite_note-132">[131]</a> On 15 January 2013, the Defense Acquisition Program Administration announced the selection of the <a href="/wiki/AgustaWestland_AW159_Wildcat" title="AgustaWestland AW159 Wildcat">AW159 Wildcat</a> to fulfill a requirement of the ROK Navy for a maritime helicopter, winning out against the <a href="/wiki/Sikorsky_SH-60_Seahawk" title="Sikorsky SH-60 Seahawk">MH-60R Seahawk</a>. The batch of eight aircraft were chosen to perform search-and-rescue missions, anti-submarine warfare and surveillance. On 13 June 2016, the Navy took delivery of four Wildcats. The helicopters operate from the Navy's <a href="/wiki/Incheon-class_frigate" title="Incheon-class frigate">Incheon-class guided missile/coastal defense frigates</a>. The remaining four were delivered in late November 2016. In December 2020, the South Korean government ordered 12 MH-60 Seahawk helicopters to further strengthen the Navy's anti-submarine capabilities.<a href="#cite_note-133">[132]</a> <ul><li>Mine Countermeasure Helicopter</li></ul> The ROK Navy had planned to acquire new mine countermeasure helicopters by 2012 with a budget of 480 billion won. AgustaWestland <a href="/wiki/EH-101" class="mw-redirect" title="EH-101">EH-101</a>, NHIndustries <a href="/wiki/NH-90" class="mw-redirect" title="NH-90">NH-90</a>, and Sikorsky <a href="/wiki/MH-60S" class="mw-redirect" title="MH-60S">MH-60S</a> were considered as possible candidates for the acquisition program<a href="#cite_note-134">[133]</a> before it decided to hold the program due to the global financial crisis that hit the world in 2008. <ul><li>Basic Training Helicopter</li></ul> On 17 May 2022, <a href="/wiki/Defense_Acquisition_Program_Administration" title="Defense Acquisition Program Administration">Defense Acquisition Program Administration</a> orders 40 <a href="/wiki/Bell_505" class="mw-redirect" title="Bell 505">Bell 505</a> helicopters cost of 170 billion won (US$133.75 million). It will be used as basic training, delivery will start from 2025. These helicopters will be used by both ROK Navy and <a href="/wiki/ROK_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="ROK Army">ROK Army</a>.<a href="#cite_note-135">[134]</a><a href="#cite_note-136">[135]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Republic_of_Korea_Navy&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: See also">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Naval_Operations_(South_Korea)" title="Chief of Naval Operations (South Korea)">Chief of Naval Operations (South Korea)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Korean_Navy" class="mw-redirect" title="North Korean Navy">North Korean Navy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Korea_Coast_Guard" class="mw-redirect" title="Republic of Korea Coast Guard">Korea Coast Guard</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Explanatory_notes">Explanatory notes</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Republic_of_Korea_Navy&action=edit&section=32" title="Edit section: Explanatory notes">edit</a>]</div> Romanization is according to <a href="/wiki/Revised_Romanization_of_Korean" title="Revised Romanization of Korean">Revised Romanization of Korean</a> (adopted in 2000), with exceptions of personal names. 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href="/wiki/Chairman_of_the_Joint_Chiefs_of_Staff_(South_Korea)" title="Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (South Korea)">Chairman</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Branches</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_Korea_Army.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_Korea_Army.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_Korea_Army.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_Korea_Army.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_Korea_Army.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_Korea_Army.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /> <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Korea_Army" title="Republic of Korea 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