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  1. History

     Naval engagements of the Korean People's Navy 

  2. Organization

  3. Inventory

  4. Modernization

  5. Structure

     Bases  West Sea Fleet  East Sea Fleet 

  6. Weapons

  7. Ranks and uniforms

     Ranks  Enlisted ratings   Officers  Marshals  Uniforms 

  8. Anniversary

  9. See also

  10. References

  11. External links

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The Korean People's Navy (KPN), officially the Korean People's Army Naval Force (Chosŏn'gŭl: 조선인민군 해군; Hanja: 朝鮮人民軍 海軍, Chosŏn-inmingun Haegun, {{Literal translation|"Korean People's Military Navy"}}), is the naval service branch of the Korean People's Army, which contains each branch of the North Korean armed forces.

There are some 780 vessels including 70 midget submarines (including the Yono-class submarine and Sang-O-class submarine), 20 Romeo-class submarines, and about 140 air cushioned landing craft.[3]

The North Korean navy is considered a brown water navy and operates mainly within the 50 kilometer exclusion zone. The fleet consists of east and west coast squadrons, which cannot support each other in the event of war with South Korea. The limited range of most of the antiquated and derelict vessels means that, even in peacetime, it is virtually impossible for a ship on one coast to visit the other coast.

History

{{main|History of the Korean People's Navy}}

The KPN was established on June 5, 1946.[4]

Naval engagements of the Korean People's Navy

  • Landing operation near Kangnung and Samcheok (June 25–26, 1950)
  • Battle of Chumonchin Chan (July 2, 1950)
  • Battle of Haeju (September 10, 1950)
  • Pueblo incident (January 23, 1968)
  • Gangneung Infiltration (September 17, 1996 - November 5, 1996)
  • Battle of Yosu (December 17–18, 1998)
  • First Battle of Yeonpyeong (June 9–15, 1999)
  • Battle of Amami-Ōshima (December 22, 2001)
  • Second Battle of Yeonpyeong (June 29, 2002)
  • Battle of Daecheong (November 10, 2009)
  • ROKS Cheonan sinking (March 26, 2010)

Organization

According to the Defense Intelligence Agency, the 146,000-man North Korean navy (NKN) is primarily a coastal navy. The NKN is organized into two fleets: the East Coast Fleet, with eight operational commands, and the West Coast Fleet, with five operational commands. The East Coast Fleet is headquartered at Toejo Dong, with major bases at Najin and Wonsan.[5]

The West Coast Fleet is headquartered at Nampo, with major bases at Pipagot and Sagon Ni. Numerous smaller naval bases are located along both coasts. The fleets do not exchange vessels because geographical limitations make mutual support almost impossible. The NKN does not have a Marine Corps or naval aviation capabilities. Amphibious operations are conducted by SOF units in addition to naval personnel.[5]

According to South Korea's National Intelligence Service (in 1999):

{{quotation|The DPRK Navy is divided into East Sea (10 squadrons) and West Sea fleets (6 squadrons) with a total manpower of 148,000.

North Korea's fleet consist of approximately 630 combat vessels (Patrol craft, guided missile boats, torpedo boats, fire support craft, destroyers, frigates, corvettes, and three cruisers), 100 submarines, and 340 support craft (landing craft, hovercraft). As with the ground forces, 60% of the vessels are stationed near the demarcation line.

North Korea has constructed and is operating up to 130 hovercraft, each one capable of transporting a special forces platoon and operating freely in difficult terrain such as tidal flats, and able to be used for multiple landings by special forces troops at the onset of any war.[6]}}

The Times puts the total in 2009 at "420 warships and 60 submarines."[7]

The annual report of North Korea's military capabilities by the U.S. Department of Defense, released in early 2014, identified the North Korean Navy's strength at 60,000 personnel, 70 submarines, 420 gun boats, 260 amphibious landing craft, 30 mine warfare vessels, and 30 support ships.[8]

Inventory

{{main|List of active ships of the Korean People's Navy}}

Most NKN vessels are small patrol-size craft unable to operate over 50

nautical miles (NM) from the coast but capable of policing the DPRK's

territorial waters. The navy's numerous amphibious craft and midget

submarines are intended to clandestinely insert SOF units into the ROK.

