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ROKS Gang Gam-chan on 16 April 2010.
History
South Korea
Name
  • Gang Gam-chan
  • (강감찬)
Namesake Gang Gam-chan
Builder DSME
Launched16 March 2006
Commissioned1 October 2007
Identification Pennant number: DDH-979
StatusActive
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
Length150 m (492 ft 2 in)
Beam17 m (55 ft 9 in)
Propulsion Combined diesel or gas
Speed30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Complement200
Armament

ROKS Gang Gam-chan (DDH-979) is a Chungmugong Yi Sun-sin-class destroyer in the Republic of Korea Navy. She is named after Gang Gam-chan. [1] [2]

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. [3]

Construction and career

ROKS Gang Gam-chan was launched on 16 March 2006 by Daewoo Shipbuilding and commissioned on 1 October 2007. [4]

Gang Gam-chan participated in the anti-piracy operations off Somalia alongside European Union Naval Force (EU NAVFOR) on March 26, 2014. [5]

ROKS Gang Gam-chan has been sent on patrol duty to Gulf of Aden on 13 August 2019. She is in the Navy's anti-piracy Cheonghae Unit. [6]

Gallery

References

  1. ^ "ROKS Gang Gam-chan DDH-979". Helis.com. Retrieved 2020-08-08.
  2. ^ "Republic of Korea Navy ROKN". www.seaforces.org. Retrieved 2020-08-08.
  3. ^ Sung-ki, Jung (25 May 2007). "Korea Launches Aegis Warship". The Korea Times. Retrieved 23 September 2023.
  4. ^ "MilPower - Show warship class". www.milpower.org. Retrieved 2020-08-08.
  5. ^ "ROKS Kang Gam Chan carries out joint exercise with EU NAVFOR". Combined Maritime Forces (CMF). 2014-03-26. Retrieved 2020-08-08.
  6. ^ "S. Korean destroyer heads for Gulf of Aden on anti-piracy mission". The Hankyoreh. Retrieved 2020-08-08.
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