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ROKS Ulsan (FF-951)
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ROKS Ulsan on 28 May 2012
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Name:
  • Ulsan
  • (울산)
Namesake: Ulsan
Builder: Hyundai
Launched: 8 April 1980
Commissioned: 30 December 1980
Decommissioned: 30 December 2014
Identification:
Status: Museum ship in Ulsan City
General characteristics
Class & type: Ulsan-class frigate
Displacement:
  • 1,500 tonnes (1,476 long tons) light
  • 2,180 tonnes (2,146 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 Ulsan (FF-951) is the lead ship of the Ulsan-class frigate in the Republic of Korea Navy. She is named after the city, Ulsan.

    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 Ulsan was launched on 8 April 1980 by Hyundai Heavy Industries and commissioned on 30 December 1980.[2]

    She was decommissioned on 30 December 2014 and placed above ground in Ulsan City as a museum ship.[3][4]

    References[]



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