ROKS Chungnam (FF-953)

ROKS Chungnam on 21 March 2013
History
South Korea
Name	Chungnam (충남)
Namesake	Chungnam
Builder	Hanjin
Launched	26 October 1984
Commissioned	1 June 1986
Decommissioned	27 December 2017
Identification	Hull number: FF-953
Status	Decommissioned
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
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	CODOG 2 x General Electric LM-2500 2 x MTU 12V 956 TB82
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	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	2 × Otobreda 76 mm (3 in)/62 cal. gun 4 × Emerson EMERLEC 30 twin-barrel turret for two Oerlikon 30 mm/75 KCB cannons 2 × Mk.32 SVTT 324 mm (12.8 in) triple-tubed torpedo launchers for Chung Sang Eo torpedoes 8 × Harpoon Block 1C (2 quadruple launchers) anti-ship cruise missiles 8 × Harpoon Block 1C (2 quadruple launchers) anti-ship cruise missiles

ROKS Chungnam (FF-953) is the third ship of the Ulsan-class frigate in the Republic of Korea Navy. She is named after the province, Chungnam.

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]

ROKS Chungnam was launched on 26 October 1984 by Hanjin Heavy Industries and commissioned on 1 June 1986.

She was decommissioned on 27 December 2017 and expected to be used as a training ship.^[2]

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