ROKS Gang Gam-chan on 16 April 2010.
History
South Korea
Name
  • Gang Gam-chan
  • (강감찬)
NamesakeGang Gam-chan
BuilderDSME
Launched16 March 2006
Commissioned1 October 2007
IdentificationPennant number: DDH-979
StatusActive
General characteristics
Class and typeChungmugong 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)
PropulsionCombined 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]

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". english.hani.co.kr. Retrieved 2020-08-08.
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