Gwanggaeto the Great-class destroyer
ROKS Gwanggaeto the Great underway at sea in 2009 | |
| Class overview | |
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| Name | Gwanggaeto the Great class |
| Builders | Daewoo Heavy Industries Co., Okpo, Geoje |
| Operators | |
| Preceded by | Gangwon class |
| Succeeded by | Chungmugong Yi Sun-sin class |
| Subclasses | Bhumibol Adulyadej-class frigate |
| Built | 1994–2000 |
| In commission | 1998–present |
| Planned | 12 |
| Completed | 3 |
| Cancelled | 9 |
| Active | 3 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Destroyer or Frigate |
| Displacement | 3,885–3,900 tonnes (3,824–3,838 long tons) full load |
| Length | 135.5 m (444 ft 7 in) |
| Beam | 14.2 m (46 ft 7 in) |
| Draft | 4.2 m (13 ft 9 in) |
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| Speed | 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph) |
| Range | 4,500 nmi (8,300 km; 5,200 mi) at 18 kn (33 km/h; 21 mph) |
| Complement | 286 |
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| Aircraft carried | 2 × Super Lynx helicopters |
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The Gwanggaeto the Great-class destroyers (Korean: 광개토대왕급 구축함; Hanja: 廣開土大王級 驅逐艦), often called KDX-I, are destroyers, but are classified by some as frigates, operated by the Republic of Korea Navy. It was the first phase of ROKN's KDX program, in moving the ROK Navy from a coastal defence force to a blue-water navy.