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Incheon-class frigate
|
History
|
South Korea
|
Name
| |
Namesake
| Gangwon
|
Builder
| STX
|
Launched
| 12 August 2014
|
Completed
| November 2015
|
Identification
| Pennant number
: FFG-815
|
Status
| Active
|
General characteristics
|
Class and type
| Incheon
-class
frigate
|
Displacement
|
- 2,300 tonnes (2,264 long tons) light
- 3,251 tonnes (3,200 long tons) full load
|
Length
| 114 m (374 ft)
|
Beam
| 14 m (46 ft)
|
Draft
| 4 m (13 ft)
|
Propulsion
| |
Speed
|
- 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph) (max)
- 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph) (cruising)
|
Range
| 4,500
nautical miles
(8,000 km)
|
Complement
| 140
|
Sensors and
processing systems
| |
Electronic warfare
& decoys
|
- LIG Nex1 SLQ-200(V)K
Sonata
electronic warfare
suite
- SLQ-261K torpedo acoustic counter measures
- KDAGAIE Mk 2 decoy launchers
|
Armament
| |
Aircraft carried
| Super Lynx
or
AW159
helicopter
|
Aviation facilities
| Flight deck
and enclosed
hangar
for one medium-lift helicopter
|
ROKS
Gangwon
(FFG-815)
is the fourth
frigate
of the
Incheon
-class
in the
Republic of Korea Navy
. She is named after the province of
Gangwon
.
Development
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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.
The Republic of Korea Navy initially wanted twenty-four 3000 ton frigates to replace the
Ulsan
,
Pohang
and
Donghae
-class coastal fleet of 37 ships. It was later decided that six 2700 ton ships will be constructed for the first batch. In 2008, the plan was further downgraded to 2300 tons when president
Lee Myung-bak
took office, with the number of ships for the first batch down to six. 8 ships are planned for the second batch of FFX with the final goal of 20-22 frigates.
[2]
Construction and career
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]
ROKS
Gangwon
was
launched
on 12 August 2014 by
STX Offshore & Shipbuilding
and
commissioned
in November 2015.
[3]
References
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