ROKS Cheongju (FF-961)

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ROKS Cheongju on 10 November 2015
History
Flag of South Korea.svgSouth Korea
Name
  • Cheongju
  • (청주)
Namesake Cheongju
Builder DSME
Launched20 March 1992
Commissioned1 June 1993
Identification
StatusActive
General characteristics
Class and type Ulsan-class frigate
Displacement
  • 1,500 tonnes (1,476 long tons) light
  • 2,215 tonnes (2,180 long tons) full load
Length103.7 m (340 ft 3 in)
Beam12.5 m (41 ft 0 in)
Draught3.8 m (12 ft 6 in)
Propulsion
  • CODOG
  • 2 x General Electric LM-2500
  • 2 x MTU 12V 956 TB82
Speed34 knots (63 km/h; 39 mph)
Range8,000  nmi (15,000 km; 9,200 mi) at 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph)
Complement186 (16 officers)
Sensors and
processing systems
  • Signaal DA-08 air surveillance radar
  • AN/SPS-10C navigation radar
  • ST-1802 fire control radar
  • Signaal PHS-32 hull-mounted sonar
  • TB-261K towed sonar
Electronic warfare
& decoys
  • ULQ-11K ESM/ECM suite
  • 2 x Mark 36 SRBOC 6-tubed chaff/flare launcher
  • 2 x 15-tube SLQ-261 torpedo acoustic countermeasures
Armament

ROKS Cheongju (FF-961) is the ninth ship of the Ulsan-class frigate in the Republic of Korea Navy. She is named after the city, Cheongju.

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Development

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

ROKS Cheongju was launched on 20 March 1992 by Daewoo Shipbuilding and commissioned on 1 June 1993.[ citation needed ]

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References

  1. "FFK Ulsan class Frigate Korea (FFK)". www.globalsecurity.org. Retrieved 2021-07-08.

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