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ROKS Masan (FF-955)

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ROKS Masan, ROKS Gyeongbuk and ROKS Jeonju
History
South Korea
Name
  • Masan
  • (충남)
NamesakeMasan
BuilderHanjin
Launched26 October 1984
Commissioned20 July 1985
Recommissioned24 December 2019
IdentificationHull number: FF-955
StatusMuseum ship
General characteristics
Class and typeUlsan-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 Masan (FF-955) is the fourth ship of the Ulsan-class frigate in the Republic of Korea Navy. She is named after the city, Masan.

Development

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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

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ROKS Masan was launched on 26 October 1984 by Hanjin Heavy Industries and commissioned on 20 July 1985.

She was decommissioned on 24 December 2019 and expected to be used as in training exercises.[2]

She is now a museum ship on Gangwha Island in Incheon, South Korea.

References

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  1. ^ "FFK Ulsan class Frigate Korea (FFK)". www.globalsecurity.org. Retrieved 2021-07-08.
  2. ^ "Republic of Korea Navy decommissions two frigates, one corvette". Naval Today. 2020-01-09. Retrieved 2021-07-08.
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