![]() ROKS Jeju underway on 14 May 2012
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Name |
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Namesake | Jeju Island |
Builder | DSME |
Launched | 3 May 1988 |
Commissioned | 1 January 1990 |
Decommissioned | 30 December 2022 |
Identification | Hull number: FF-958 |
Status | Decommissioned |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Ulsan-class frigate |
Displacement |
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Length | 103.7 m (340 ft 3 in) |
Beam | 12.5 m (41 ft 0 in) |
Draught | 3.8 m (12 ft 6 in) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 34 knots (63 km/h; 39 mph) |
Range | 8,000 nmi (15,000 km; 9,200 mi) at 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) |
Complement | 186 (16 officers) |
Sensors and processing systems | |
Electronic warfare & decoys |
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Armament |
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ROKS Jeju (FF-958) is the seventh ship of the Ulsan-class frigate in the Republic of Korea Navy. She is named after the island, Jeju.
Development
[edit]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.
10 ships were launched and commissioned from 1980 to 1993. They have 3 different variants which consists of Flight I, Flight II and Flight III.[1]
Construction and career
[edit]ROKS Jeju was launched on 3 May 1988 by Daewoo Shipbuilding and commissioned on 1 January 1990.
She participated in Foal Eagle 2015.[2]
Decommissioned 30 December 2022
References
[edit]- ^ "FFK Ulsan class Frigate Korea (FFK)". www.globalsecurity.org. Retrieved 2021-07-08.
- ^ "Foal Eagle: March 2015". DVIDS. Retrieved 2021-07-09.
External links
[edit] Media related to ROKS Jeju (FF-958) at Wikimedia Commons