ROKS Chungmugong Yi Sun-sin
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Chungmugong Yi Sun-sin-class destroyer
| ROKS Chungmugong Yi Sun-sin on 6 July 2004. | |
| History | |
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| South Korea | |
| Name |
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| Namesake | Yi Sun-sin |
| Builder | DSME |
| Launched | 22 May 2002 |
| Commissioned | 2 December 2003 |
| Identification |
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| Status | Active |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Chungmugong Yi Sun-sin-class destroyer |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 150 m (492 ft 2 in) |
| Beam | 17 m (55 ft 9 in) |
| Propulsion | Combined diesel or gas |
| Speed | 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph) |
| Complement | 200 |
| Armament |
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ROKS Chungmugong Yi Sun-sin (DDH-975) is a Chungmugong Yi Sun-sin-class destroyer in the Republic of Korea Navy. She is named after the Joseon Korean admiral Yi Sun-sin with his posthumous name, Chungmugong, literally "Lord of Loyal Valor".
Design
[edit ]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.[1]
Construction and career
[edit ]ROKS Chungmugong Yi Sun-sin was launched on 22 May 2002 by Daewoo Shipbuilding and commissioned in November 2003.[2]
Gallery
[edit ]- ROKS Chungmugong Yi Sun-sin Gallery
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ROKS Chungmugong Yi Sun-shin docked in Apra Harbor, Hawaii on 14 June 2004.
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ROKS Chungmugong Yi Sun-shin and USS John Paul Jones alongside each other during RIMPAC 2004.
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ROKS Chungmugong Yi Sun-shin participating in the Republic of Korea Navy Cruise Training Task Group on 30 July 2005.
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ROKS Chungmugong Yi Sun-shin and ROKS Seoae Ryu Seong-ryong during an exercise in the Sea of Japan on 3 October 2013.
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References
[edit ]- ^ Sung-ki, Jung (25 May 2007). "Korea Launches Aegis Warship". The Korea Times . Retrieved 23 September 2023.
- ^ Saunders RN, Commodore Stephen, ed. (2003). Jane's Fighting Ships, 2003-2004. Jane's Information Group. p. 427. ISBN 978-0710625465.
