Gangwon-class destroyer

	ROKS Jeonju
Class overview
Name	Gangwon
Builders	Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company; Consolidated Steel Corporation; Bath Iron Works;
Operators	Republic of Korea Navy
Preceded by	Daegu class
Succeeded by	Gwanggaeto the Great class
Subclasses	Gearing class
Built	1944-1946
In commission	1974-2001
Planned	5
Completed	5
Retired	5
Preserved	ROKS Jeonju
General characteristics
Type	Destroyer
Displacement	2,616 long tons (2,658 t) standard; 3,460 long tons (3,516 t) full;
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	4 × GM Mod. 16-278A diesel engines with electric drive, 60,000 shp (45 MW); 2 × screws;
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	1 × AN/SPS-10B surface-search radar; 1 × AN/SPS-37 air-search radar; 1 × AN/WLR-1 radar warning receiver; 1 × Mark 37 Director;
Electronic warfare ; & decoys	1 × ECM; 1 × T-Mk 6 Fanfare;
Armament	1970s:; 2 × twin 5"/38 cal guns; 2 × triple Mark 46 torpedo tubes; 2 × quad ; 1 × RUR-5 ASROC; 2 × Mark 10 Hedgehog mortars; 1 × depth charge track; 1980s:; 2 × twin 5"/38 cal guns; 1 × twin 40 mm bofors; 2 × Sea Vulcan; 1 × RUR-5 ASROC; 2 × twin RGM-84C Harpoons; 2 × triple Mark 46 torpedo tubes; 2 × Mark 10 Hedgehog mortars; 1 × depth charge track;
Aircraft carried	1 × Aérospatiale Alouette III
Aviation facilities	Single hangar and helipad

The Gangwon class was a class of 5 destroyers by the Republic of Korea Navy. They entered service in 1974, with the last one being decommissioned in 2001.^[1]

History[]

These were ships used by the US Navy during World War II and were modernized in electronics and weaponry during FRAM I. 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 Eventually, they were deemed too outdated.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 five destroyers of the Gearing class for the Republic of Korea Navy from the USA in 1974 as part of the American Military Assistance Program. More were later leased over in later years.

They were all put out of service between 1974 till 2001.

Ships in the class[]

Pennant	Name	Builders	Laid down	Launched	Commissioned	Decommissioned
DD-99 / DD-919	Taejon	Consolidated Steel Corporation	14 April 1945	18 August 1945	23 February 1977	February 2001
DD-921	Gwangju	Bath Iron Works	31 July 1945	2 March 1946	23 February 1977	29 December 2000
DD-922	Gangwon	Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company	19 October 1944	8 July 1945	1978	2000
DD-923	Gyeonggi	Consolidated Steel Corporation	10 October 1944	17 March 1945	1981	1997
DD-924	Jeonju	Consolidated Steel Corporation	3 June 1944	20 November 1944	11 August 1981	31 December 1999

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.

[1] "해군의 섬너급 구축함". 디펜스투데이 (in Korean). 14 May 2020. Retrieved 15 June 2021.

[2] "The South Korean Navy (ROKN)". naval encyclopedia. 29 June 2020. Retrieved 15 June 2021.

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Class overview
ROKS Jeonju
Name	Gangwon
Builders	Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company Consolidated Steel Corporation Bath Iron Works
Operators	Republic of Korea Navy
Preceded by	Daegu class
Succeeded by	Gwanggaeto the Great class
Subclasses	Gearing class
Built	1944-1946
In commission	1974-2001
Planned	5
Completed	5
Retired	5
Preserved	ROKS Jeonju
General characteristics
Type	Destroyer
Displacement	2,616 long tons (2,658 t) standard 3,460 long tons (3,516 t) full
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	4 × GM Mod. 16-278A diesel engines with electric drive, 60,000 shp (45 MW) 2 × screws
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	1 × AN/SPS-10B surface-search radar 1 × AN/SPS-37 air-search radar 1 × AN/WLR-1 radar warning receiver 1 × Mark 37 Director
Electronic warfare & decoys	1 × ECM 1 × T-Mk 6 Fanfare
Armament	1970s: 2 × twin 5"/38 cal guns 2 × triple Mark 46 torpedo tubes 2 × quad 1 × RUR-5 ASROC 2 × Mark 10 Hedgehog mortars 1 × depth charge track 1980s: 2 × twin 5"/38 cal guns 1 × twin 40 mm bofors 2 × Sea Vulcan 1 × RUR-5 ASROC 2 × twin RGM-84C Harpoons 2 × triple Mark 46 torpedo tubes 2 × Mark 10 Hedgehog mortars 1 × depth charge track
Aircraft carried	1 × Aérospatiale Alouette III
Aviation facilities	Single hangar and helipad