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Guided missile destroyer ROKS Gwanggaeto the Great (DDH-971)

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Classification

Ship class:
Gwanggaeto the Great-class destroyer (KDX-1)
Type:
Guided missile destroyer

Basic information

Operator:
Republic of Korea NavyRepublic of Korea Navy
Country of build:
Builder:
Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co., Ltd. (DSME)Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co., Ltd. (DSME)
Launched:
Commissioned (service):
Status:
Active

Ship measurements

Displacement:
3,900 t
Length:
135.5 m
Beam:
14.2 m
Draft:
4.2 m

Machine

Propulsion system:
CODOG
Propulsion:
  • 2 * General Electric LM2500 Gas Turbines (58200 hp)
  • 2 * SsangYong Motor Company 20V 956 TB 82 Diesel Engines
  • 2 * shafts, 2 * controllable pitch propellers
Speed:
30 knots
Range:
4,500 nmi (8,300 km; 5,200 mi) at 18 kn (33 km/h; 21 mph)

Personnel

Complement:
286

Combat assets

Electronics:
  • AN/SPS-49(V) 2D air search radar
  • Signaal MW 08 surface search radar
  • Daewoo SPS-95k navigation radar
  • 2 * Signaal STIR 180 Fire control radars
  • ATLAS DSQS-21BZ Hull mounted sonar
  • SLQ-25 Nixie towed torpedo decoy
  • ARGOSystems AR 700 and APECS 2 ECM
  • 4 * CSEE DAGAIE MK 2 Chaff Launchers
Armament:
  • 1 * OTO Melara 127 mm (5 inch)/54 gun
  • 2 * Signaal 30 mm Goalkeeper CIWS
  • 8 * Harpoon missile in quad canisters
  • 1 * Mk 48 Mod 2 VLS with 16 RIM-7P Sea Sparrow missiles
  • 2 * triple torpedo tubes for Mark 46 torpedo
Aircraft:
  • 2 * Super Lynx helicopters

ROKS Gwanggaeto the Great (DDH-971) is the lead ship of the Gwanggaeto the Great-class in the Republic of Korea Navy. She is named after Gwanggaeto the Great.

The KDX-I was designed to replace the old destroyers in the ROKN that were transferred from the US Navy in the 1950s and 1960s. It was thought to be a major turning point for the ROKN in that the launching of the first KDX-I meant that ROKN finally had a capability to project power far from its shores. After the launching of the ship, there was a massive boom in South Korean international participation against piracy and military operations other than war.

ROKS Gwanggaeto the Great was launched on 28 October 1996 by Daewoo Shipbuilding and commissioned on 24 July 1998.

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