FFL Najin Class
In the 1970s, North Korea unveiled the Najin-class corvette, which resembled the Soviet's Kola-class frigate produced during the 1950s. Only four of these Soviet inspired corvettes were built by North Korea, and two of these were soon decommissioned, Problems with their jury-rigged ship-to-ship missile launchers suggested that the two remaining Najin-class corvettes might be a greater danger to themselves than to any enemy combatants. The satellite image of Rasung Port in North Korea has been updated (20 March 2020). The Najin-class frigate 531 emerged from the dock, but it does not appear to have been refurbished. Ship 631 is the second of North Korea's Najin-class escort ships. It is the only warship over 1,000 tons deployed in the West Sea of ??the Navy. Sister ship 531 is located in the East Sea.
| Ship List | |||||||||
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| # | Name | Builder | Port | Fleet | Launch | Comm | Notes | ||
| 531 | East Sea | 1973 | 1975 | ||||||
| 631 | East Sea | 197x | |||||||
| West Sea? | 197x | 197x | 198x | ||||||
| East Sea? | 197x | 197x | 198x | ||||||
| Specifications | |
|---|---|
| displacement | 1,500 tons |
| Length | 102 m / 335 ft |
| Beam | 10 m / 33 ft |
| Draft | 2.7m / 10 ft |
| Maximum Speed | 24-24.3 kts |
| Missile Launchers | 2 x CSS-N-1 single tube SSM |
| Guns |
2 x 100mm single barrel
2 x 57mm, 30mm, 25mm twin barrel 4 x 14.5mm quad barrel OR 2 × 100 mm B-34 multi-purpose guns 2 × 57 mm double-strength ZIF-31 anti-aircraft guns 2 × 30 mm double- strength AK-230 CIWS 6 × 25 mm double-strength 2M-3 machine guns |
| Other Weapons |
2 × 5 long RBU-1200 Anti-jam rocket (# 631)
mines d.c. |
| Aircraft | None |
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