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Gangwon 1997

Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
대전 [Daejeon] (ex-New) DD818 99, 1980- 919   Consolidated, Orange, USA 14.4.1945 18.8.1945 5.4.1946 // 25.2.1977 stricken 2.2001
광주 [Gwangju] (ex-Richard E. Kraus) DD849 101, 1980- 921   Bath Iron Wks, USA 31.7.1945 2.3.1946 23.5.1946 // 25.2.1977 stricken 12.2000
강원 [Gangwon] (ex-William R. Rush) DD714 102, 1980- 922   Federal, Kearny, USA 19.10.1944 8.7.1945 21.9.1945 // 1.7.1979 stricken 2000
경기 [Gueonggi] (ex-Newman K. Perry) DD883 923   Consolidated, Orange, USA 10.10.1944 17.1.1945 26.7.1945 // 25.7.1981 stricken 1998
전주 [Jeonju] (ex-Rogers) DD876 925   Consolidated, Orange, USA 3.6.1944 20.11.1944 26.3.1945 // 11.8.1981 stricken 12.1999


Technical data


Displacement standard, t

2425
Displacement full, t

3500
Length, m

116.6 wl 119.0 oa
Breadth, m

12.5
Draught, m

4.45 hull 6.40 sonar
No of shafts

2
Machinery

2 sets General Electric geared steam turbines, 4 Babcock & Wilcox boilers
Power, h. p.

60000
Max speed, kts

30
Fuel, t

oil 640
Endurance, nm(kts)

4800(15)
Armament

919, 921, 922: 2 x 2 - 127/38 Mk 38, 2 x 3 - 324 TT, 2 x 24 Hedgehog Mk 11 ASWRL, 1 DCR

923, 925: 1 х 8 ASROC ASuR (17 RUR-5), 2 x 2 - 127/38 Mk 38, 2 x 3 - 324 TT, 2 x 24 Hedgehog Mk 11 ASWRL, 1 DCR
Electronic equipment

919, 921: SPS-10, SPS-40, Mk 25 radars, SQS-23 sonar, WLR-1, ULQ-6 ECM suites, 2x decoy RL

922, 923, 925: SPS-10, SPS-29, Mk 25 radars, SQS-23 sonar, WLR-1, ULQ-6 ECM suites, 2x decoy RL
Complement

274


Standard scale images


<i>Daejon </i>1980
Daejon 1980
<i>Geonggi </i>1990
Geonggi 1990
<i>Gwangju </i>2000
Gwangju 2000


Graphics


<i>Gangwon </i>1997
Gangwon 1997


Project history

Former USN Gearing class destroyers, modernized under the FRAM I programme in 1960s. Hangar and flight deck, previously for DASH drone, were later on Harpoon-armed ships converted to carry Alouette III helicopter.

Modernizations

1979, Daejeon, Gwangju, Gangwon: + 2 x 4 Harpoon SSM (8 RGM-84C)

early 1980s, all: - ULQ-6 ECM suite

early 1980s, Daejeon, Gwangju, Gangwon: + 1 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1, 2 x 3 - 20/76 Sea Vulcan, Alouette III helicopter (hangar and flight deck were widened and strengthened)

early 1980s, Gueonggi, Jeonju: + 1 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1, 2 x 3 - 20/76 Sea Vulcan

early 1990s, all: + T-Mk 6 Fanfare torpedo decoy

mid-1990s, Daejeon, Gwangjiu: - SPS-40 radar; + DA-08 radar

mid-1990s, Gangwon: - SPS-29 radar; + DA-08 radar

late 1990s, Daejeon, Gwangju, Gangwon: - SQS-23 sonar; + DE 1191 sonar

Naval service

No significant events.