ROKS Seoul (FF-952)
Coordinates: 37°33′10″N 126°53′51″E / 37.5527451°N 126.8974120°E
ROKS Seoul's decommissioning ceremony on 31 December 2015
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History | |
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South Korea | |
Name |
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Namesake | Seoul |
Builder | Hyundai |
Launched | 24 April 1984 |
Commissioned | 14 December 1985 |
Recommissioned | 31 December 2015 |
Identification |
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Status | Museum ship at |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Ulsan-class frigate |
Displacement |
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Length | 103.7 m (340 ft 3 in) |
Beam | 12.5 m (41 ft 0 in) |
Draught | 3.8 m (12 ft 6 in) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 34 knots (63 km/h; 39 mph) |
Range | 8,000 nmi (15,000 km; 9,200 mi) at 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) |
Complement | 186 (16 officers) |
Sensors and processing systems | |
Electronic warfare & decoys |
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Armament |
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ROKS Seoul (FF-952) is the second ship of the Ulsan-class frigate in the Republic of Korea Navy. She is named after the city, Seoul.
Development[]
In the early 1990s, the Korean government plan for the construction of next generation coastal ships named Frigate 2000 was scrapped due to the 1997 Asian financial crisis. But the decommissioning of the Gearing-class destroyers and the aging fleet of Ulsan-class frigates, the plan was revived as the Future Frigate eXperimental, also known as FFX in the early 2000s.
10 ships were launched and commissioned from 1980 to 1993. They have 3 different variants which consists of Flight I, Flight II and Flight III.[1]
Construction and career[]
ROKS Seoul was launched on 24 April 2014 by Hyundai Heavy Industries and commissioned on 14 December 1985.
She was decommissioned on 31 December 2015 and moored at , in her namesake city as a museum ship.[2]
Gallery[]
ROKS Seoul and USS McCampbell on 18 April 2011
Decommissioning ceremony of ROKS Seoul on 31 December 2015
References[]
- ^ "FFK Ulsan class Frigate Korea (FFK)". www.globalsecurity.org. Retrieved 2021-07-08.
- ^ "Seoul Battleship Park opens Wednesday". koreatimes. 2017-11-22. Retrieved 2021-07-08.
- 1984 ships
- Ulsan-class frigates
- Frigates of the Republic of Korea Navy
- Museum ships in South Korea
- Ships built by Hyundai Heavy Industries Group