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Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. Has completed and launched the third 1,800-ton class submarine for the Korea Navy.
In honor of the Mr. An Jung-geun, who worked for the Korean independence, the submarine was named the An Jung-geun Ham by Jung Ok-geun, Chief of Naval Operations.
The submarine will go through naval operational tests and be delivered and deployed to the sea operations in November of 2009. It is 65.3m long and 6.3m wide, with a top speed of 20 knots.
The submarine can continue its underwater operations for two weeks by improving submersible depth up to 400 meters through the application of high tensile steel to the hull body and substantially increasing the capability of underwater cruise with the Air Independent Propulsion (AIP) systems.
Since constructing and delivering the first indigenous Korean frigate in 1980, Hyundai Heavy has the highest performance records among the Korean shipbuilders. It also delivered 7,000-ton class KDX-III AEGIS destroyer in May, 2007.
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