Chungbuk 1980
Chungbuk 1995
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| 충북 [Chungbuk] (ex-Chevalier) | 95, 1980- 915 | Bath Iron Wks, USA | 12.6.1944 | 29.10.1944 | 9.1.1945 // 5.7.1972 | stricken 12.2000 | |
| 전북 [Jeonbuk] (ex-Everett F. Larson) | 96, 1980- 916 | Bath Iron Wks, USA | 9/1944 | 28.1.1945 | 6.4.1945 // 30.10.1972 | stricken 12.1999 |
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Displacement standard, t |
2400 |
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Displacement full, t |
3500 |
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Length, m |
116.6 wl 119.2 oa |
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Breadth, m |
12.5 |
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Draught, m |
4.40 |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
2 sets General Electric geared steam turbines, 4 Babcock & Wilcox boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
60000 |
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Max speed, kts |
30 |
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Fuel, t |
oil 640 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 4000 (20) |
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Armament |
3 x 2 - 127/38 Mk 38, 2 x 3 - 324 Mk TT, 2 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog Mk 11 ASWRL, 1 DCR |
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Electronic equipment |
SPS-10, SPS-40, Mk 25 radars, SQS-29 sonar, WLR-1, ULQ-6 ECM suites, 2x decoy RL |
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Complement |
274 |
Project history: Former USN Gearing class destroyers, converted to radar picket in 1949 and subsequently modernized under the FRAM II programme in 1960s. Hangar and flight deck, previously for DASH drone, were later converted to carry Alouette III helicopter. Purchased outright 31.1.1977.
Modernizations: 1976, Chungbuk: + 1 x 3 - 20/76 Sea Vulcan
1976, Jeonbuk: + 1 x 2 - 30/75 Emerlec-30
1979, both: + 2 x 4 Harpoon SSM (8 RGM-84), Alouette III helicopter (hangar and flight deck were widened and strengthened)
1986, both: - ULQ-6 ECM: + T-Mk 6 Fanfare torpedo decoy
late 1980s, Chungbuk: + 1 x 3 - 20/76 Sea Vulcan
late 1980s, Jeonbuk: - 1 x 2 - 30/75; + 2 x 3 - 20/76 Sea Vulcan
Naval service: No significant events.
Jeonbuk 1973
Chungbuk 1981
© Ivan Gogin, 2018