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Sejong Daewang 2008 Many thanks to ChangZhi Wang for additional information on this page.

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
세종대왕 [Sejong Daewang]	991		Hyundai, Ulsan	30.5.2006	25.5.2007	22.12.2008	in service (2019)
율곡이이 [Yulgok Yii]	992		Daewoo, Okpo	25.7.2007	14.11.2008	31.8.2010	in service (2019)
서애류성룡 [Yu Seong Ryong]	993		Hyundai, Ulsan	2009	24.3.2011	3.9.2012	in service (2019)

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	7600
Displacement full, t	10290
Length, m	165.9
Breadth, m	21.4
Draught, m	10.4 (sonar)
No of shafts	2
Machinery	COGAG: 4 General Electric LM-2500 gas turbines
Power, h. p.	100000
Max speed, kts	30
Fuel, t	gas turbine oil
Endurance, nm(kts)	4500(20)
Armament	4 x 4 Harpoon Block II SSM (16 RGM-84C), 1 x 48 Cheon Ryong CruM / Hongsangeo ASuM (VLS, 32 Cheon Ryong + 16 Hongsangeo), (1 x 48 + 1 x 32) Standard SM-2MR Block IIIB SAM / 4x ESSM SAM (VLS, 80 RIM-66M-5 / 4x RIM-162), 1 x 21 RAM SAM (21 RIM-116), 1 x 1 - 127/62 Mk 45 Mod.4, 1 x 7 - 30/77 Goalkeeper, 2 x 3 - 324 Mk 32 TT (Cheongsangeo or Mk 46 Mod.2), 2 helicopters (Super Lynx)
Electronic equipment	SPY-1D(v), SPS-67(v)3, 3x SPG-62, Goalkeeper, nav. radars, VAMPIR e/o system, DSQS-21BZ-M, SQR-220K sonars, SLQ-200(v)1K Sonata ECM suite, 4x Dagaie Mk 2 decoy RL, 2x SLQ-261K torpedo decoy launchers (TACM system), Daewoo torpedo decoy, CCS
Complement	185

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Project history

KDX-III, Aegis Baseline 7.1 (BAseline K1)-based design, enlarged variant of Arleigh Burke Flight 2A. Korean Cheon Ryong and Hongsangeo missiles really entered service only in early 2010s. Ships can carry Hae Sung II SSMs instead of Cheong Ryong.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.

Many thanks to ChangZhi Wang for additional information on this page.