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ROK Navy Vessels to Sail the Bering Sea for the First Time
AOE-2 Soyang and DDH-2 Wang Geon. ROK Navy picture.

ROK Navy Vessels to Sail the Bering Sea for the First Time

The Republic of Korea (ROK) Navy’s MIDCRU (midshipman cruise) Squadron left Jeju Naval Base on 22nd October for 67 days of sailing at sea. South Korean warships will, for the first time, sail near the Arctic.

Daehan Lee 27 Oct 2021

The ROK Navy confirmed that the squadron is composed of two naval ships, 4,400t destroyer (DDH-2) Wang Geon and 10,000t combat support ship (AOE-2) Soyang, with 152 naval cadets of the ROK Naval Academy and 540 crews of the two ships.

The ROK Navy’s MIDCRU Squadron will call at 5 ports (Canada’s Victoria, the US San Diego, Hawaii, and Guam), starting with Alaska. Particularly, the ROK Navy will stop at Alaska port after sailing through the Bering Sea near the North Pole for the first time in its naval history. Regarding this, the South Korean Navy explained that it has the meaning of pioneering the ‘new Northern Route’.

Only vaccinated crews were selected to prevent COVID-19. The sailing ships were reinforced with medical human resources, PCR test kits, and quick antigen test kits. The Navy also emphasized that separate quarantine areas have already been designated on ships in preparation of having COVID-19 symptomatic crews, along with the negative pressure cart and medical supplies for crews in serious and critical conditions.

During the MIDCRU sailing, they will participate in the 70th commemorative anniversary of Gapyeong Battle of the Korean War, in Victoria, Canada. In Hawaii, the ROK Navy will support the installation of a memorial stone for the Korean War veterans, at the Pacific National Memorial Cemetery.

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Posted by : Daehan Lee
Daehan Lee currently works for aerospace and defense-related projects in Seoul, also being a political, security affairs researcher writing about inter-Korean naval acquisition and development. He previously worked at the U.S. and Belgian Embassies in Seoul, the People Power Party, and election camps. Prior to his work in politics and foreign affairs, Lee served for the Republic of Korea Navy as an assistant to the Vice Admiral and a translator for Master Chief Petty Officers of the Navy, shortly working at the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Fields of interest include the Asia-Pacific security, defense acquisition, Korean politics and foreign policy.

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