ROKS Chungmugong Yi Sun-sin (DDH-975)

	ROKS Chungmugong Yi Sun-sin on 6 July 2004.
History
South Korea
Name	Chungmugong Yi Sun-shin; (충무공 이순신);
Namesake	Yi Sun-sin
Builder	DSME
Launched	22 May 2002
Commissioned	2 December 2003
Identification	MMSI number: 6134516; Pennant number: DDH-975;
Status	Active
General characteristics
Class and type	Chungmugong Yi Sun-sin-class destroyer
Displacement	4,800 t (4,700 long tons) standard; 5,000 t (4,900 long tons) full load;
Length	150 m (492 ft 2 in)
Beam	17 m (55 ft 9 in)
Propulsion	Combined diesel or gas
Speed	30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Complement	200
Armament	1 x 5"/54 caliber Mark 45 gun; 1 x Goalkeeper CIWS; 64 x VLS; 21 x RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile; 8 x RGM-84 Harpoon; 2 x triple K745 Blue Shark Torpedo;

ROKS Chungmugong Yi Sun-sin (DDH-975) is a Chungmugong Yi Sun-sin-class destroyer in the Republic of Korea Navy. She is named after the Joseon Korean admiral Yi Sun-sin with his posthumous name, Chungmugong, literally “Lord of Loyal Valor”.

Design

The KDX-II is part of a much larger build up program aimed at turning the ROKN into a blue-water navy. It is said to be the first stealthy major combatant in the ROKN and was designed to significantly increase the ROKN's capabilities.^[1]

Construction and career

ROKS Chungmugong Yi Sun-sin was launched on 22 May 2002 by Daewoo Shipbuilding and commissioned in November 2003.^[2]

Gallery

ROKS Chungmugong Yi Sun-sin Gallery
ROKS Chungmugong Yi Sun-shin docked in Apra Harbor, Hawaii on 14 June 2004.
ROKS Chungmugong Yi Sun-shin and USS John Paul Jones alongside each other during RIMPAC 2004.
ROKS Chungmugong Yi Sun-shin participating in the Republic of Korea Navy Cruise Training Task Group on 30 July 2005.
ROKS Chungmugong Yi Sun-shin and ROKS Seoae Ryu Seong-ryong during an exercise in the Sea of Japan on 3 October 2013.

References

^ Sung-ki, Jung (25 May 2007). "Korea Launches Aegis Warship". The Korea Times. Retrieved 23 September 2023.
^ Saunders RN, Commodore Stephen, ed. (2003). Jane's Fighting Ships, 2003-2004. Jane's Information Group. p. 427. ISBN 978-0710625465.

[1] Sung-ki, Jung (25 May 2007). "Korea Launches Aegis Warship". The Korea Times. Retrieved 23 September 2023.

[2] Saunders RN, Commodore Stephen, ed. (2003). Jane's Fighting Ships, 2003-2004. Jane's Information Group. p. 427. ISBN 978-0710625465.

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v t e Chungmugong Yi Sun-sin-class destroyers
Chungmugong Yi Sun-sin Munmu the Great Dae Jo-yeong Wang Geon Gang Gam-chan Choe Yeong
Preceded by: Gwanggaeto the Great class Followed by: Sejong the Great class
List of destroyers of the Republic of Korea Navy