Hello everyone. I have been browsing through the amazing work that has appeared on Shipbucket for a couple of years now and have drawn a couple of ships for NationStates, so I figured that it would probably be a good idea to make an account here. The ship below, a fictional South Korean minelayer, is the first ship I have completed while attempting to conform to Shipbucket standards. It is not based on any real life proposal, but the general shape of the vessel is inspired by the Pohang class corvette. Any constructive criticism would be greatly appreciated.
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The Sacheon class entered service in the early 1980s to bolster the minelaying capability of the Republic of Korea Navy. A total of four were built. It was capable of transporting and deploying 150 mines, which were stored beneath the helipad and released into the ocean through doors at the vessel’s stern. Ships of the class were not designed to operate helicopters and the helipad merely allowed land based helicopters to touch down on the vessel and transfer personnel or supplies. The gun armament was included in an effort to deter a North Korean torpedo boat or aircraft from attacking the Sacheon class during hypothetical wartime minelaying operations. The Sacheon class had a complement of 118 and remained in service until the late 1990s when the Wonsan class entered service.
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