Chungmu-class destroyer

	ROKS Chungmu
Class overview
Name	Chungmu
Builders	Bath Iron Works; Bethlehem Mariners Harbor; Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company;
Operators	Republic of Korea Navy
Preceded by	N/A
Succeeded by	Chungbuk class
Subclasses	Fletcher class
Built	1942-1943
In commission	1963-1993
Planned	3
Completed	3
Retired	3
General characteristics
Type	Destroyer
Displacement	2,050 long tons (2,083 t) standard; 2,500 long tons (2,540 t) full;
Length	376.5 ft (114.8 m)
Beam	39.5 ft 10 in (12.29 m)
Draft	17.5 ft 8 in (5.54 m)
Propulsion	4 × GM Mod. 16-278A diesel engines with electric drive, 60,000 shp (45 MW); 2 × screws;
Speed	36.5 knots (67.6 km/h; 42.0 mph)
Range	5,500 nmi (10,200 km) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement	329
Sensors and ; processing systems	1 × AN/SPS-6 air-search radar; 1 × AN/SPS-10 surface-search radar; 1 × Mark 37 Director;
Armament	5 × single 5"/38 cal guns; 1 × twin 40 mm bofors; 2 × quad 40 mm bofors; 2 × triple Mark 44 torpedo tubes; 2 × Mark 10 Hedgehog mortars; 1 × depth charge track;

The Chungmu class was a class of 3 destroyers in the Republic of Korea Navy. They entered service in 1963, with the last one being decommissioned in 1989.

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