ROKS Gang Gam-chan (DDH-979)

ROKS Gang Gam-chan (DDH-979) is a Chungmugong Yi Sun-sin-class destroyer in the Republic of Korea Navy. She is named after Gang Gam-chan.[1][2]

ROKS Gang Gam-chan on 16 April 2010.
History
South Korea
Name:
  • ROKS Gang Gam-chan
  • (강감찬)
Namesake: Gang Gam-chan
Builder: Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering, South Korea
Launched: 16 March 2006
Commissioned: 1 October 2007
Identification: DDH-979
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:

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.[3]

Construction and career

ROKS Gang Gam-chan was launched on 16 March 2006 by Daewoo Shipbuilding and commissioned on 1 October 2007.[4]

Gang Gam-chan participated in the anti-piracy operations off Somalia alongside European Union Naval Force (EU NAVFOR) on March 26, 2014.[5]

ROKS Gang Gam-chan has been sent on patrol duty to Gulf of Aden on 13 August 2019. She is in the Navy’s anti-piracy Cheonghae Unit.[6]

  • ROKS Gang Gam-chan Gallery
  • ROKS Gang Gam-chan underway in the Pacific Ocean on 13 October 2009.
  • ROKS Gang Gam-chan on 7 October 2008 during International Fleet Review.
  • ROKS Gang Gam-chan, ROKS Gwangaetto the Great and USS Chung Hoon in formation during Foal Eagle 2016 on 24 March 2016.
  • USS John Paul Jones, USS Shoup, JS Chokai, ROKS Sejong The Great and ROKS Gang Gam Chan maneuver into formation during Exercise Pacific Dragon 2016 on 25 June 2016.

References
  1. "ROKS Gang Gam-chan DDH-979". Helis.com. Retrieved 2020-08-08.
  2. "Republic of Korea Navy ROKN". www.seaforces.org. Retrieved 2020-08-08.
  3. ROK Navy
  4. "MilPower - Show warship class". www.milpower.org. Retrieved 2020-08-08.
  5. "ROKS Kang Gam Chan carries out joint exercise with EU NAVFOR". Combined Maritime Forces (CMF). 2014-03-26. Retrieved 2020-08-08.
  6. "S. Korean destroyer heads for Gulf of Aden on anti-piracy mission". english.hani.co.kr. Retrieved 2020-08-08.
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