{
  "id": "pohang",
  "name": "Pohang Class",
  "aliases": [],
  "domain": "naval",
  "country": "KOR",
  "category": "Corvette",
  "status": null,
  "fielded": 1984,
  "operators": [
    "COL",
    "EGY",
    "KOR",
    "PER",
    "PHL"
  ],
  "prolif_count": 5,
  "summary": "The Pohang-class corvette is a class of general-purpose corvettes operated by the Republic of Korea Navy. They have served in a coastal defense role during the late Cold War and post Cold War period.",
  "specs": [
    {
      "k": "crew",
      "v": 95,
      "src": [
        "weg-pohang"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "length_m",
      "v": 88.3,
      "src": [
        "weg-pohang"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "beam_m",
      "v": 10,
      "src": [
        "weg-pohang"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Draft",
      "section": "dims",
      "v": "2.9 m",
      "src": [
        "weg-pohang"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Displacement (standard)",
      "section": "dims",
      "v": "950 tons",
      "src": [
        "weg-pohang"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "displacement_t",
      "v": 1240,
      "src": [
        "weg-pohang"
      ],
      "conf": "medium",
      "label": "Displacement (full load)"
    },
    {
      "k": "propulsion",
      "v": "2 x MTU 12V956 TB82",
      "src": [
        "weg-pohang"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Engine power",
      "section": "mobility",
      "v": "6,260 bhp",
      "src": [
        "weg-pohang"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "range_km",
      "v": 7408,
      "src": [
        "weg-pohang"
      ],
      "conf": "medium",
      "note": "4,000 nm at 15 knots"
    },
    {
      "k": "speed_kt",
      "v": 32,
      "src": [
        "weg-pohang"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "FCS Name",
      "section": "firecontrol",
      "v": "1 x Marconi S-1810 fire control (PCC-766 on)",
      "src": [
        "weg-pohang"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Navigation Radar",
      "section": "firecontrol",
      "v": "1 x Raytheon AN/SPS-64 navigation",
      "src": [
        "weg-pohang"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Surface / Air Search Radar",
      "section": "firecontrol",
      "v": "1 x Marconi ST1802 surface/air search",
      "src": [
        "weg-pohang"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Hull-Mounted Sonar",
      "section": "firecontrol",
      "v": "1 x Thales PHS-32 hull-mounted, medium-frequency",
      "src": [
        "weg-pohang"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Electronic Warfare",
      "section": "protection",
      "v": "1 x Goldstar ULQ-12K intercept/jammer",
      "src": [
        "weg-pohang"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Decoy",
      "section": "protection",
      "v": "1 x Mk 36 SRBOC decoy system (2 6-round Mark 137 rocket launchers) (PCC-756/759) or 4 x 9-round Protean decoy rocket launchers (PCC-761 and following)",
      "src": [
        "weg-pohang"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "NBC Protection",
      "section": "protection",
      "v": "Yes",
      "src": [
        "weg-pohang"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Torpedo Weapon System: torpedo tubes",
      "section": "armament",
      "v": "2 x triple BAE Systems 324-mm Mark 32 ASW",
      "src": [
        "weg-pohang"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Torpedo Weapon System: torpedo name",
      "section": "armament",
      "v": "Mark 46 Torpedo",
      "src": [
        "weg-pohang"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Torpedo Weapon System: torpedo basic load",
      "section": "armament",
      "v": "6 x Mark 46 Torpedo",
      "src": [
        "weg-pohang"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "armament",
      "v": "OTO Melara 76mm; DARDO; Exocet Missile; Sea Wolf Missile",
