:Gangwon-class destroyer
{{short description|Destroyers of the South Korean Navy}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2021}}
{{Infobox ship begin
| infobox caption = }} {{Infobox ship image | Ship image = File:2006년3월13일 해군 함정기동 (7193821148).jpg | Ship caption = ROKS Jeonju }}{{Infobox ship class overview | Name = Gangwon | Builders = *Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company | Operators = {{navy|South Korea}} | Class before = Daegu class | Class after = Gwanggaeto the Great class | Total ships planned = 5 | Built range = 1944-1946 | Total ships on order = | Total ships completed = 5 | Total ships active = | In commission range = 1974-2001 | Total ships retired = 5 | Subclasses = Gearing class | Total ships scrapped = | Total ships preserved = ROKS Jeonju }} {{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header = | Header caption = | Ship type = Destroyer | Ship class = | Ship displacement = *{{convert|2616|LT|t|0|abbr=on}} standard
| Ship length = *{{convert|390.5|ft|m|abbr=on}} | Ship beam = {{convert|40.9|ft|10|in|m|abbr=on}} | Ship draft = {{convert|14.3|ft|8|in|m|abbr=on}} | Ship depth = | Ship hold depth = | Ship propulsion = *4 × GM Mod. 16-278A diesel engines with electric drive, {{convert|60,000|shp|MW|abbr=on}}
| Ship speed = {{convert|36.8|kn|lk=in}} | Ship range = {{convert|4500|nmi|km|abbr=on}} at {{convert|20|kn|abbr=on}} | Ship complement = 350 | Ship armament = *1970s:
| Ship sensors = *1 × AN/SPS-10B surface-search radar
| Ship armor = | Ship notes = | Ship aircraft = 1 × Aérospatiale Alouette III | Ship aircraft facilities = Single hangar and helipad }} |
The Gangwon class was a class of 5 destroyers of the Republic of Korea Navy. They entered service in 1974; the last one was decommissioned in 2001.{{Cite web|date=2020-05-14|title=해군의 섬너급 구축함|url=http://www.defensetoday.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=937|access-date=2021-06-15|website=디펜스투데이|language=ko}}
History
These were ships used by the U.S. Navy during World War II and were modernized in electronics and weaponry during FRAM I. Throughout the 1970s, they constituted the backbone of the Republic of Korea Navy as a replacement for Chungmu-class destroyers. They remained in service until well into the 1990s. Initially leased till 1977, the ships were later purchased outright by the South Korean navy.{{Cite web|date=2020-06-29|title=The South Korean Navy (ROKN)|url=https://www.naval-encyclopedia.com/cold-war/south-korean-navy-rokn|access-date=2021-06-15|website=naval encyclopedia|language=en-US}}
The Republic of Korea Navy acquired five destroyers of the Gearing class for the Republic of Korea Navy from the USA in 1974 as part of the American Military Assistance Program. More were later leased over in later years.
The last of these ships was decommissioned in 2001.
Ships in the class
class="wikitable"
!Pennant !Name !Builders !Laid down !Launched !Commissioned !Decommissioned |
DD-99 / DD-919
|Consolidated Steel Corporation |14 April 1945 |18 August 1945 | rowspan="2" |23 February 1977 |February 2001 |
DD-921
|31 July 1945 |2 March 1946 |29 December 2000 |
DD-922
|Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company |19 October 1944 |8 July 1945 |1978 |2000 |
DD-923
| rowspan="2" |Consolidated Steel Corporation |10 October 1944 |17 March 1945 |1981 |1997 |
DD-924
|3 June 1944 |20 November 1944 |11 August 1981 |31 December 1999 |
Citations
{{Gearing class destroyer}}
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Category:Chungbuk-class destroyers
Category:Ships transferred from the United States Navy to the Republic of Korea Navy