Navy's flagship submarine returns after longest voyage across Pacific
A flagship submarine of the Korean Navy returned home Tuesday after completing the first and longest round-trip transit across the Pacific Ocean, the armed forces said. The 3,000-ton indigenous ROKS Dosan Ahn Chang-ho arrived at the Jinhae Naval Base, 161 days after it departed from the same base on March 25, the Navy said. The 28,000-kilometer voyage included making port calls in Hawaii and Guam…
The Korean Navy's flagship submarine, the ROKS Dosan Ahn Chang-ho, has returned home after completing the longest round-trip transit across the Pacific Ocean. The 3,000-ton vessel made the journey in 161 days, departing from Jinhae Naval Base on March 25 and returning on May 17. The submarine's voyage included stops in Hawaii and Guam to join U.S.-led Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) multinational drills before traveling to Victoria, western Canada.
This trans-Pacific journey marks a significant milestone in Korean submarine history, as it is the first for a vessel designed and built with domestic technology. The Navy highlighted the submarine's operational endurance, equipment reliability, and crew habitability, demonstrating these capabilities to the international community during RIMPAC.
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