(Asien) Südkoreanische Marine

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Amphibious Transport Dock Ship Handed Over to Navy

The Navy commissioned a large multipurpose transport vessel Tuesday (July 3) after two years of trial operation.

The 14,000-ton Dokdo Ham (ship), named after Korea's easternmost islets in the East Sea, can carry up to 700 troops, seven choppers, six tanks, seven armored vehicles and two small landing boats.

The 199-meter long, 31-meter wide ship, the largest in the South Korean Navy, is equipped with a Phalanx closed-in weapons system for detecting and destroying incoming anti-ship missiles, and a Rolling Airframe Missile guided missile system.

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Quelle: Korea Overseas Information Service; issued July 3, 2007
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