History
South Korea
Name
Namesake Jeonnam
Builder Hyundai Heavy Industries
Launched 19 April 1988
Commissioned 17 June 1988
Decommissioned 30 December 2022
Identification Hull number : FF-957
Status Decommissioned
General characteristics
Class and type Ulsan -class frigate
Displacement
1,500 tonnes (1,476 long tons) light
2,215 tonnes (2,180 long tons) full load
Length 103.7 m (340 ft 3 in)
Beam 12.5 m (41 ft 0 in)
Draught 3.8 m (12 ft 6 in)
Propulsion
CODOG
2 x General Electric LM-2500
2 x MTU 12V 956 TB82
Speed 34 knots (63 km/h; 39 mph)
Range 8,000 nmi (15,000 km; 9,200 mi) at 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph)
Complement 186 (16 officers)
Sensors and processing systems
Signaal DA-08 air surveillance radar
AN/SPS-10C navigation radar
ST-1802 fire control radar
Signaal PHS-32 hull-mounted sonar
TB-261K towed sonar
Electronic warfare & decoys
ULQ-11K ESM/ECM suite
2 x Mark 36 SRBOC 6-tubed chaff/flare launcher
2 x 15-tube SLQ-261 torpedo acoustic countermeasures
Armament
ROKS Jeonnam (FF-957) is the sixth ship of the Ulsan -class frigate in the Republic of Korea Navy . She is named after the province, Jeonnam .
Development
In the early 1990s, the Korean government plan for the construction of next generation coastal ships named Frigate 2000 was scrapped due to the 1997 Asian financial crisis . But the decommissioning of the Gearing -class destroyers and the aging fleet of Ulsan -class frigates, the plan was revived as the Future Frigate eXperimental , also known as FFX in the early 2000s.
10 ships were launched and commissioned from 1980 to 1993. They have 3 different variants which consists of Flight I, Flight II and Flight III.[1]
Construction and career
ROKS Jeonnam was launched on 19 April 1988 by Hyundai Heavy Industries and commissioned on 17 June 1988.
She participated in RIMPAC 1992 .[2]
She participated in RIMPAC 1998 .
She participated in RIMPAC 2000 .[3]
Decommissioned 30 December 2022.
As of August 2023, the ship was laid up at Mokpo North port awaiting scrapping.[4] [5]
References
External links
Media related to 957 Chon Nam (ship, 1988) at Wikimedia Commons