South Korea Nampo Class Minelayer x1

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DB Selector

DB3K

Baseline

No response

Hypothetical

No

Name

MLS 570 Nampo

Class

Nampo Class

Country

South Korea

Service

Navy

In Commission

2017-

Length (m)

114.3

Beam (m)

17.2

Draft (m)

4.6

Standard Displacement (t)

4240

Full Displacement (t)

4240

Empty Displacement (t)

No response

Complement

120

Max Sea State

No response

Primary Propulsion Type

Diesel

Propulsion

4x MTU 16V1163 diesels

Fuel Capacity (kg)

No response

Flank Speed (kt)

23

Range (nm) at Speed (kt)

4500@13

Sensors

• 1x SPS-550K
• CEROS
• 1x surface search
• 2x navigation radars KDT SPS-300K 2D X-band
• 1x SQS-240 and TASS capable of mine warfare
• KDT SPG-540K f/c
• SLQ-200(V)K Sonata ECM
• LIG Nex1 SAQ-540K Electro-Optical Targeting System (EOTS)

Mounts

• Hanwha DS 4-cell Korean VLS for LIG Nex1 KM-SAAM(4 per cell) and for LIG Nex1 Red Shark K-ASROC (1 per cell)
• 1x 1 - 76/62 OTO-Melara Compact
• 2x 3 - 324 Mk 32 TT (LIG Nex1 K745 Blue Shark)
• KHNT Minelaying system for 300-500 mines depending on type (mooring mines, CAPTOR (enCAPsulated TORpedo) mines, magnetic and sound mines)
• 2x MASS decoy RL
• 2x SLQ-261K torpedo decoy RL
• 2x K6 12.7mm HMG

Aircraft & Docking Facilities

• 1x landing pad for Lynx helicopter
• 1x hangar for Lynx helicopter
• 2x davit for RHIBs

Comms/Datalinks

• SATCOM and other applicable

Ship Codes

No response

Comments

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Sources

http://www.navypedia.org/ships/korea_south/kos_ms_nampo.htm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nampo-class_minelayer https://www.navyrecognition.com/index.php/news/naval-exhibitions/2017/madex-2017/5656-madex-2017-hyundai-heavy-industries-hdm-4000-mls-ii-class-minelayer-of-the-rok-navy.html https://www.navalanalyses.com/2017/08/wonsan-and-nampo-minelayer-classes-of.html

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Nampo-class Minelayer (MLS-II)'s datalinks include Link-11.

You, Hojeong and Byeonggon Choi, "Message Analysis and Development Situation on the Tactical Data Link of Combat Management System in Naval", Journal of Satellite, Information and Communications Vol.12 No.2, 2017 https://www.koreascience.or.kr/article/JAKO201761242144559.pdf

Nampo-class minlayer's VLS is compact version KVLS. Unlike conventional KVLS (8-cell per module), each module has 4-cell and only for K-SAAM quadpack. It cannot accommodate the larger (5.7m) Red Shark. ADEX 2015, LIG Nex1