The DPRK also maintains coastal defense artillery and missile sites.

Coastal defense artillery includes 122 mm, 130 mm, and 152 mm systems.

Land-based coastal defense missiles include the SSC-2B SAMLET,

CSSC-2 SILKWORM, and CSSC-3 SEERSUCKER.[5]

The NKN's most capable weapons systems are their approximately 43

guided-missile patrol boats equipped with the SS-N-2A STYX antiship

missile (or its Chinese version, the CSS-N-1 SCRUBBRUSH). Though

their small size limits operations to coastal waters and calm seas, they

have a capability to quickly respond to Combined Forces Command

(CFC) shipping approaching the coast. The NKN has 12 OSA-1 guidedmissile

patrol boats, 10 DPRK versions of the OSA-1 called the SOJU,

and 19 other fast-attack missile craft; the OSA and SOJU are all

equipped with four CSS-N-1 missile launchers. The missiles have a

maximum range of 25 NM and carry radar or infrared homing seekers.[5]

The largest part of the NKN consists of small combatants, including torpedo

boats, patrol boats, patrol craft, fast attack craft, and small amphibious

landing craft. Of the approximately 200 torpedo boats, nearly half

are DPRK-built. Most are equipped with 25 mm to 37 mm guns. The

DPRK built at least 62 CHAHO fire-support patrol units. This unique

vessel has a multiple rocket launcher in the center of its deck to provide

fire support to ground troops or attack surface ships.[5]

The DPRK's attack submarine inventory is estimated to include 4

former Soviet Whiskey class submarine, 22 Chinese ROMEO Class submarines, and

DPRK-built ROMEO Class submarines. The WHISKEYs, acquired in

the 1960s, can carry 12 torpedoes or 24 mines. Shortly after delivering

four ROMEOs in the early 1970s, China helped the DPRK start its own

ROMEO construction program. The ROMEOs are well equipped, have

an improved sonar, and can carry 14 torpedoes or 28 mines.[5]

To date, the DPRK has indigenously produced over 200 personnel landing

craft. This includes approximately 100 NAMPO personnel landing

craft based on a former Soviet P-6 torpedo boat hull. The NAMPO has a

maximum speed of {{convert|40|kn|km/h|0}} and a radius of {{convert|335|nmi|km|0|abbr=on}} at {{convert|28|kn|km/h|0}}. The

NAMPOs provide a limited amphibious capability, each carrying up to

30 troops with a basic combat load. Amphibious assaults against CFC

probably would be small, clandestine landings involving two to six

NAMPO craft; CHAHO or other naval craft could provide fire support.

Other amphibious craft include 8 HANTAE medium landing ships,

which can carry 3 to 4 light tanks, and approximately 125 KONG

BANG amphibious hovercraft.[5]

The DPRK has a credible mine warfare capability. There are numerous

small surface ships that are capable of delivering mines within both the

navy and civilian sectors. Mines will be used to defend against amphibious

assaults, defend strategic ports, and provide seaward flank protection

for land forces. Defensive mine fields will be monitored by coastal

observation teams and radar, and they will be supported by well

emplaced artillery and missile batteries. This will make close approach

and mine clearing operations extremely hazardous. DPRK has a large

inventory of older technology mines, significant historical experience

with their effectiveness, and, most importantly, the willingness to use

them.[5]

The latest bi-annual report of North Korea's military capabilities by the ROK's Ministry of National Defense, released in 2018, KPN inventory is estimated at 430 combat ships, 250 landing crafts, 20 mine layers, 40 support ships, 70 submarines.[9]

Modernization

For years, the Korean People's Navy stagnated with a number of ships becoming old and weapons turning obsolete, this peaked with an accident during drills, when the Chosun Ilbo reported that in mid-October 2013, one of the DPRK's Hainan Class submarine chasers and one of its smaller patrol boats sank during maneuvers in the Sea of Japan with an unknown loss of life.[10]

After 2013 surfaced on western analysis, a number of upgrades and new classes in service with the Navy appeared: most of this modernization's program is left to speculation and analysis of satellite images, due the absence of details released by North Korea.

