When some of the pirates left the ship to attempt another hijacking on a nearby Mongolian vessel, commandos from the Republic of Korea Naval Special Warfare Brigade boarded the Samho Jewelry while a Westland Lynx helicopter provided covering fire. Several fake attacks were staged to exhaust the pirate crew. The Choe Yeong pursued the Samho Jewelry for nearly a week until the pirates aboard the tanker were fatigued. The South Korean government dispatched the Choe Yeong, under Captain Cho Young-joo, commander of the Cheonghae Anti-piracy Unit. Eight South Koreans were among the 21 crewmembers being held hostage. However, the Norwegian government had no military presence in the area at the time. The South Korean operator of the vessel, the Samho Shipping Company, was facing huge losses because it was obligated to continue paying Norwegian investors under its charter even while the vessel was held by pirates. On 15 January 2011, the Norwegian-owned chemical tanker Samho Jewelry was captured by Somali pirates while en route from the United Arab Emirates to Sri Lanka. Main article: Operation Dawn of Gulf of Aden
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In August 2010, the ship participated in a series of naval drills in the Yellow Sea, four months after the sinking of the ROKS Cheonan. The Choe Yeong was assigned to patrol the Northern Limit Line in November 2009 after a boundary dispute clash with North Korea, the first of its kind in seven years. Other systems include an AN/SPS-49 radar, an MW08 radar, and a DSQ-23 sonar.
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Her armament consists of a 32-cell VLS (with space to install a 64-cell system), a Mk 45 gun, a RAM launcher, a Goalkeeper CIWS and eight Harpoon anti-ship missiles. Her propulsion unit is a CODOG unit, capable of propelling her at speeds of up to 30 knots (35 mph). She is about 150 metres (490 ft) long, 17 metres (56 ft) wide and displaces between 4,800 and 5,000 tons. She was built by Hyundai Heavy Industries and was launched on 20 October 2006, entering service on 4 September 2008. The Choe Yeong was part of the second batch of Chungmugong Yi Sun-sin class destroyers that were delivered to the Republic of Korea Navy.
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