- Tonghae class corvette
Four Tonghae (Dong Hae) class corvettes are used by the
South Korean Navy for coastal patrol duties. Eachcorvette is armed with one 1 OTO Melara 76mm compact gun, 3 AA guns, 6torpedoes and 12depth charges foranti submarine operations . The ships resemble the laterPohang class but have slightly different armament. Each ship was build by a different shipbuilder. ROKS Tonghae (PCC-751) was the first to be launched, in August 1982, and ROKS Anyang (PCC-755) the last in 1983. Each ship is named after a South Korean city while Tonghae is a port city itself.References
* [http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/rok/pohang.htm Global Security Feature]
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