BRP Conrado Yap (PS-39)

	BRP Conrado Yap (PS-39)
History
South Korea
Name	ROKS Chungju
Builder	Korea Tacoma Shipyard
Launched	24 January 1986
Commissioned	30 November 1986
Decommissioned	27 December 2016
Identification	PCC-762
Fate	Transferred to Philippine Navy
Philippines
Name	BRP Conrado Yap
Namesake	Capt. Conrado D. Yap
Acquired	5 August 2019
Commissioned	5 August 2019
Identification	PS-39 (2019-present)
Motto	Steady on
Status	Active
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General characteristics
Class and type	Pohang-class corvette
Displacement	1,220 tons
Length	88.3 m (290 ft)
Beam	10 m (33 ft)
Draft	2.9 m (9 ft 6 in)
Installed power	2 × MTU 6V396 TC52 diesel generators
Propulsion	Combined diesel or gas (CODOG) arrangement:; 2 × MTU 12V956 TB82 diesel engines producing combined total of 6,260 shp (4,670 kW); 1 × General Electric LM2500 PB gas turbines generating 27,820 shp (20,700 kW);
Speed	32 knots (59 km/h) maximum
Range	4,000 nautical miles (7,400 km) at 15 knots (28 km/h) using diesel engines
Endurance	20 Days
Boats & landing ; craft carried	2 × RHIB
Crew	118
Sensors and ; processing systems	X-band & S-band navigational radars; Raytheon AN/SPS-64(V)5B surface search radar; Signaal (Thales Nederland) WM-28 Fire Control System; Signaal (Thales Nederland) LIOD optronic director; Raytheon AN/SQS-58 hull mounted passive/active sonar;
Electronic warfare ; & decoys	2 × Loral Hycor Mk 34 RBOC Chaff and Decoy Launching System
Armament	2 × Oto Melara 76mm/62 caliber Compact naval guns; 2 × Otobreda 40mm L/70 twin naval guns; 2 × Mk 32 triple torpedo tubes; 2 × Mk 9 Depth Charge Racks; 6 × M2HB Browning .50 caliber machine guns;

The BRP Conrado Yap (PS-39) is a Pohang-class corvette currently commissioned with the Philippine Navy. She is the service' first modern corvette and one of its most heavily armed units. She was originally named ROKS Chungju (PCC-762) during her service with the ROK Navy.

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