On 23 October 2020, the Republic of Korea's Defense Acquisition Program Administration announced that Hyundai Heavy Industries had delivered Hansando to the Republic of Korea Navy.
She has a length of 142m with width of 25m, and is capable of holding a helicopter on her helipad. She carriers a single OTO 76mm, a 40mm gun and MASS decoy launchers. Displacement is about 4,300 tons and she has a crew of 150. She runs on both hybrid diesel and electric engines with 2 shafts and has a speed of 24 knots and range of 6,479 nautical miles.[1] She is capable of having a hospital ship role, and is able to accommodate more than 400 people, surgery rooms, lecture rooms, dispensary and sickbeds.[2]
ROKS Hansando was laid down and launched on 16 November 2018 by Hyundai Heavy Industries and was commissioned on 5 April 2021.[3]