Choi Young, a destroyer belonging to the Cheonghae Unit's 6th contingent, Korea's anti-piracy Naval force, returned to port in Busan on May 27 after completing its six-month mission near the Gulf of Aden.
Some 2,000 people, including the Defense Minister Kim Kwan-jin, Naval chief of staff Adm. Kim Sung-chan, other senior military officers and family members of crew members as well as Busan citizens, attended the welcoming ceremony, which began at 3 p.m. to greet sailors on board.
Choi Young, which sailed off to the Gulf of Aden from Busan port on Dec. 8 last year, conducted a total of 307 missions escorting commercial ships safely and 14 maritime security operations. Most of all, the unit rescued the Samho Jewelry on Jan. 21 on Somalian sea.
In addition, the unit helped Koreans living in Libya to evacuate from the country’s uprising this year.
RoK MoD
