Chungbuk-class destroyer

{{short description|Destroyers of the Republic of Korea Navy}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2021}} {{Infobox ship | infobox_caption = |section1={{Infobox ship/image | image = DD916 Jeonbuk 1.JPG | image_caption = ROKS ''Jeonbuk'' }}

|section2={{Infobox ship/class overview | name = ''Chungbuk'' | builders = *Bath Iron Works | operators = {{navy|South Korea}} | class_before = ''Chungmu'' class | class_after = ''Daegu'' class | total_ships_planned = 7 | built_range = 1944-1945 | total_ships_on_order = | total_ships_completed = | total_ships_active = | in_commission_range = 1972—2001 | total_ships_retired = 7 | subclasses = | total_ships_scrapped = | total_ships_preserved = 1 }}

|section3={{Infobox ship/characteristics | hide_header = | header_caption = | type = Destroyer | class = | displacement = *{{convert|2616|LT|t|0|abbr=on}} standard *{{convert|3460|LT|t|0|abbr=on}} full | length = *{{convert|390.5|ft|m|abbr=on}} | beam = {{convert|40.9|ft|10|in|m|abbr=on}} | draft = {{convert|14.3|ft|8|in|m|abbr=on}} | depth = | hold_depth = | propulsion = *4 × GM Mod. 16-278A diesel engines with electric drive, {{convert|60,000|shp|MW|abbr=on}} *2 × screws | speed = {{convert|36.8|kn|lk=in}} | range = {{convert|4500|nmi|km|abbr=on}} at {{convert|20|kn|abbr=on}} | complement = 350 | armament = *1970s: **3 × twin 5"/38 cal guns **2 × quad 40 mm bofors **2 × twin RGM-84A Harpoons **1 × Phalanx CIWS (''Chungbuk'') **1 × twin Emerlec-30 guns (''Jeonbuk'') **2 × triple Mark 46 torpedo tubes **2 × Mark 10 Hedgehog mortars **1 × depth charge track *1980s: **2 × twin 5"/38 cal guns **1 × Sea Vulcan **2 × Sea Vulcan (''Jeonbuk'') **1 × twin Emerlec-30 gun (''Jeonbuk'') **2 × twin RGM-84A Harpoons **2 × triple Mark 46 torpedo tubes **2 × Mark 10 Hedgehog mortars **1 × depth charge track *1990s **2 × twin 5"/38 cal guns **1 × twin 40 mm bofors **2 × triple Mark 46 torpedo tubes **2 × Mark 10 Hedgehog mortars **1 × depth charge track | sensors = *1 × AN/SPS-10B surface-search radar *1 × AN/SPS-37 air-search radar *1 × AN/WLR-1 radar warning receiver *1 × Mark 37 Director | EW = *1 × AN/ULQ-6 ECM *1 × T-Mk 6 Fanfare | armor = | notes = | aircraft = 1 × Aérospatiale Alouette III | aircraft_facilities = Single hangar and helipad }} }} The '''''Chungbuk''-class''' was a class of 7 destroyers, formerly the United States' ''Gearing''-class destroyer, that were transferred to and commissioned by the Republic of Korea Navy. They entered service in 1972, with the last one being decommissioned in 2001.

== History == These were ships used by the US Navy during World War II and were modernized in electronics and weaponry during FRAM II. They were once magnificent ships, which throughout the 1970s constituted the backbone of the Republic of Korea Navy as a replacement for ''Chungmu'' class destroyers. Eventually, they were deemed too outdated. However, they remained in service until well into the 1990s, when they were downright obsolete. They were all leased till 1977 then bought by the navy.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-06-29|title=The South Korean Navy (ROKN)|url=https://www.naval-encyclopedia.com/cold-war/south-korean-navy-rokn|access-date=2021-06-15|website=naval encyclopedia|language=en-US}}</ref>

They received two destroyers of the ''Gearing'' class for the Republic of Korea Navy from the US in 1972 as part of the American Military Assistance Program. More were later leased over in later years.{{Citation needed|date=March 2026}}

== Ships in the class == {| class="wikitable" ! style="background:#079;color:#fff;" | Name ! style="background:#079;color:#fff;" | Hull Number ! style="background:#079;color:#fff;" | FRAM ! style="background:#079;color:#fff;" | Commissioned ! style="background:#079;color:#fff;" | Decommissioned ! style="background:#079;color:#fff;" | Status ! style="background:#079;color:#fff;" | References |- |ROKS ''Chungbuk''||DD-915|| ||1972||December 2000||Former DD-805 ''Chevalier'', decommissioned||<ref name="Korean War : Weapons of the United Nations">{{Cite book |last=Bak |first=Dongchan |url=http://medcmd.mil.kr/user/imhc/upload/pblictn/PBLICTNEBOOK_202105270240172800.pdf |title=Korean War : Weapons of the United Nations |publisher=Ministry of Defense Institute for Military History |date=March 2021 |isbn=979-11-5598-079-8 |location=Republic of Korea |pages=244–250 |language=Korean |access-date=17 August 2022 |archive-date=20 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220920170621/http://medcmd.mil.kr/user/imhc/upload/pblictn/PBLICTNEBOOK_202105270240172800.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> |- |ROKS ''Jeonbuk''||DD-916|| ||1972||December 1999||Former DD-830 ''Everett F. Larson'', decommissioned||<ref name="Korean War : Weapons of the United Nations"/> |- |ROKS ''Daejeon''||DD-919|| ||1977||February 2001||Former DD-818 ''New'', decommissioned and used as a museum ship until scrapped||<ref name="Korean War : Weapons of the United Nations"/> |- |ROKS ''Gwangju''||DD-921|| ||1977||December 2000||Former DD-849 ''Richaard E. Kraus'', decommissioned||<ref name="Korean War : Weapons of the United Nations"/> |- |ROKS ''Gangwon''||DD-922|| ||1978||December 2000||Former DD-714 ''William R. Rush'', decommissioned||<ref name="Korean War : Weapons of the United Nations"/> |- |ROKS ''Gyeonggi''||DD-923|| ||1978|| ||Former DD-883 ''Newman K. Perry'', decommissioned||<ref name="Korean War : Weapons of the United Nations"/> |- |ROKS ''Jeonju''||DD-925|| ||1981|| ||Former DD-876 ''Rogers'', decommissioned and used as a museum ship||<ref name="Korean War : Weapons of the United Nations"/> |- |}

==See also== * List of destroyer classes

'''Equivalent destroyers of the same era''' * {{sclass|Takatsuki|destroyer|4}} * {{sclass|Fante|destroyer|4}} * Type 42 * {{sclass|Mod Kashin|destroyer|4}}

== Citations == <references />

Category:Destroyer classes Category:Chungbuk-class destroyers Category:Ships transferred from the United States Navy to the Republic of Korea Navy