On 7 September 2018, the Defense Acquisition Program Administration announced that Hyundai Heavy Industries had delivered Soyang to the Republic of Korea Navy.
She has a length of 190m (620feet) and a width of 25m (82feet). The vessel is capable of embarking a helicopter on her helipad. She carriers a single Phalanx CIWS and MASS decoy launchers. The vessel's displacement is about 10105t and has a crew of 140. She runs on both hybrid diesel and electric engines with two shafts. The ship has a maximum speed of 24kn and a range of 5500nmi.[2]
ROKS Soyang was laid down on 13 July 2015 and launched on 28 October 1996 by Hyundai Heavy Industries and commissioned on 18 September 2018.[3]
On 17 November 2020, ROKS Soyang transferred medical supplies to offshore Manila, Philippines. Soyang sent three speed boats, masks and sanitizers for prevention of COVID-19 to the Philippines Navy ship during the exchange.[4]