Guided missile destroyer ROKS Yang Man-chun (DDH-973)

Guided missile destroyer ROKS Yang Man-chun (DDH-973) 2

Guided missile destroyer ROKS Yang Man-chun (DDH-973) 3

Classification

Ship class:

Gwanggaeto the Great-class destroyer (KDX-1)

Type:

Guided missile destroyer

Basic information

Operator:

Republic of Korea Navy

Country of build:

South Korea

Builder:

Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co., Ltd. (DSME)

Launched:

30 September 1998

Commissioned (service):

29 June 2000

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 Yang Man-chun (DDH-973) is the third ship of the Gwangaetto the Great-class in the Republic of Korea Navy. She is named after Yang Man-chun.

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 Yang Man-chun was launched on 30 September 1998 by Daewoo Shipbuilding and commissioned on 29 June 2000.

ROKS Yang Man-chun and ROKS Munmu the Great participated in RIMPAC 2008 and they were part of USS Kitty Hawk's battle group.