South Korea reported that North Korea has built a new high-speed, wave piercing craft to deploy troops as part of efforts to enhance infiltration capabilities by sea. Called a Very Slender Vessel (VSV), it is cylindrical with a small cross section to pierce through waves at high speed. It is {{convert|10|-|15|m|ft|abbr=on}} long and can carry a small number of special forces at over {{convert|100|km/h|mph knot|abbr=on}}, compared to air-cushion vehicles than can travel at {{convert|96|km/h|mph knot|abbr=on}}. VSVs are considered one of the most threatening craft in the Korean People's Navy for their commando infiltration capabilities onto border islands.[11]

North Korea has built two helicopter frigates to enhance its anti-submarine warfare capabilities. Construction began in 2006-07 and launched in 2011-12, but it is unknown if they have been commissioned and are in service. The frigates are estimated to be {{convert|76|m|ft|abbr=on}} long and {{convert|11|m|ft|abbr=on}} wide, with a {{convert|29|x|11|m|ft|abbr=on}} flight deck and a displacement of {{convert|1,300|tonnes|ton}}. Armament is believed to include 4 RBU 1200 ASW rocket launchers, a 30 mm CIWS, and possibly the C-802 missile. Its main weapon is either a Mil Mi-4 or Mil Mi-14 helicopter.[12]

In June 2014, propaganda pictures from the North Korean state TV briefly showed one of the newly built patrol SES vessels, firing a Kh-35 anti-ship cruise missile.[13] Despite some initial doubts over the nature of the missile, they appear to be built in North Korea and have been exported to Myanmar (earlier speculations believed they were imported from Myanmar). The missile gives the KPN the potential to considerably improve its anti-surface missiles.[13] In addition to the missiles, the SES vessels show a reversed-engined gun of {{convert|76|mm|0|abbr=on}}.[14][15][16]

Kh-35 missiles were also installed during 2014 on one of the two old Najin-class frigates (replacing the previous obsolete KN-01 missiles): the ship also received upgrades in gunnery.[17]

In autumn 2014, satellite images identified a newly built submarine of a new class: with a length of 67metres, it's the largest-ever submarine built so far by North Korea, it's believed to be related to older Yugoslavian projects, but if mass-built could potentially replace the aging fleet of Romeo submarines.[18]

In spring 2015, the new submarine was observed at sea during trials, paired with a test of the KN-11 missile.[19]

Structure

Bases

The KPN has 20 bases split between the two coasts (Sea of Japan and Yellow Sea) with major and minor bases:[20]

West Sea Fleet

The western fleet has approximately 300 watercraft (administrative, operational and logistic support), berthing facility for Yellow Sea Fleet; home to shipyard and sub base

  • Ch'o-do: small support base and home to Sq­ron 9 (Fast Attack Craft)
  • Haeju: major naval base and ship repair facility close to Demarcation Line
  • Kwangyang-ni
  • Pip'a-got: limited operational and logistical support to patrol craft; also home to some subs
  • Sagot (Sagon-ni): home to Sq­ron 8
  • Sunwi-do
  • Tasa-ri: small naval base
  • Yomju (Yomju-gun)
  • Yongwi-do

East Sea Fleet

The eastern fleet has approximately 470 ships and small craft.

  • Ch'aho (Ch'aho-nodongjagu) - one of two sub bases in North Korea
  • Ch'angjon: home base for smaller patrol boats
  • Mayangdo: operation and logistical support for submarines, antisubmarine craft, and patrol craft; one of 2 sub bases in North Korea
  • Mugyepo: base for patrol boats, landing crafts and frigate
  • Puam Dong: base for patrol boats, landing craft
  • Puam-ni: small base for landing craft and patrol boats
  • Rason (Rajin): major naval operating and training centre
  • Songjon-Pando: support base for patrol and missile boats; part of the larger Wonsan naval/maritime complex
  • T'oejo-dong: base for patrol boats and 1 frigate
  • Wonsan (Munch'on): large maritime complex and HQ for the eastern fleet

Some ships are domestically built at Wonsan and Nampho shipyards. Southern bases on each coasts are used to organize infiltrations into South Korea and Japan.

