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South Korea s Navy inaugurates new 2,800-ton frigate
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South Korea inaugurated a new 2,800-ton frigate, the Daejeon, the fifth Incheon-class batch II frigate for its Navy. File Photo by Yonhap/EPA-EFE
May 3 (UPI) South Korea held a launching ceremony for a new 2,800-ton frigate, the Daejeon, as Seoul monitors North Korean military activity.
The frigate is one of eight warships that are to be completed by 2023. The project began in 2011. The new warships are designed to replace aging frigates and Patrol Control Craft, South Korean news service EDaily reported Monday.
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Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering, the ship s manufacturer, hosted the ceremony at its Okpo shipyard. Seoul s Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Book Suk-jong was in attendance, along with Jeong Seung-gyun, chief of planning and management at naval headquarters, and Seo Il-jun, a National Assembly representative for the city of Geoje, the report said.