Chungbuk-class destroyer
ROKS Jeonbuk | |
Class overview | |
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Name | Chungbuk |
Builders | Bath Iron Works |
Operators | Republic of Korea Navy |
Preceded by | Chungmu class |
Succeeded by | Daegu class |
Subclasses | Gearing class |
Built | 1944-1945 |
In commission | 1972-1999 |
Planned | 2 |
Completed | 2 |
Retired | 2 |
Preserved | ROKS Jeonbuk |
General characteristics | |
Type | Destroyer |
Displacement |
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Length | 390.5 ft (119.0 m) |
Beam | 40.9 ft 10 in (12.72 m) |
Draft | 14.3 ft 8 in (4.56 m) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 36.8 knots (68.2 km/h; 42.3 mph) |
Range | 4,500 nmi (8,300 km) at 20 kn (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
Complement | 350 |
Sensors and processing systems |
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Electronic warfare & decoys |
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Armament |
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Aircraft carried | 1 × Aérospatiale Alouette III |
Aviation facilities | Single hangar and helipad |
The Chungbuk class was a class of 2 destroyers by the Republic of Korea Navy. They entered service in 1972, with the last one being decommissioned in 1999.[1]
History[]
These were ships used by the US Navy during World War II and were modernized in electronics and weaponry during FRAM II. They were once magnificent ships, which throughout the 1970s constituted the backbone of the Republic of Korea Navy as a replacement for Chungmu class destroyers. Eventually, they were deemed too outdated. However, they remained in service until well into the 1990s, when they were downright obsolete. They were all leased till 1977 then bought by the navy.[2]
They received two destroyers of the Gearing class for the Republic of Korea Navy from the USA in 1972 as part of the American Military Assistance Program. More were later leased over in later years.
They were all put out of service between 1972 till 1999.
Ships in the class[]
Pennant | Name | Builders | Laid down | Launched | Commissioned | Decommissioned |
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DD-95 / DD-915 | Chungbuk | Bath Iron Works | 12 June 1944 | 29 October 1944 | 5 July 1972 | 2000 |
DD-96 / DD-916 | Jeonbuk | 4 September 1944 | 28 January 1945 | 30 October 1972 | 1999 |
Citations[]
- ^ "DD-95/915 충북급 구축함". 네이버 블로그 | FROM THE SEA (in Korean). Retrieved 15 June 2021.
- ^ "The South Korean Navy (ROKN)". naval encyclopedia. 29 June 2020. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
- Destroyer classes
- 1970s ships
- Chungbuk-class destroyers
- Ships transferred from the United States Navy to the Republic of Korea Navy