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Guided missile destroyer ROKS Munmu the Great (DDH-976)

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Classification

Ship class:
Chungmugong Yi Sun-sin-class destroyer (KDX-2)
Type:
Guided missile destroyer

Basic information

Operator:
Republic of Korea NavyRepublic of Korea Navy
Country of build:
Builder:
Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd.
Launched:
Commissioned (service):
Status:
Active

Ship measurements

Displacement:
5,500 t
Length:
150 m
Beam:
17.4 m
Draft:
9.5 m

Machine

Propulsion system:
CODOG
Propulsion:
  • 2 * General Electric LM2500 Gas Turbines (58200 hp)
  • 2 * MTU 20V956 TB92 Diesel Engines
  • 2 * shafts, 2 * controllable pitch propellers
Speed:
30 knots
Range:
5500 nmi

Personnel

Complement:
200

Combat assets

Electronics:
  • Raytheon AN/SPS-49(V)5 2D long-range radar (LRR)
  • Thales Nederland MW08 3D target indication radar (TIR)
  • AN/SPS-95K navigation radar
  • Thales Nederland STIR 240 fire-control radars with OT-134A continuous wave illumination (CWI) transmitters
  • SLQ-200(V)K SONATA electronic warfare system
  • Thales TACTICOS combat management system
  • BAE/Samsung KDCOM-II combat data system
  • BAE WDS Mk.14 weapon direction system
  • Samsung/Thales Naval Shield integrated combat management system
  • ATLAS DSQS-21BZ hull mounted sonar
  • SQR-220K towed array sonar system (TASS)
  • K-DAGAIE Mk.2 decoy system
  • Mk.36 SRBOC decoy system
  • SLQ-261K torpedo acoustic counter measure system (TACM)
  • SLQ-200K Sonata EW suite and jammers
  • Daewoo towed torpedo decoy system
Armament:
  • 1 * 5"/54 caliber Mark 45 gun
  • 1 * Goalkeeper CIWS
  • 64 * VLS
  • 21 * RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile
  • 8 * RGM-84 Harpoon
  • 2 * triple K745 Blue Shark Torpedo
Aircraft:
  • 2 * Super Lynx helicopters

ROKS Munmu the Great (DDH-976) is a Chungmugong Yi Sun-sin-class destroyer in the South Korean navy. It was named after the Korean king Munmu of Silla.

The KDX-II is part of a much larger build up program aimed at turning the ROKN into a blue-water navy. It is said to be the first stealthy major combatant in the ROKN and was designed to significantly increase the ROKN's capabilities.

In March 2009, Munmu the Great was sent overseas to protect merchant vessels from Somali pirates. On 28 May 2007 during firing exercise on the open sea near Jinhae one of the projectiles exploded inside the 127 mm gun barrel which has been replaced later. In 2014 she conducted anti-piracy drills as part of Combined Task Force 151 in the Indian Ocean with HMS Defender.

In April 2018, it was deployed to Ghana with personnel from the Special Warfare Brigade as part of a mission to rescue kidnapped South Korean fishermen.

On 19 July, 2021, it is reported that 247 out of 301 crew members of the 34th contingent of the Cheonghae Unit on the Munmu the Great was tested positive for the covid-19. Two Korean Air Force KC-330 departed with 200 replacement members to transport the 301 entire crew members back to South Korea. After returning to South Korea, it is revealed that 270 crew members are tested positive.

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