ROKS Gwanggaeto the Great

ROKS Gwanggaeto the Great
ROKS Gwanggaeto the Great
	File:2009년5월15일 해군 1함대훈련 (7193824738).jpg ROKS Gwanggaeto the Great on 1 January 2012
Name:	Gwanggaeto the Great; (광개토대왕);
Namesake:	Gang Gam-chan
Builder:	DSME
Launched:	23 October 1996
Commissioned:	24 July 2008
Identification:	Pennant number: DDH-971;
Status:	Active
General characteristics
Class & type:	Gwanggaeto the Great-class destroyer
Displacement:	3,885–3,900 tonnes (3,824–3,838 long tons) full load;
Length:	135.5 m (444 ft 7 in)
Beam:	14.2 m (46 ft 7 in)
Propulsion:	2 × General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines; 2 × SsangYong Motor Company 20V 956 TB 82 diesel engines; 2 shafts;
Speed:	30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Complement:	286
Sensors and ; processing systems:	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;
Electronic warfare ; & decoys:	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;

ROKS Gwanggaeto the Great (DDH-971) is the lead ship of the Gwanggaeto the Great-class in the Republic of Korea Navy. She is named after Gwanggaeto the Great.^[1]

Development[]

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.^[2]

Construction and career[]

ROKS Gwanggaeto the Great was launched on 28 October 1996 by Daewoo Shipbuilding and commissioned on 24 July 1998.^[3]

Gallery[]

ROKS Gwanggaeto the Great Gallery

References[]

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[1] "ROKS Gwanggaeto the Great (DDH-971) Guided Missile Destroyer / Frigate Warship" (in en-US). https://www.militaryfactory.com/ships/detail.asp?ship_id=roks-gwanggaeto-the-great-ddh971-south-korea.

[2] "KDX-I Okpo class DDH (Destroyer Helicopter)". https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/rok/kdx-1.htm.

[3] "Gwanggaeto the Great Class / KDX-I Class Destroyer" (in en-GB). https://www.naval-technology.com/projects/gwanggaeto-the-great-class-kdx-i-class-destroyer/.

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