Chungmugong Yi Sun-sin-class Destroyer

The Chungmugong Yi Sun-sin-class destroyers (Hangul: 충무공 이순신급 구축함) are multipurpose destroyers of the Republic of Korea Navy. The lead ship of this class, ROKS Chungmugong Yi Sunsin, was launched in May 2002 and commissioned in December 2003. Chungmugong Yi Sun-sin-class destroyers were the second class of ships to be produced in the Republic of Korea Navy's destroyer mass-production program named Korean Destroyer eXperimental, which paved the way for the navy to become a blue-water navy. Seven ships were launched by Hyundai Heavy Industries and Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering in four years.

Specifications

 * Type: Multipurpose Destroyer
 * Service Period: 2003-Present
 * Characteristics:
 * Length: 490 feet 6 inches (149.5 meters)
 * Beam: 57 feet 1 inch (17.4 meters)
 * Draft: 31 feet 2 inches (9.5 meters)
 * Displacement: 4,400 tons (Standard); 5,520 tons (Full Load)
 * Crew: 300
 * Installed Power: 2 x Sangyong 20V 956 TB 82 diesel engines
 * Propulsion: 2 x General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines, 2 shafts, 58,200 shp
 * Range: 5,500 nautical miles (10,186 kilometers) at 17 knots (31.48 km/h)
 * Speed: 29 knots (53.71 km/h)
 * Sensor Suite:
 * Signaal MW-08 Air/Surface Search Radar
 * Daewoo SPS-95K Navigation Radar
 * Signaal STIR-240 Fire Control Radar x 2
 * KDCOM-II combat management system
 * BAE Systems Mk.14 Weapons Direction System
 * ATLAS DSQS-21BZ Multifunction Sonar
 * SQR-220K Black Dragon Towed Array Sonar
 * Countermeasures:
 * LIG Nex1 SLQ-200(V)K SONATA Electronic Warfare Suite
 * SLQ-261K TACM
 * KDAGAIE MK2 Chaff/Flare Launcher x 4
 * Armament:
 * 1 x Mk.45 Mod 4 5"/62-caliber lightweight naval gun
 * 2 x Mk.41 VLS (fires RIM-67 Block IIIA, Hong Sang Eo, and Hyunmoo III) - 1 x 32-cell VLS, 1 x 24-cell KVLS
 * 2 x 21-cell Mk.49 RAM Launcher
 * 2 x 4-cannister Mk.141 Harpoon SSM Launchers
 * 1 x 30mm Goalkeeper CIWS
 * 2 x 12.75" triple fire torpedo tubes
 * Aircraft Carried: 2 x Westland Mk.99A Super Lynx maritime helicopters

Unit Run

 * ROKS Chungmugong Yi Sun-sin (DDH-975)
 * ROKS Munmu the Great (DDH-976)
 * ROKS Dae Jo-yeong (DDH-977)
 * ROKS Wang Geon (DDH-978)
 * ROKS Gang Gam-chan (DDH-979)
 * ROKS Choe Yeong (DDH-981)