Gwanggaeto the Great class destroyer
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| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 3,885-3,900 tons full load |
| Length: | 135.5 m (444 ft) |
| Beam: | 14.2 m (46.5 ft) |
| Draft: | 4.2 m (14 ft) |
| Propulsion: | 2 General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines and 2 Sangyong 20V 956 TB 82 diesel engines; two shafts |
| Speed: | 30 knots (56 km/h) |
| Range: | 4,500 nautical miles at 18 knots |
| Crew Complement: | 286 |
| Armament: | 1 x OTO Melara 127 mm(5 inch)/54 gun, 2 x Signaal 30 mm Goalkeeper CIWS, 2 x quadruple Harpoon missile canisters, 1 x Mk.48 mod2 VLS with 16 RIM-7P Sea Sparrow missiles, 2 x triple 12.75 in (324 mm) torpedo tubes (Mk46 torpedoes). |
| Aircraft: | 2 x Super Lynx helicopters. |
| Radars: | AN/SPS-49(V) 2D air search radar, Signaal MW 08 surface search radar, Daewoo SPS-95k navigation radar, 2 x Signaal STIR 180 Fire control radars. |
| Sonars: | ATLAS DSQS-21BZ Hull mounted Sonar |
| EW: | SLQ-25 Nixie towed torpedo decoy, ARGOSystems AR 700 and APECS 2 ECM, 4 x CSEE DAGAIE MK.2 Chaff Launchers |
The Gwanggaeto the Great class destroyers, often called KDX-I class, are destroyers operated by the Republic of Korea Navy. It was the first phase of ROKN's KDX program, in moving the ROK Navy from a coastal defence force to a blue-water navy.
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[edit] Weapon Systems
It is armed with an OTO 127 mm/54 caliber gun, two 30 mm Goalkeepers, 16 MK 48 Mod 2 Raytheon RIM-7P Sea Sparrow SAM missiles, RGM-84 Harpoon anti-ship cruise missile and two torpedo mounts in a triple tube configuration. Its vertical launch system can hold up to 16 missiles.
[edit] Construction
All Gwanggaeto the Great class destroyers were built by the Daewoo Heavy Industries Co., Inc. at Geoje, South Korea. In 1989, Daewoo Heavy Industries began working on the 4,000-ton destroyer which is now secondary destroyer of the Korean navy, and the achievement was made through DSME's 100% design engineering for the first time in Korea.
[edit] Ships in the class
| Hull No. | Name | Launched | Commissioned |
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| DDH-971 | Gwanggaeto the Great | 28 October 1996 | July 1998 |
| DDH-972 | Euljimundeok | 16 October 1997 | September 1999 |
| DDH-973 | Yang Manchun | 30 September 1998 | July 2000 |
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