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Tuesday, October 04, 2011

Decommissioned Patrol Ship to Be Given to Colombia

GunsanKorea will donate a decommissioned 1,200 ton-class Navy patrol ship to Colombia in efforts to support arms exports to the Latin American country.

"We plan to give the Navy corvette Gunsan, which was decommissioned last Thursday, to Colombia for free," a military source on Sunday said. "It will be delivered in the first half of next year."

This will be the first time a Korean-made combat ship with more than 1,000 tons displacement has been given to a foreign country for free.

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