Weapons

  • MSI Yukto I/II countermeasures
  • {{flagicon|PRK}} manned naval CIWS system of {{convert|14.5|mm|0|abbr=on}} (gatling)[21]
  • {{flagicon|ITA}} {{flagicon|PRK}} Oto Melara 76 mm[22]
  • {{flagicon|PRK}} unmanned naval CIWS system of {{convert|30|mm|0|abbr=on}} (gatling). Similar to Soviet dual {{convert|30|mm|0|abbr=on}} AK-230.[21]
  • {{flagicon|USSR}} {{flagicon|PRK}} R-27 Zyb , KN-11 SLBM (if KN-08 is derived from obtained R-29)
  • {{flagicon|USSR}} {{flagicon|PRK}} BM25 Musudan
  • {{flagicon|USSR}} {{flagicon|PRK}} Kh-35 and KN-09 missile[23]
  • {{flagicon|USSR}} Kh-28
  • {{flagicon|PRC}} C-602 YJ62
  • {{flagicon|PRC}} C802 YJ82
  • {{flagicon|PRC}} {{flagicon|PRK}} Silkworm missiles , KN-1
  • {{flagicon|USSR}} {{flagicon|PRK}} P-15 Termits , KN-1
  • {{flagicon|USSR}} P-35s
  • {{flagicon|USSR}} SA-16 9K310 Igla-1 SAM system
  • {{flagicon|USSR}} 122|mm|0|abbr=on}} gun M1931/37 (A-19)|122 mm (5 in) gun M1931/37 (A-19) guns
  • SM-4-1
  • {{flagicon|PRK}} M-1992 130 mm self-propelled gun
  • {{flagicon|USSR}} 152|mm|0|abbr=on}} howitzer-gun M1937 (ML-20)|152 mm (6 in) howitzer-gun M1937 (ML-20) ML towed artillery

Ranks and uniforms

Ranks

The Korean People's Army Navy has five categories of ranks; flag officers, senior officers, junior officers, petty officers, and seamen.

Enlisted ratings

{{Ranks and Insignia of Non NATO Navies/OR/Blank}}{{Ranks and Insignia of Non NATO Navies/OR/North Korea}}

Officers

{{Ranks and Insignia of Non NATO Armed Forces/OF/Blank}}{{Ranks and Insignia of Non NATO Navies/OF/North Korea}}

Marshals

Occasionally KPA Navy officers are promoted above Fleet Admiral. In that case, they wear army-style uniform, since ranks from Vice-Marshal and above are not divided into army, navy and air force.[24]

Supreme commandersMarshals
Ranks in Korean Tae wonsu
대원수
Konghwaguk Wonsu
공화국원수
Wonsu
원수
Ch'asu
차수
Ranks GeneralissimoMarshal of the DPRKMarshal of the KPAVice Marshal

Uniforms

The naval officers wear black jackets and pants with blue shirt and dark tie underneath. Their peaked caps are from the Soviet era. In summer jackets are white in the full dress uniform.

Junior ratings and seamen wear white shirts (in the summer) or navy blue shirts (in the winter) with black/white jackets and slacks (skirts for women) and wear sailor caps.

All ranks wear shoulder and collar insignia while all officers, flag officers included, wear sleeve insignia as well in their service blue uniforms.

Anniversary

At first, an ordinance issued by the Supreme People's Assembly on June 3, 1972 designated August 28 as the Navy Day, claiming that the first leader Kim Il-sung organized the Torpedo Unit on that date of 1949. In 1993 the North Korean authorities changed it to June 5, as its "Maritime Security Corps" were organized on June 5, 1946.

