The guided-missile destroyer Gang Gam-chan from the ROK Navy prepares to berth at the Wusong Military Port in Shanghai on August 29, 2015. A navy fleet consisted of the guided-missile destroyer Gang Gam-chan and the supply ship ROKS Taechong (AOE-58) from the Navy of the Republic of Korea arrived at the Wusong Military Port in Shanghai, China, on August 29 for a three-day port visit.
Two South Korean naval ships have arrived in Shanghai on the first stop of their cruise to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the end of Japan's colonial rule over the Korean Peninsula.
The destroyer "Gang Gam Chan" and a supply ship started a three-day visit to Shanghai on Saturday. The South Korean and Chinese navies will also conduct a joint drill. The visit marks the fifth time that South Korean naval ships have visited Shanghai.
The ships will sail to Bangkok after leaving Shanghai. They will stop in 15 countries during the 131-day cruise.
