Daegu-class destroyer

The Daegu class was a class of 2 destroyers by the Republic of Korea Navy. They entered service in 1973, with the last one being decommissioned in 1994.[1]

ROKS Daegu as USS Wallace L. Lind
Class overview
NameDaegu
Builders
Operators Republic of Korea Navy
Preceded byChungbuk class
Succeeded byKangwon class
SubclassesAllen M. Sumner class
Built1943-1944
In commission1973-1994
Planned2
Completed2
Retired2
General characteristics
TypeDestroyer
Length376 ft 6 in (114.76 m)
Beam40 ft (12 m)
Draft15 ft 8 in (4.78 m)
Propulsion
  • 60,000 shp (45,000 kW)
  • 2 shafts
Speed34 kn (63 km/h; 39 mph)
Range6,500 nmi (12,000 km; 7,500 mi) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement336
Sensors and
processing systems
Electronic warfare
& decoys
1 × AN/WLR-1 ECM
Armament
Aircraft carried1 × Aérospatiale Alouette III
Aviation facilitiesSingle hangar and helipad

History

These were ships used by the US Navy during World War II and were modernized in electronics and weaponry during FRAM II. They were once magnificent ships, which throughout the 1970s constituted the backbone of the Republic of Korea Navy as a replacement for Chungmu class destroyers. Eventually, they were deemed too outdated. However, they remained in service until well into the 1990s, when they were downright obsolete. They were all leased till 1977 then bought by the navy.[2]

They received two destroyers of the Allen M. Sumner class for the Republic of Korea Navy from the US in 1973 as part of the American Military Assistance Program. More were later leased over in later years.

They were all put out of service between 1973 till 1994.

Ships in the class

Pennant Name Builders Laid down Launched Commissioned Decommissioned
DD-17 / DD-917 Daegu Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company 14 February 1944 14 June 1944 4 December 1973 1994-12-30
DD-18 / DD-918 Incheon Bath Iron Works 9 August 1943 9 January 1944 5 December 1973 1994-12-30

Citations

  1. "해군의 섬너급 구축함". 디펜스투데이 (in Korean). 14 May 2020. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
  2. "The South Korean Navy (ROKN)". naval encyclopedia. 29 June 2020. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
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