DUMANGANG frigates (1943-1944/1950-1952)

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Name	No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
두만강 [Dumangang] (ex-EK-19, ex-Muskogee)	61	Consolidated Steel, San Pedro, USA	9.1943	18.10.1943	3.1944 // 5.11.1950	stricken 1972
압록강 [Amnokgang] (ex-EK-18, ex-Rockford)	62	Consolidated Steel, San Pedro, USA	8.1943	27.9.1943	3.1944 // 5.11.1950	collision 21.5.1952, never repaired
대동강 [Daedonggang] (ex-EK-11, ex-Tacoma)	63	Kaiser, Richmond, USA	3.1943	7.7.1943	11.1943 // 8.10.1951	stricken 1972
낙동강 [Nagdonggang] (ex-EK-13, ex-Hoquiam)	65	Kaiser, Richmond, USA	4.1943	31.7.1943	5.1944 // 8.10.1951	stricken 1972
임진강 [Imjingang] (ex-EK-16, ex-Sausalito)	66	Kaiser, Richmond, USA	4.1943	20.7.1943	3.1944 // 9.1952	stricken 1972

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	1509
Displacement full, t	2238
Length, m	87.0 wl 92.6 oa
Breadth, m	11.4
Draught, m	3.86
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 VTE, 3 boilers
Power, h. p.	5500
Max speed, kts	20
Fuel, t	oil 768
Endurance, nm(kts)	9500 (12)
Armament	3 x 1 - 76/50 Mk 22, 2 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1, 9 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10, 1 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog Mk 10 ASWRL, 8 DCT, 2 DCR (100)
Electronic equipment	SA, SL radars, QGA sonar
Complement	190

Standard scale images

Dumangang 1960

Project history

Former USN Tacoma class frigates modelled on the British 'River' class. These ships were amongst the twenty-eight ships of this class transferred to USSR during summer 1945. Survivors were returned to US Navy in Japan in 1949. First large ships loaned to Korean Navy. Two more, ex-Pasco and Gloucester, were towed from storage in Japan to Korea for spare parts cannibalization in January 1969.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service