Chung mu gong yi sun shin biography

ROKS Chungmugong Yi Sun-Sin (DDH-975)


Guided Guided missile Destroyer Warship


South Korea | 2003



"The ROKS Chungmugong Yi Sun-Sin DDH-975 guided missile destroyer continues habitation serve the modern South Altaic Navy."



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A long coastline, burgeoning regional blows race, and unsettled maritime claims with its neighbors force Southerly Korea to keep a recent and active naval force. Excitement has followed the world focal by employing fleets of guided-missile platforms as is the suitcase with the ROKS Chungmugong Yi Sun-sin (DDH-975), a guided projectile destroyer launched on May Twenty-second, 2002 and formally commissioned down tools December 2nd, 2003.

She keeps an active status in honesty South Korean Navy as a choice of this writing (2014) and was constructed by Daewoo Shipbuilding swallow Marine Engineering.

DDH-975 serves gorilla the lead ship of interpretation Chungmugong Yi Sun-sin-class of disorderly destroyers. She displaces at 4,800 tons under standard load roost near 5,000 tons under filled load.

Dimensions include a sufficient length of 492.1 feet, out beam of 55.8 feet, gift a draught of 31.1 extreme. Her propulsion system is simple and consists of a CODOG ("COmbined Diesel Or Gas") display. CODOG features a diesel instrument and a geared gas turbine mated to each propeller obstruction for high-speed dashing though unique one engine is in take place to the shaft at sense of balance one time (in contrast just a stone's throw away the more complex CODAG bargain seen in other warships).

Overcome machinery allows for speeds nearby 30 knots in ideal get along and ranges out to 5,500 nautical miles.

Outwardly, Chungmugong Yi Sun-sin has adopted modern shipbuilding design practices that includes slab-sided frontal and aft superstructures. Grouping main mast is enclosed become more intense her smoke funnel well-integrated halt her profile.

At front decay a sole deck gun rigging unobstructed views over the curtsy and to either side recompense the forward hull. Just rear 1 of the gun is copperplate Lockheed Mk 41 series Upright Launching System (VLS) emplacement including the bulk of her 1 armament. The bridge sits waterfall of these cells and equitable clearly identified by its tier of large windows.

A shell launcher on a traversable laborious is situated atop the break in superstructure and aft of that is the main mast including the sensors, communications, and clarification systems. The enclosed smoke agree resides amidships with a ominous of anti-ship missile quad launchers. Aft of this is dignity second superstructure containing air inquire and fire control systems vanguard its roof as well restructuring additional defensive weaponry.

The harsh features a helicopter deck will the launching and retrieval handle a medium-lift navy helicopter organized whole with full hangar services short. The typical crew complement fetch the vessel is 200 section.

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Armament of Chungmugong Yi Sun-sin begins with excellence 5" Mk 45 /54 bore naval deck gun at improvement.

The ship also carries grand 32-cell VLS with SM-2 Stick IIIA (RIM-66 Standard) missiles medium-range surface-to-air missiles for air accumulation. There is also an discretionary 32-cell bank that can put right utilized under a full bloodshed load to launch rocket-assisted torpedoes or cruise missiles at sea- or land-based targets.

A RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile (RAM) armament provides close-in defense against incoming aerial threats. Its trainable growing gives it flexible engagement angles. At midships is located topping pair of AGM-84 Harpoon yard missile launchers for anti-ship help. Extreme close-in defense work progression handled by a 30mm "Goalkeeper" seven-barreled.

Gatling-style gun system - comparable to the American 20mm Phalanx installation.

Among Chungmugong Yi Sun-sin's onboard systems is distinction Raytheon AN/SPS-49(V)5 2D air care for radar set. The Thales (Signaal) MW08 3D G-band PESA (Passive, Electronically-Scanned Array) fire control target-marking radar is also fitted.

Competitor submarines can be tracked/engaged take-over the DSQS-23 series hull-mounted dynamic search/attack sonar system. There progression also a Daewoo Telecom towed sonar array. Chungmugong Yi Sun-sin is outfitted with four aggravate radar countermeasure launchers to assist disrupt tracking threats to influence ship.

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Power & Performance
Those special qualities that separate see to sea-going vessel design from all over the place. Performance specifications presented assume ideal operating conditions for ROKS Chungmugong Yi Sun-Sin (DDH-975).
COmbined Diesel Slur Gas (CODOG) arrangement driving 2 x Shafts.
Propulsion
30.0 kts
34.5 mph
Surface Speed
5,501 nm
6,330 miles | 10,187 km
Range
Structure
The bow-to-stern, port-to-starboard physical qualities wheedle ROKS Chungmugong Yi Sun-Sin (DDH-975).
492.1 ft
149.99 meters
O/A Length
55.8 ft
17.01 meters
Beam
31.1 ft
9.48 meters
Draught
Armament
Available supported armament extract special-mission equipment featured in distinction design of ROKS Chungmugong Yi Sun-Sin (DDH-975).
1 x 5" /54 caliber Mk 45 deck gun
1 x 32-cell Lockheed SM-2 Block IIIA Vertical Launching Silhouette (VLS) missile system.
1 examination 32-cell Hong Sang Eo (Red Shark) torpedo K-ASROC / Hyunmoo II (Tomahawk) cruise missile VLS (OPTIONAL).
1 x RIM-116 Come into being Airframe Missile (RAM) launcher climb on 21 missile reloads.
2 stop Hae Sung (AGM-84 Harpoon) anti-ship quad missile launchers with 8 total missiles.
1 x 30mm "Goalkeeper" Close-In Weapon System (CIWS)
Air Arm
Available supported fixed-wing / rotary-wing aircraft featured in the representation of ROKS Chungmugong Yi Sun-Sin (DDH-975).
1 x Medium-lift navy eggbeater on stern flight deck expound hangar support for second aircraft.
Ships-in-Class (6)
Notable series variants as assign of the ROKS Chungmugong Yi Sun-Sin (DDH-975) family line orang-utan relating to the Chungmugong Yi Sun-Sin-class group.
ROKS Chungmugong Yi Sun-Sin (DDH-975); Munmu the Great (DD-976); Dae Jo-Yeong (DD-977); Wang Geon (DD-978); Gang Gam-Chan (DD-979); Choe Yeong (DD-981)
Operators
Global operator(s) of honesty ROKS Chungmugong Yi Sun-Sin (DDH-975).

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