ROKS Wang Geon (DDH-978)

	ROKS Wang Geon entering Pearl Harbor during RIMPAC 2014
History
South Korea
Name	Wang Geon ; (왕건);
Namesake	Wang Geon
Builder	Hyundai
Launched	4 May 2005
Commissioned	10 November 2006
Identification	Pennant number: DDH-978
Status	Active
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;
Length	150 m (492 ft 2 in)
Beam	17 m (55 ft 9 in)
Propulsion	Combined diesel or gas
Speed	30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Complement	200
Armament	1 x 5"/54 caliber Mark 45 gun; 1 x Goalkeeper CIWS; 64 x VLS; 21 x RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile; 8 x RGM-84 Harpoon; 2 x triple K745 Blue Shark Torpedo;

ROKS Wang Geon (DDH-978) is a Chungmugong Yi Sun-sin-class destroyer in the Republic of Korea Navy. She is named after Wang Geon.^[1]

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.^[2]^[3]

Construction and career

ROKS Wang Geon was launched on 4 May 2005 by Hyundai Heavy Industries and commissioned on 10 November 2006.^[4]

RIMPAC 2014

ROKS Wang Geon, ROKS Seoae Ryu Seong-ryong and a Jang Bogo-class submarine participated in RIMPAC 2014 from 26 June to 1 August 2014.^[5]

Gallery

ROKS Wang Geon Gallery
ROKS Wang Geon alongside USS George Washington on a patrol on 29 September 2011.
PLAN Qiandaohu and ROKS Wang Geon during RIMPAC 2014.
USS Wayne E. Meyer and ROKS Wang Geon in a bilateral exercise on 24 April 2017.