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Hyundai Heavy Industries Launched the Fourth & Last LST-II Landing Ship for ROK Navy

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Naval Industry News - South Korea
 
 
 
 
Hyundai Heavy Industries Launched the Fourth & Last LST-II Landing Ship for ROK Navy
 
South Korea's Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) has announced that the fourth LST-II class Landing Ship Tank "No Jeok Bong" was christened and launched on November 2nd. The amphibious vessel is intended for the Republic of Korea Navy (ROK Navy). The LST is the last of four vessels built as part of South Korea's next generation landing ship project. The first ship, the "Cheon Wang Bong", was delivered to the ROK Navy in November 2014 and the second one "Cheon Ja Bong" was delivered in August 2017.
     
ROK Navy LST II class landing ship No Jeok Bong 1ROK Navy LST-II class landing ship No Jeok Bong during the launch ceremony. ROK Navy picture.
     
Built by Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI), No Jeok Bong displaces 4950 tons (over 7000 at full load) and measures 126.9 meters in length. It can transport more troops and hardware further away and at a faster speed than the preceding Gobongjun-class (LST-I) ship. It can travel at a maximum speed of 23 knots and can accommodate 300 troops, two LCMs, two MBTs and eight amphibious assault vehicles.

The helicopter pad can accommodate two helicopters, a feature that makes simultaneous airborne and maritime infiltration operations possible.
     
ROK Navy LST II class landing ship No Jeok Bong 2ROK Navy LST-II class landing ship No Jeok Bong during the launch ceremony. ROK Navy picture.
     
No Jeok Bong is named after one of the peaks of Yudal Mountain in Mokpo, South Jeolla Province. It will be delivered to the ROK Navy in November next year and commissioned in 2019.

"Once the No Jeok Bong is put in combat operation, it will further strengthen our military's assault and defense capabilities by enabling large-scale combined landing operations of the Army, the Navy and the Air Force," Jeon Jei-guk, head of the Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA), said in a launch ceremony held at the shipyard of HHI in Ulsan.
     
DAPA video of ROK Navy LST-II class landing ship Cheon Ja Bong during sea trials.