35°30′06″N 129°23′00″E / 35.5017137°N 129.3833651°E / 35.5017137; 129.3833651

ROKS Ulsan on 28 May 2012
History
South Korea
Name
  • Ulsan
  • (울산)
NamesakeUlsan
BuilderHyundai
Launched8 April 1980
Commissioned30 December 1980
Decommissioned30 December 2014
IdentificationHull number: FF-951
StatusMuseum ship in Ulsan City
General characteristics
Class and typeUlsan-class frigate
Displacement
  • 1,500 tonnes (1,476 long tons) light
  • 2,180 tonnes (2,146 long tons) full load
Length103.7 m (340 ft 3 in)
Beam12.5 m (41 ft 0 in)
Draught3.8 m (12 ft 6 in)
Propulsion
  • CODOG
  • 2 x General Electric LM-2500
  • 2 x MTU 12V 956 TB82
Speed34 knots (63 km/h; 39 mph)
Range8,000 nmi (15,000 km; 9,200 mi) at 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph)
Complement186 (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 Ulsan (FF-951) is the lead ship of the Ulsan-class frigate in the Republic of Korea Navy. She is named after the city, Ulsan.

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 Ulsan was launched on 8 April 1980 by Hyundai Heavy Industries and commissioned on 30 December 1980.[2]

She was decommissioned on 30 December 2014 and placed above ground in Ulsan City as a museum ship.[3][4]

References

  1. ↑ "FFK Ulsan class Frigate Korea (FFK)". www.globalsecurity.org. Retrieved 2021-07-08.
  2. ↑ "HHI Floats Out Fifth Frigate for ROK Navy". Offshore Energy. 2013-11-13. Retrieved 2021-07-08.
  3. ↑ "ROKS Ulsan FF951 - ShipSpotting.com - Ship Photos and Ship Tracker". www.shipspotting.com. Retrieved 2021-07-08.
  4. ↑ 허광무 (2017-04-12). "'노병, 고향에 안식'…퇴역 울산함, 고래특구 장생포 전시". 연합뉴스 (in Korean). Retrieved 2021-07-08.

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