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Destroyer ROKS Gangwon (DD-922) (ex-USS William R. Rush)

Destroyer ROKS Gangwon (DD-922) (ex-USS William R. Rush) 0Destroyer ROKS Gangwon (DD-922) (ex-USS William R. Rush) 1

Classification

Ship class:
Gangwon-class destroyer
Type:
Destroyer

Basic information

Operator:
Republic of Korea NavyRepublic of Korea Navy United States NavyUnited States Navy
Country of build:
Builder:
Federal Shipbuilding & Drydock
Laid down:
Launched:
Commissioned (service):
Decommissioned (out):
Status:
Decommissioned

Ship measurements

Displacement:
2,425 t
Length:
119.02 m
Beam:
12.52 m
Draft:
5.64 m

Machine

Propulsion:
  • 4 * GM Mod. 16-278A diesel engines with electric drive, 60,000 shp (45 MW)
  • 2 * screws
Speed:
35 knots
Range:
4,500 nmi (8,300 km) at 20 kn (37 km/h; 23 mph)

Personnel

Complement:
345

Combat assets

Electronics:
  • 1 * AN/SPS-10B surface-search radar
  • 1 * AN/SPS-37 air-search radar
  • 1 * AN/WLR-1 radar warning receiver
  • 1 * Mark 37 Director
  • 1 * AN/ULQ-6 ECM
  • 1 * T-Mk 6 Fanfare
Armament:
  • 6 * 5 in/38 cal. guns
  • 12 * 40 mm guns
  • 20 * 20 mm guns
  • 5 * 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes
  • 6 * depth charge projectors
  • 2 * depth charge tracks

USS William R. Rush (DD/DDR-714) was a Gearing-class destroyer in the United States Navy.

William R. Rush was laid down on 15 October 1944 at Newark, New Jersey, by the Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company and commissioned on 21 September 1945.

William R. Rush was transferred on 1 July 1978 to the navy of the Republic of Korea under the terms of the Security Assistance Program and renamed ROKS Gangwon (DD-922).

The ship was decommissioned from the ROK Navy on 31 December 2000. She was stationed as a museum ship at the South Korean naval headquarters in Jinhae, and was later transferred to Changwon Marine Park. In December 2016, she arrived at Busan Dadaepo port for dismantling.

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