{{short description|Destroyers of the South Korean Navy}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2021}} {{Infobox ship | infobox_caption = |section1={{Infobox ship/image | image = 2006년3월13일 해군 함정기동 (7193821148).jpg | image_caption = ROKS ''Jeonju'' }}
|section2={{Infobox ship/class overview | name = ''Gangwon'' | builders = *Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company *Consolidated Steel Corporation *Bath Iron Works | operators = {{navy|South Korea}} | class_before = ''Daegu'' class | class_after = ''Gwanggaeto the Great'' class | total_ships_planned = 5 | built_range = 1944-1946 | total_ships_on_order = | total_ships_completed = 5 | total_ships_active = | in_commission_range = 1974-2001 | total_ships_retired = 5 | subclasses = ''Gearing'' class | total_ships_scrapped = | total_ships_preserved = ROKS ''Jeonju'' }}
|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: **2 × twin 5"/38 cal guns **2 × triple Mark 46 torpedo tubes **2 × quad RGM-84C Harpoons **1 × RUR-5 ASROC **2 × Mark 10 Hedgehog mortars **1 × depth charge track *1980s: **2 × twin 5"/38 cal guns **1 × twin 40 mm bofors **2 × Sea Vulcan **1 × RUR-5 ASROC **2 × twin RGM-84C Harpoons **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 '''''Gangwon''''' '''class''' was a class of 5 destroyers of the Republic of Korea Navy. They entered service in 1974; the last one was decommissioned in 2001.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-05-14|title=해군의 섬너급 구축함|url=http://www.defensetoday.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=937|access-date=2021-06-15|website=디펜스투데이|language=ko}}</ref>
== History == These were ships used by the U.S. Navy during World War II and were modernized in electronics and weaponry during FRAM I. Throughout the 1970s, they constituted the backbone of the Republic of Korea Navy as a replacement for ''Chungmu-''class destroyers. They remained in service until well into the 1990s. Initially leased till 1977, the ships were later purchased outright by the South Korean 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>
The Republic of Korea Navy acquired five destroyers of the ''Gearing'' class for the Republic of Korea Navy from the USA in 1974 as part of the American Military Assistance Program. More were later leased over in later years.{{Citation needed|date=March 2026}}
The last of these ships was decommissioned in 2001.{{Citation needed|date=March 2026}}
== Ships in the class == {| class="wikitable" !Pennant !Name !Builders !Laid down !Launched !Commissioned !Decommissioned |- |DD-99 / DD-919 |''Taejon'' |Consolidated Steel Corporation |14 April 1945 |18 August 1945 | rowspan="2" |23 February 1977 |February 2001 |- |DD-921 |''Gwangju'' |Bath Iron Works |31 July 1945 |2 March 1946 |29 December 2000 |- |DD-922 |''Gangwon'' |Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company |19 October 1944 |8 July 1945 |1978 |2000 |- |DD-923 |''Gyeonggi'' | rowspan="2" |Consolidated Steel Corporation |10 October 1944 |17 March 1945 |1981 |1997 |- |DD-924 |''Jeonju'' |3 June 1944 |20 November 1944 |11 August 1981 |31 December 1999 |}
==See also== *List of destroyer classes
'''Equivalent destroyers of the same era''' * Type 051 * {{sclass|Tachikaze|destroyer|4}} * {{sclass|Sovremenny|destroyer|4}} * Type 42 * {{sclass|Spruance|destroyer|4}} * {{sclass|Iroquois|destroyer|4}} * ''Audace'' class
== Citations == <references />
{{Gearing class destroyer}} {{Portal bar|South Korea|Engineering}}
Category:Destroyer classes Category:Chungbuk-class destroyers Category:Ships transferred from the United States Navy to the Republic of Korea Navy