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ROKS Cheongju (FF-961)
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ROKS Cheongju on 10 November 2015
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Name:
  • Cheongju
  • (청주)
Namesake: Cheongju
Builder: DSME
Launched: 20 March 1992
Commissioned: 1 June 1993
Identification:
Status: Active
General characteristics
Class & type: Ulsan-class frigate
Displacement:
  • 1,500 tonnes (1,476 long tons) light
  • 2,215 tonnes (2,180 long tons) full load
Length: 103.7 m (340 ft 3 in)
Beam: 12.5 m (41 ft 0 in)
Draught: 3.8 m (12 ft 6 in)
Propulsion:
  • CODOG
  • 2 x General Electric LM-2500
  • 2 x MTU 12V 956 TB82
Speed: 34 knots (63 km/h; 39 mph)
Range: 8,000 nmi (15,000 km; 9,200 mi) at 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph)
Complement: 186 (16 officers)
Sensors and
processing systems:
  • Signaal DA-08 air surveillance radar
  • AN/SPS-10C navigation radar
  • ST-1802 fire control radar
  • Signaal PHS-32 hull-mounted sonar
  • TB-261K towed sonar
Electronic warfare
& decoys:
  • ULQ-11K ESM/ECM suite
  • 2 x Mark 36 SRBOC 6-tubed chaff/flare launcher
  • 2 x 15-tube SLQ-261 torpedo acoustic countermeasures
  • Armament:
  • 8 × Harpoon (2 quadruple launchers) anti-ship missile
  • 6 × 324 mm (12.8 in) Blue Shark torpedo (2 triple tubes)
  • 2 × Otobreda 76 mm (3 in)/62 cal. gun
  • 3 × Otobreda 40 mm (1.6 in)/70 cal. (2 twin) compact CIWS
  • ROKS Cheongju (FF-961) is the ninth ship of the Ulsan-class frigate in the Republic of Korea Navy. She is named after the city, Cheongju.

    Development[]

    In the early 1990s, the Korean government plan for the construction of next generation coastal ships named Frigate 2000 was scrapped due to the 1997 Asian financial crisis. But the decommissioning of the Gearing-class destroyers and the aging fleet of Ulsan-class frigates, the plan was revived as the Future Frigate eXperimental, also known as FFX in the early 2000s. 10 ships were launched and commissioned from 1980 to 1993. They have 3 different variants which consists of Flight I, Flight II and Flight III.[1]

    Construction and career[]

    ROKS Cheongju was launched on 20 March 1992 by Daewoo Shipbuilding and commissioned on 1 June 1993.[2]

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    References[]



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