Chungbuk-class destroyer

	ROKS Jeonbuk
Class overview
Name	Chungbuk
Builders	Bath Iron Works
Operators	Republic of Korea Navy
Preceded by	Chungmu class
Succeeded by	Daegu class
Built	1944-1945
In commission	1972—2001
Planned	7
Retired	7
Preserved	1
General characteristics
Type	Destroyer
Displacement	2,616 long tons (2,658 t) standard; 3,460 long tons (3,516 t) full;
Length	390.5 ft (119.0 m)
Beam	40.9 ft 10 in (12.72 m)
Draft	14.3 ft 8 in (4.56 m)
Propulsion	4 × GM Mod. 16-278A diesel engines with electric drive, 60,000 shp (45 MW); 2 × screws;
Speed	36.8 knots (68.2 km/h; 42.3 mph)
Range	4,500 nmi (8,300 km) at 20 kn (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Complement	350
Sensors and ; processing systems	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;
Electronic warfare ; & decoys	1 × AN/ULQ-6 ECM; 1 × T-Mk 6 Fanfare;
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;
Aircraft carried	1 × Aérospatiale Alouette III
Aviation 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.

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