      "src": [
        "weg-pohang"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "hulls",
      "v": 24,
      "src": [
        "weg-pohang"
      ],
      "conf": "medium",
      "note": "Hulls listed in the source card"
    }
  ],
  "payloads": [
    {
      "name": "OTO Melara 76mm",
      "role": "Naval Gun",
      "src": [
        "weg-pohang"
      ],
      "conf": "medium",
      "caps": {
        "Type": "Naval Gun",
        "Caliber": "76 mm",
        "Rate of fire": "85 rounds/min"
      },
      "range_km": 16,
      "qty": "1 x 76-mm/62-cal Oto Melara Super Rapid DP"
    },
    {
      "name": "DARDO",
      "role": "Close-In Weapon System (CIWS)",
      "src": [
        "weg-pohang"
      ],
      "conf": "medium",
      "caps": {
        "Type": "Close-In Weapon System (CIWS)",
        "Caliber": "40 mm",
        "Rate of fire": "2 × 450 round/min"
      },
      "range_km": 8.7,
      "qty": "2 x twin DARDO 40mm CIWS"
    },
    {
      "name": "Exocet Missile",
      "role": "Anti-Ship Missile",
      "src": [
        "weg-pohang"
      ],
      "conf": "medium",
      "caps": {
        "Type": "Anti-Ship Missile",
        "Guidance": "Inertial guidance and terminal active radar homing",
        "Warhead": "165 km",
        "Speed": "Mach 0.93 1,148 kilometres per hour (713 mph; 319 m/s)",
        "Launcher": "MM40 Block II missile launchers.",
        "Length": "6 m"
      },
      "range_km": 180,
      "qty": "2 × 4 Exocet MM40 Block II missile launchers."
    },
    {
      "name": "Sea Wolf Missile",
      "role": "Surface-to-Air Missile",
      "src": [
        "weg-pohang"
      ],
      "conf": "medium",
      "caps": {
        "Type": "Surface-to-Air Missile",
        "Guidance": "Automatic Command to Line-Of-Sight (ACLOS)",
        "Warhead": "14 kg (30.9 lb) HE Blast-Fragmentation",
        "Speed": "Mach 3 (3,675 km/h; 2,284 mph)",
        "Launcher": "Vertical Launching System",
        "Length": "1.9 m"
      },
      "range_km": [
        1,
        10
      ],
      "qty": "1 x VLS for Seawolf SAM Launcher"
    }
  ],
  "variants": [
    {
      "name": "POHANG",
      "text": "Commissioned: 1984 Status: Museum",
      "src": [
        "weg-pohang"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "KUNSAN",
      "text": "Commissioned: 1984 Status: Trans/Colombia",
      "src": [
        "weg-pohang"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "KEONGJU",
      "text": "Commissioned: 1986 Status: Trans/Peru",
      "src": [
        "weg-pohang"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "MOKPO",
      "text": "Commissioned: 1986 Status: Trans/Philippines",
      "src": [
        "weg-pohang"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "KIMCHON",
      "text": "Commissioned: 1985 Status: Trans/Vietnam",
      "src": [
        "weg-pohang"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "CHUNG JU",
      "text": "Commissioned: 1985 Status: Trans/Philippines",
      "src": [
        "weg-pohang"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "JINJU",
      "text": "Commissioned: 1988 Status: Active",
      "src": [
        "weg-pohang"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "YEOSU",
      "text": "Commissioned: 1988 Status: Active",
      "src": [
        "weg-pohang"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "art": "destroyer",
  "image": null,
  "verified": null,
  "changelog": [
    {
      "date": "2026-10-10",
      "change": "Entry created from the Worldwide Equipment Guide (ODIN), bulk import"
    }
  ],
  "url": "https://www.defensepedia.com/systems/pohang.html",
  "sources": {
    "weg-pohang": {
      "title": "Pohang Class South Korean Corvette",
      "publisher": "U.S. Army TRADOC G-2 Worldwide Equipment Guide (ODIN)",
      "url": "https://odin.t2com.army.mil/WEG/Asset/Pohang_Class_South_Korean_Corvette",
      "published": "2026-03-20",
      "tier": 1,
      "checked": "2026-10-10"
    }
  }
}