ROKS Chungmugong Yi Sun-sin (DDH-975)

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 Korean commander Yi Sun-sin.

ROKS Chungmugong Yi Sun-sin on 6 July 2004.
History
South Korea
Name:
  • ROKS Chungmugong Yi Sun-shin
  • (충무공 이순신)
Namesake: Yi Sun-sin
Builder: Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering, South Korea
Launched: 22 May 2002
Commissioned: 2 December 2003
Identification: 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:

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 on 2 December 2003.

  • 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
  1. ROK Navy
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