YANGYANG (MHC-571) class

Country of Origin: South Korea

ship list


 3 (+4?)YANGYANG-class MINE HUNTERS (MHC)

Name        Pendant    Launched      Commissioned    Status

YANGYANG    MHC-571    Feb. 1999     Dec. 1999       Active
ONG JIN     MHC-572    2002          Feb. 2004       Active
HAENAM      MHC-573                  March 2005      Active

description

These combination mine hunters/minesweepers were built to replace the aging and nearly obsolete U.S. coastal minesweepers (MSCs) that were built in the 1950s. Construction has proceeded very slowly....

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