No 28 Shipyard Najin Explained

No 28 Shipyard Najin is a shipbuilding company located north east of the Port of Najin in Rason, North Korea.^[1] It is believed to be one of a few shipyards in the port area.^[2]

The first reports of the shipyard came from then classified information in the 1980s from the CIA indicated a shipyard building a then 32m midget submarine.^[3] and Taechong-class patrol boat/submarine chaser.

The company is believed to have built the Najin-class frigate, Soho-class frigate and one of the Nampo-class corvette used by the Korean People's Navy.

See also

• Nampo Shipyard

Notes and References

1. https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP90T00784R000200510001-7.pdf Report. Ship building
2. Web site: Najin Class Frigate . Military-Today.com . 2022-08-20 . 2019-05-20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190520195915/http://www.military-today.com/navy/najin_class.htm . dead .
3. Web site: H I Sutton - Covert Shores.