See also

{{Portal|War}}
  • Northern Limit Line
  • Korean Demilitarized Zone
  • Defense Industry of North Korea
  • Republic of Korea Armed Forces
  • Republic of Korea Navy
  • Korean People's Army
  • Korean People's Army Ground Force
  • Korean People's Army Air and Anti-Air Force

References

1. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.enca.com/world/north-korean-military-takes-oath-loyalty|title=North Korean military takes oath of loyalty|website=www.enca.com}}
2. ^Li Yong-Ju was promoted as the North Korean naval commander captain (Korean) Retrieved April 6, 2016.
3. ^http://www.mod.go.jp/e/publ/w_paper/pdf/2016/DOJ2016_1-2-2_web.pdf
4. ^"The People's Army in the Making". Federation of American Scientists Official Website. Retrieved September 16, 2007.
5. ^"NORTH KOREA COUNTRY HANDBOOK (PDF Format)" {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718053044/http://www.dia.mil/public-affairs/foia/pdf/nkor.pdf |date=2011-07-18 }}. Defense Intelligence Agency Official Website. Retrieved August 23, 2012. {{Usgovpd}}
6. ^[https://fas.org/irp/world/rok/nis-docs/defense08.htm "The KPA: Troops & Equipment"]. Federation of American Scientists Official Website. Retrieved September 16, 2007.
7. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article6862357.ece |title=Extravagant monuments cannot hide the grim reality of North Korea |publisher=Timesonline.co.uk |date=2012-04-27 |accessdate=2012-06-18}}
8. ^http://www.defense.gov/pubs/North_Korea_Military_Power_Report_2013-2014.pdf
9. ^http://www.mnd.go.kr/user/mnd/upload/pblictn/PBLICTNEBOOK_201901160236460390.pdf
10. ^Chosun Ilbo, 4 November 2013
11. ^N. Korea builds new high-speed infiltration boat - Koreatimes.co.kr, 23 March 2014
12. ^New North Korean Helicopter Frigates Spotted - 38north.org, 15 May 2014
13. ^{{cite news |url=http://38north.org/2015/02/jbermudez020815/ |title=The Korean People's Navy Tests New Anti-ship Cruise Missile |author=Joseph S. Bermudez |publisher=U.S.-Korea Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies |work=38 North |date=8 February 2015 |accessdate=19 May 2015}}
14. ^{{cite web|url=http://spioenkop.blogspot.it/2014/06/north-korean-kh-35-anti-ship-missiles.html|title=Oryx Blog|author=Oryx|publisher=|accessdate=24 December 2014}}
15. ^{{cite web|url=http://38north.org/2014/06/jlewis062014/|title=When A Cruise Missile Is Just A Cruise Missile - 38 North: Informed Analysis of North Korea|publisher=|accessdate=24 December 2014}}
16. ^{{cite web|url=http://38north.org/2014/06/jlewis061714/|title=Translating a Noun into a Verb Pyongyang Style: The Case of North Korea’s New Cruise Missile - 38 North: Informed Analysis of North Korea|publisher=|accessdate=24 December 2014}}
17. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.nknews.org/2014/12/kpa-navy-flag-ship-undergoing-radical-modernization/|title=KPA Navy flagship undergoing radical modernization|publisher=|accessdate=24 December 2014}}
18. ^{{cite web|url=http://38north.org/2014/10/jbermudez101914/|title=The North Korean Navy Acquires a New Submarine - 38 North: Informed Analysis of North Korea|publisher=|accessdate=24 December 2014}}
19. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.hisutton.com/Analysis+-+Sinpo+Class+Ballistic+Missile+Sub.html|title=404: OK|website=www.hisutton.com}}
20. ^{{cite web|author=John Pike |url=http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/dprk/navy-base.htm |title=Naval Bases - North Korea |publisher=Globalsecurity.org |date= |accessdate=2012-06-18}}
21. ^http://www.kpajournal.com/storage/KPAJ-2-12.pdf
22. ^{{cite web|url=https://m.imgur.com/18DzgwK|title=Imgur|publisher=}}
23. ^N. Korea Unveils New Missile With Maximum Range of 130 Km - KBS.co.kr, 9 June 2014
24. ^{{cite web |url=https://www.nknews.org/2017/03/north-koreas-baffling-personalized-rankings-explained/?t=1489885329050 |title=North Korea’s baffling personalized rank insignia, explained |last= Tertitskiy|first= Fyodor|date= March 14, 2017|website= |publisher= NK News|access-date= |quote=}}

External links

  • Korean People's Army Navy
  • US Navy Ship Classification Symbols
  • Military and Security Developments Involving the Democratic People's Republic of Korea 2012
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