ROKS ''Hansando'' (ATH-81) is a helicopter training ship of the

Republic of Korea Navy The Republic of Korea Navy (ROKN; ), also known as the ROK Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the Republic of Korea Armed Forces, South Korean armed forces, responsible for naval and Amphibious warfare, amphibious operations. The South ...

. She is named after Hansando.

Development and design

On 23 October 2020, the Republic of Korea's

Defense Acquisition Program Administration The Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA, ) is a central administrative agency of the South Korean Ministry of National Defense. It was founded on 1 January 2006 as part of a comprehensive reform of defense acquisition, including the ...

announced that Hyundai Heavy Industries had delivered ''Hansando'' to the Republic of Korea Navy. She has a length of 142m with width of 25m, and is capable of holding a helicopter on her helipad. She carriers a single OTO 76mm, a 40mm gun and MASS decoy launchers. Displacement is about 4,300 tons and she has a crew of 150. She runs on both hybrid diesel and electric engines with 2 shafts and has a speed of 24 knots and range of 6,479 nautical miles. She is capable of having a hospital ship role, and is able to accommodate more than 400 people, surgery rooms, lecture rooms, dispensary and sickbeds.

Construction and career

ROKS ''Hansando'' was

laid down Laying the keel or laying down is the formal recognition of the start of a ship's construction. It is often marked with a ceremony attended by dignitaries from the shipbuilding company and the ultimate owners of the ship. Keel laying is one ...

and launched on 16 November 2018 by

Hyundai Heavy Industries HD Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. (HHI; ) is the world's largest shipbuilding company and a major heavy equipment manufacturer. Its headquarters are in Ulsan, South Korea. History HHI was founded in 1972 by Chung Ju-yung as a division ...

and was commissioned on 5 April 2021.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hansando (ATH-81) 2018 ships Auxiliary ships of the Republic of Korea Navy Ships built by Hyundai Heavy Industries Group