:ROKS Yang Man-chun (DDH-973)
{{short description|Gwanggaeto the Great-class destroyer}}
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| Ship nickname = | Ship honors = | Ship captured = | Ship fate = | Ship status = Active | Ship maiden voyage = | Ship recommissioned = | Ship country = South Korea | Ship original cost = | Ship flag = {{shipboxflag|South Korea|naval}} | Ship name = *Yang Man-chun
| Ship namesake = Yang Manchun | Ship ordered = | Ship awarded = | Ship builder = DSME | Ship yard number = | Ship commissioned = 29 June 2000 | Ship way number = | Ship laid down = | Ship launched = 30 September 1998 | Ship sponsor = | Ship christened = | Ship completed = | Ship acquired = | Ship notes = }} {{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header = | Ship endurance = | Ship armor = | Ship armament = * 1 × OTO Melara 127 mm (5 inch)/54 gun
| Ship EW = * SLQ-25 Nixie towed torpedo decoy
| Ship sensors = * AN/SPS-49(V) 2D air search radar
| Ship time to activate = | Ship complement = 286 | Ship speed = {{Convert|30|kn|lk=in}} | Header caption = | Ship propulsion = *2 × General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines
| Ship depth = | Ship beam = {{Convert|14.2|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | Ship length = {{Convert|135.5|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | Ship displacement = *{{convert|3885 |
| 3900|t|LT|0}} full load
| Ship class = {{sclass|Gwanggaeto the Great|destroyer}} | Ship notes = }} |
ROKS Yang Man-chun (DDH-973) is the third ship of the Gwangaetto the Great-class in the Republic of Korea Navy. She is named after Yang Man-chun.
Development
The KDX-I was designed to replace the old destroyers in the ROKN that were transferred from the US Navy in the 1950s and 1960s. It was thought to be a major turning point for the ROKN in that the launching of the first KDX-I meant that ROKN finally had a capability to project power far from its shores. After the launching of the ship, there was a massive boom in South Korean international participation against piracy and military operations other than war.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=KDX-I Okpo class DDH (Destroyer Helicopter)|url=https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/rok/kdx-1.htm|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=8 August 2020|website=GlobalSecurity}}
Construction and career
ROKS Yang Man-chun was launched on 30 September 1998 by Daewoo Shipbuilding and commissioned on 29 June 2000.{{Cite web|title=Gwanggaeto the Great Class / KDX-I Class Destroyer|url=https://www.naval-technology.com/projects/gwanggaeto-the-great-class-kdx-i-class-destroyer/|access-date=2020-08-08|website=Naval Technology|language=en-GB}}
=RIMPAC 2008=
ROKS Yang Man-chun and ROKS Munmu the Great participated in RIMPAC 2008 and they were part of {{USS|Kitty Hawk|CV-63|6}}'s battle group.{{Cite web|title=Korean ships pass Hawaiian memorials|url=https://www.dvidshub.net/image/98207/korean-ships-pass-hawaiian-memorials|access-date=2020-08-09|website=DVIDS|language=en}}
Gallery
File:US Navy 080624-N-9671T-168 Korean sailors aboard the Republic of Korea Ship (ROKS) Yang Monchoon (DDH 973) wave to observers as the ship pulls into Pearl Harbor for the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2008 Exercise.jpg|ROKS Yang Man-chun enters Pearl Harbor prior to RIMPAC 2008.
File:Tugboat escorts ROKS Yang Monchoon (DDH 973) into Pearl Harbor.jpg|ROKS Yang Man-chun is escorted by a U.S. Navy tugboat as it enters Pearl Harbor prior to RIMPAC 2008.
File:ROKS Yang Manchoon (DDH 973) with tug in Pearl Harbor RIMPAC 2008 US Navy 080624-N-4965F-226.jpg|ROKS Yang Man-chun is escorted by a U.S. Navy tugboat as it enters Pearl Harbor prior to RIMPAC 2008.
References
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Category:Gwanggaeto the Great-class destroyers
Category:ships built by Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering