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: 492 feet 2 inches (150.01 meters)
 * Beam: 57 feet 1 inch (17.4 meters)
 * Draft: 31 feet 2 inches (9.5 meters)
 * Displacement: 4,500 tonnes (4,429 long tons) standard, 5,520 tonnes (5,433 long tons) full load
 * Crew: 300
 * Propulsion: 2 x General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines, 2 x Sangyong 20V 956 TB 82 diesel engines, 2 shafts
 * Speed: 29 knots (53.71 km/h)
 * Sensor Suite:
 * Raytheon AN/SPS-49(V)5 2D long-range radar
 * Thales Nederland MW08 3D target indication radar
 * Thales Nederland STIR240 fire-control radar x 2
 * OT-134A Continuous Wave Illumination transmitters
 * SLQ-200(V)K SONATA electronic warfare system
 * KDCOM-II combat management system
 * BAE Systems Mk.14 Weapons Direction System
 * 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, 1 x 24-cell
 * 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 Super Lynx 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 Yi Seong-gye (DDH-980)
 * ROKS Choe Yeong (DDH-981)