ROKS Chungmugong Yi Sun-sin (DDH-975)

ROKS Chungmugong Yi Sun-sin (DDH-975) is a Chungmugong Yi Sun-sin-class destroyer in the Republic of Korea Navy. She is named after the Korean commander Yi Sun-sin.

ROKS Chungmugong Yi Sun-sin on 6 July 2004.
History
South Korea
Name:	ROKS Chungmugong Yi Sun-shin (충무공 이순신)
Namesake:	Yi Sun-sin
Builder:	Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering, South Korea
Launched:	22 May 2002
Commissioned:	2 December 2003
Identification:	DDH-975
Status:	Active
General characteristics
Class and type:	Chungmugong Yi Sun-sin-class destroyer
Displacement:	4,800 t (4,700 long tons) standard 5,000 t (4,900 long tons) full load
Length:	150 m (492 ft 2 in)
Beam:	17 m (55 ft 9 in)
Propulsion:	Combined diesel or gas
Speed:	30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Complement:	200
Armament:	1 x 5"/54 caliber Mark 45 gun 1 x Goalkeeper CIWS 64 x Vertical launching system 21 x RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile 8 x RGM-84 Harpoon 2 x triple K745 Blue Shark Torpedo

Design

The KDX-II is part of a much larger build up program aimed at turning the ROKN into a blue-water navy. It is said to be the first stealthy major combatant in the ROKN and was designed to significantly increase the ROKN's capabilities.[1]

Construction and career

ROKS Chungmugong Yi Sun-sin was launched on 22 May 2002 by Daewoo Shipbuilding and commissioned on 2 December 2003.

Gallery

• ROKS Chungmugong Yi Sun-sin Gallery
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  ROKS Chungmugong Yi Sun-shin docked in Apra Harbor, Hawaii on 14 June 2004.
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  ROKS Chungmugong Yi Sun-shin and USS John Paul Jones alongside each other during RIMPAC 2004.
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  ROKS Chungmugong Yi Sun-shin participating in the Republic of Korea Navy Cruise Training Task Group on 30 July 2005.
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  ROKS Chungmugong Yi Sun-shin and ROKS Seoae Ryu Seong-ryong during an exercise in the Sea of Japan on 3 October 2013.

References

1. ROK Navy