Dosan Ahn Changho class KSS-III Submarine Korean Navy ROKN

Republic of Korea Navy - ROKN
Dosan Ahn Changho class (KSS-III) Submarine

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Ships:

Unit	Korean Name	Builder	Launched	Commissioned	STATUS
Batch I
SS-083 ROKS Dosan Ahn Changho	도산안창호	Daewoo	September 14, 2018	August 13, 2021	ACTIVE
SS-085 ROKS Ahn Mu	안무	Daewoo	November 10, 2020	April 20, 2023	ACTIVE
SS-086 ROKS Shin Chae-ho	신채호	Hyundai	September 28, 2021	April 4, 2024	ACTIVE

Batch II
SS-087 ROKS Lee Bong-chang	이봉창	Hanwha	laid down March 2023	2026 ?	construction
SS-088 ROKS ?


Batch III

Specifications:

Builders:
Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME), Geoje, RoK
Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI), Ulsan, RoK
Hanwha Ocean Co., Ltd. (former DSME)

Displacement: Batch I: 3,358 tons, surfaced / 3,750 tons, submerged
Length: Batch I: 83.5 meters (273 ft 11 in) / Batch II: 89 m (292 ft)
Beam: 9.6 meters (31 ft 6 in)
Draft: 7.62 meters (25 ft)
Speed: 12 knots (22 km/h), surfaced / 20 knots (37 km/h), submerged
Range: 10,000 NMI (18,500 km)
Endurance: 50 days
Crew: 50

Propulsion (Batch I):
Diesel-Electric + Fuel-cell AIP
3 x MTU 16V396SE84L diesel engines (3.12 MW)
4 x Bumhan Industry PH1 PEM fuel cell each with 150 kW
1 shaft / 1 low-noise skew-back propeller

Armament:
6 x 21 in (533 mm) bow torpedo tubes
for
21-inch (533mm) LIG Nex1 Tiger Shark heavyweight torpedoes
and/or
UGM-84 Harpoon SSM

- - - - -

6 x Vertical Launching Tubes (VLS)
for
Chonryong Submarine Launched Cruise Missile (SLCM)
and/or
Hyunmoo Submarine Launched Ballistic Missile (SLBM)

Systems:
LIG Nex1 Combat Management System
LIG Nex1 Hull-mounted Sonar
Thales Planar Flank Array Sonar
Hanwha Thales Mine Avoidance Sonar
LIG Nex1/STX Towed Array Sonar System
LIG Nex1 SONATA EW (integrating Indra PEGASO Radar ESM)
Sagem Optronic Surveillance System
Hanwha Thales Satellite Communication System

The Dosan Ahn Changho class submarines are the final phase of the Korean Attack Submarine program, a three-phased program to build 27 attack submarines for the Republic of Korea Navy between 1994 and 2029. The lead vessel, Dosan Anh Changho, was launched in 2018. It began sea trials in 2019 and planned to be ready for service by 2020.

Design and description:
The new class will have a submarine version of the Korean Vertical Launching System which will be able to carry up to ten indigenous "Chonryong" land-attack cruise missiles and "Hyunmoo" submarine-launched ballistic missiles (SLBM), becoming the first submarine in the South Korean navy to have this kind of capability. It will also have many other improvements compared to its predecessors built with a greater degree of South Korean technology, especially in the later batches, which will include Samsung SDI lithium-ion batteries. Measured to displace over 3,800 tonnes (3,700 long tons) submerged during sea trials, they are the largest conventional submarines ever built by South Korea. The Batch II vessels will increase their displacement by approximately 450 t (440 long tons) (4,250 t, 4,180 long tons submerged), according to the Defense Acquisition Program Administration.

KSS-III Batch II:
On 25 April 2016 there was a South Korean Congressional Hearing session held immediately after North Korea's SLBM launch, which raised some important questions about the ROK Navy's submarine capabilities to counter this threat. In response to questions whether the ROK Navy was currently developing capabilities to counter the SLBM threat, the ministry confirmed that the KSS-III Batch-II will undergo redesign process before construction (lasting until 30 December 2018) to accommodate capability upgrades. These upgrades will give the Batch-II submarines better capabilities at both attacking strategic land-based facilities and performing anti-submarine warfare. The Next Generation Submarine Project Team held a "System Functional Review" meeting on the KSS-III Batch-II submarine in late June 2017 which led to a review of the Batch-II design.

Expected changes of Batch-II compared to Batch-I:
Lengthened hull (approximately 6 m (19 ft 8 in))
Increase of VLS cells from 6 to 10
Indigenous combat system and sensors
LiB and, potentially, High-Temperature Superconductor (HTS) motor for integrated full electric propulsion system

source: wikipedia

Names:

Ahn Changho, sometimes An Chang-ho (November 9, 1878 - March 10, 1938)
was a Korean independence activist and one of the early leaders of the Korean-American immigrant community in the United States. He is also referred to by his pen name Dosan. A protestant social activist, he established the Shinminhoe (New Korea Society) when he returned to Korea from the US in 1907. It was the most important organization to fight the Japanese occupation of Korea.

Ahn Mu
no information

Shin Chae-ho, or Sin Chaeho (December 8, 1880 - February 21, 1936)
was a Korean independence activist, historian, anarchist, nationalist, and a founder of Korean nationalist historiography. He is held in high esteem in both North and South Korea.

Lee Bong-chang (August 10, 1900 - October 10, 1932)
was a Korean independence activist during the Japanese occupation of Korea. In 1932, he attempted unsuccessfully to assassinate Japanese emperor Hirohito with a hand grenade, which became known as the Sakuradamon Incident.

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SS-083 ROKS Dosan Ahn Changho

SS-083 ROKS Dosan Ahn Changho

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ss-085 roks ahn mu dosan changho class submarine kss-iii republic of korean navy rokn tiger shark torpedo ugm-84 harpoon ssm chonryong slcm missile hyonmoo cruise ballistic slbm 03

SS-085 ROKS Ahn Mu

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SS-085 ROKS Ahn Mu

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