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Destroyer ROKS Gyeonggi (DD-923) (ex-USS Newman K. Perry)

Destroyer ROKS Gyeonggi (DD-923) (ex-USS Newman K. Perry) 0Destroyer ROKS Gyeonggi (DD-923) (ex-USS Newman K. Perry) 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:
Consolidated Steel
Laid down:
Launched:
Commissioned (service):
Status:
Decommissioned

Ship measurements

Displacement:
2,425 t
Length:
119 m
Beam:
12.45 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"/38 caliber guns
  • 12 * 40 mm AA guns
  • 10 * 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes
  • 6 * depth charge projectors
  • 2 * depth charge tracks

USS Newman K. Perry (DD-883/DDR-883), was a Gearing-class destroyer of the United States Navy. Newman K. Perry was laid down by the Consolidated Steel Corporation at Orange, Texas and commissioned on 26 July 1945.

Newman K. Perry was transferred to South Korea in 1981 for service in the Republic of Korea Navy and renamed ROKS Gyeonggi. South Korea decommissioned Gyeonggi in 1997. She later was damaged by fire and scrapped in 1999.

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