Daegu-class destroyer
![]() ROKS Daegu as USS Wallace L. Lind | |
Class overview | |
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Name | Daegu |
Builders | |
Operators | ![]() |
Preceded by | Chungbuk class |
Succeeded by | Kangwon class |
Subclasses | Allen M. Sumner class |
Built | 1943-1944 |
In commission | 1973-1994 |
Planned | 2 |
Completed | 2 |
Retired | 2 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Destroyer |
Length | 376 ft 6 in (114.76 m) |
Beam | 40 ft (12 m) |
Draft | 15 ft 8 in (4.78 m) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 34 kn (63 km/h; 39 mph) |
Range | 6,500 nmi (12,000 km; 7,500 mi) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
Complement | 336 |
Sensors and processing systems |
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Electronic warfare & decoys | 1 × AN/WLR-1 ECM |
Armament |
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Aircraft carried | 1 × Aérospatiale Alouette III |
Aviation facilities | Single hangar and helipad |
The Daegu class was a class of 2 destroyers by the Republic of Korea Navy. They entered service in 1973, with the last one being decommissioned in 1994.[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 Eventually, they were deemed too outdated.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 Allen M. Sumner class for the Republic of Korea Navy from the USA in 1973 as part of the American Military Assistance Program. More were later leased over in later years.
They were all put out of service between 1973 till 1994.
Ships in the class[]
Pennant | Name | Builders | Laid down | Launched | Commissioned | Decommissioned |
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DD-17 / DD-917 | Daegu | Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company | 14 February 1944 | 14 June 1944 | 4 December 1973 | 1994 |
DD-18 / DD-918 | Incheon | Bath Iron Works | 9 August 1943 | 9 January 1944 | 5 December 1973 | 1993 |
Citations[]
- ^ "해군의 섬너급 구축함". 디펜스투데이 (in Korean). 14 May 2020. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
- ^ "The South Korean Navy (ROKN)". naval encyclopedia. 29 June 2020. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
- Destroyer classes
- 1970s ships
- Dae Gu-class destroyers
- Ships transferred from the United States Navy to the Republic of Korea Navy