ROKS Yang Man-chun (DDH-973)

ROKS Yang Man-chun (DDH-973) is the third ship of the Gwangaetto the Great-class in the Republic of Korea Navy. She is named after Yang Man-chun.

ROKS Yang Man-chun prepares to dock in Los Angeles on 25 July 2010
History
South Korea
Name:
  • ROKS Yang Man-chun
  • (양만춘)
Namesake: Yang Manchun
Builder: Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering, South Korea
Launched: 30 September 1998
Commissioned: 29 June 2000
Identification: DDH-973
Status: Active
General characteristics
Class and type: Gwanggaeto the Great-class destroyer
Displacement: 3,885–3,900 tonnes (3,824–3,838 long tons) full load
Length: 135.5 m (444 ft 7 in)
Beam: 14.2 m (46 ft 7 in)
Propulsion:
Speed: 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Complement: 286
Sensors and
processing systems:
Electronic warfare
& decoys:
  • SLQ-25 Nixie towed torpedo decoy
  • ARGOSystems AR 700 and APECS 2 ECM
  • 4 × CSEE DAGAIE MK 2 Chaff Launchers
Armament:

Development

The KDX-I was designed to replace the old destroyers in the ROKN that were transferred from the US Navy in the 1950s and 1960s. It was thought to be a major turning point for the ROKN in that the launching of the first KDX-I meant that ROKN finally had a capability to project power far from its shores. After the launching of the ship, there was a massive boom in South Korean international participation against piracy and military operations other than war.[1]

Construction and career

ROKS Yang Man-chun was launched on 30 September 1998 by Daewoo Shipbuilding and commissioned on 29 June 2000.[2]

RIMPAC 2008

ROKS Yang Man-chun and ROKS Munmu the Great participated in RIMPAC 2008 and they were part of USS Kitty Hawk’s Battle Group.[3]

  • ROKS Yang Man-chun Gallery
  • ROKS Yang Man-chun enters Pearl Harbor prior to RIMPAC 2008.
  • ROKS Yang Man-chun is escorted by a U.S. Navy tugboat as it enters Pearl Harbor prior to RIMPAC 2008.
  • ROKS Yang Man-chun is escorted by a U.S. Navy tugboat as it enters Pearl Harbor prior to RIMPAC 2008.

References
  1. "KDX-I Okpo class DDH (Destroyer Helicopter)". GlobalSecurity. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  2. "Gwanggaeto the Great Class / KDX-I Class Destroyer". Naval Technology. Retrieved 2020-08-08.
  3. "Korean ships pass Hawaiian memorials". DVIDS. Retrieved 2020-08-09.
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