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]
.jpg) ROKS Gang Gam-chan on 16 April 2010.
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| Name |
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| Namesake | Gang Gam-chan |
| Builder | DSME |
| Launched | 16 March 2006 |
| Commissioned | 1 October 2007 |
| Identification | Pennant number: DDH-979 |
| Status | Active |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Chungmugong Yi Sun-sin-class destroyer |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 150 m (492 ft 2 in) |
| Beam | 17 m (55 ft 9 in) |
| Propulsion | Combined diesel or gas |
| Speed | 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph) |
| Complement | 200 |
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Design
editThe 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
editROKS 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]
Gallery
edit- ROKS Gang Gam-chan Gallery
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ROKS Gang Gam-chan in the Cheonghae Unit. -
ROKS Gang Gam-chan underway in the Pacific Ocean on 13 October 2009. -
ROKS Gang Gam-chan on 7 October 2008 during International Fleet Review. -
ROKS Gang Gam-chan, ROKS Gwanggaeto the Great and USS Chung Hoon in formation during Foal Eagle 2016 on 24 March 2016. -
USS John Paul Jones, USS Shoup, JS Chokai, ROKS Sejong The Great and ROKS Gang Gam Chan maneuver into formation during Exercise Pacific Dragon 2016 on 25 June 2016.
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References
edit- ^ "ROKS Gang Gam-chan DDH-979". Helis.com. Retrieved 2020-08-08.
- ^ "Republic of Korea Navy ROKN". www.seaforces.org. Retrieved 2020-08-08.
- ^ Sung-ki, Jung (25 May 2007). "Korea Launches Aegis Warship". The Korea Times. Retrieved 23 September 2023.
- ^ "MilPower - Show warship class". www.milpower.org. Retrieved 2020-08-08.
- ^ "ROKS Kang Gam Chan carries out joint exercise with EU NAVFOR". Combined Maritime Forces (CMF). 2014-03-26. Archived from the original on March 26, 2014. Retrieved 2020-08-08.
- ^ "S. Korean destroyer heads for Gulf of Aden on anti-piracy mission". The Hankyoreh. Retrieved 2020-08-08.