Chungbuk-class destroyer

{{short description|Destroyers of the Republic of Korea Navy}}

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| Ship caption = ROKS Jeonbuk

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| Name = Chungbuk

| Builders = *Bath Iron Works

| Operators = {{navy|South Korea}}

| Class before = Chungmu class

| Class after = Daegu class

| Total ships planned = 7

| Built range = 1944-1945

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| In commission range = 1972—2001

| Total ships retired = 7

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| Total ships preserved = 1

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| Ship type = Destroyer

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| Ship displacement = *{{convert|2616|LT|t|0|abbr=on}} standard

  • {{convert|3460|LT|t|0|abbr=on}} full

| 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}}

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| 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 EW = *1 × AN/ULQ-6 ECM

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| Ship aircraft = 1 × Aérospatiale Alouette III

| Ship aircraft facilities = Single hangar and helipad

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The Chungbuk-class was a class of 7 destroyers, formerly the United States' Gearing-class destroyer, that were transferred to and commissioned by the Republic of Korea Navy. They entered service in 1972, with the last one being decommissioned in 2001.

History

These were ships used by the US Navy during World War II and were modernized in electronics and weaponry during FRAM II. They were once magnificent ships, which throughout the 1970s constituted the backbone of the Republic of Korea Navy as a replacement for Chungmu class destroyers. Eventually, they were deemed too outdated. However, they remained in service until well into the 1990s, when they were downright obsolete. They were all leased till 1977 then bought by the 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}}

They received two destroyers of the Gearing class for the Republic of Korea Navy from the US in 1972 as part of the American Military Assistance Program. More were later leased over in later years.

Ships in the class

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ROKS ChungbukDD-9151972December 2000Former DD-805 Chevalier, decommissioned{{Cite book |last=Bak |first=Dongchan |url=http://medcmd.mil.kr/user/imhc/upload/pblictn/PBLICTNEBOOK_202105270240172800.pdf |title=Korean War : Weapons of the United Nations |publisher=Ministry of Defense Institute for Military History |date=March 2021 |isbn=979-11-5598-079-8 |location=Republic of Korea |pages=244–250 |language=Korean |access-date=17 August 2022 |archive-date=20 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220920170621/http://medcmd.mil.kr/user/imhc/upload/pblictn/PBLICTNEBOOK_202105270240172800.pdf |url-status=dead }}
ROKS JeonbukDD-9161972December 1999Former DD-830 Everett F. Larson, decommissioned
ROKS DaejeonDD-9191977February 2001Former DD-818 New, decommissioned and used as a museum ship until scrapped
ROKS GwangjuDD-9211977December 2000Former DD-849 Richaard E. Kraus, decommissioned
ROKS GangwonDD-9221978December 2000Former DD-714 William R. Rush, decommissioned
ROKS GyeonggiDD-9231978Former DD-883 Newman K. Perry, decommissioned
ROKS JeonjuDD-9251981Former DD-876 Rogers, decommissioned and used as a museum ship

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