Daegu-class Guided Missile Frigate

The Daegu-class guided missile frigates are the second batch of ships of the RoKN's FFX program.

Specifications

 * Type: Guided Missile Frigate
 * Service Period: 2017-
 * Characteristics:
 * Length: 400 feet 3 inches (122 meters)
 * Beam: 46 feet (14.02 meters)
 * Draft: 13 feet (3.96 meters)
 * Displacement: 2,800 tons (Standard); 3,600 tons (Full Load)
 * Crew: 140
 * Propulsion: 1 x Rolls-Royce MT30 gas turbine, 2 x MTU 12V 1163 TB83 diesel engines, 2 x shafts
 * Range: 4,500 nautical miles (8,334 kilometers) at 18 knots (33.34 km/h)
 * Speed: 30 knots (55.56 km/h)
 * Sensor Suite:
 * SPS-550K Multifunction AESA Radar
 * Thales SMART-S Mk.2 3D Air/Surface Search Radar
 * SPG-540K Tracking Radar
 * Saab CEROS 200 Fire Control Radar
 * SQS-240 Hull Sonar
 * SQR-220K Sonar
 * Countermeasures:
 * SLQ-200(V)K Electronic Warfare Suite
 * K-DAGAIE Mk.2 decoy launchers
 * SLQ-261 Torpedo Decoy System
 * Armament:
 * 1 x 5"/62-caliber Mk.45 Mod 4 lightweight naval gun
 * 1 x 16-cell K-VLS (fires Cheolmae-2 SAMs, Hong Sang Eo ASW rockets, and Hyunmoo-3 LACMs)
 * 2 x 4-cannister AShM Launchers (fires SSM-700K Haeseong AShMs)
 * 2 x 12.75" triple torpedo tubes (fires K745 LW Cheong Sahng-uh torpedoes)
 * 1 x 20mm/70-caliber Phalanx Blk.1B CIWS
 * 1 x Mk.49 CIWS (fires RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missiles)
 * Aircraft Carried: 1 x AgustaWestland AW159 Wildcat

Unit Run

 * ROKS Daegu (FFG-818) - fitting out
 * ROKS Unnamed (FFG-819) - under construction
 * ROKS Unnamed (FFG-821) - under construction
 * ROKS Unnamed (FFG-822) - under construction
 * ROKS Unnamed (FFG-823) - planned for construction
 * ROKS Unnamed (FFG-825) - planned for construction
 * ROKS Unnamed (FFG-826) - planned for construction
 * ROKS Unnamed (FFG-827) - planned for construction