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Namesake: | Masan |
Builder: | Hanjin |
Launched: | 26 October 1984 |
Commissioned: | 20 July 1985 |
Recommissioned: | 24 December 2019 |
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Status: | Decommissioned |
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Class & type: | Ulsan-class frigate |
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Length: | 103.7 m (340 ft 3 in) |
Beam: | 12.5 m (41 ft 0 in) |
Draught: | 3.8 m (12 ft 6 in) |
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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) |
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ROKS Masan (FF-955) is the fourth ship of the Ulsan-class frigate in the Republic of Korea Navy. She is named after the city, Masan.
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 Masan was launched on 26 October 1984 by Hanjin Heavy Industries and commissioned on 20 July 1985.
She was decommissioned on 24 December 2019 and expected to be used as in training exercises.[2]
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