Chungnam-class frigate

Class overview
Name	Chungnam class
Builders	Hyundai Heavy Industries; SK Oceanplant;
Operators	Republic of Korea Navy
Preceded by	Daegu-class frigate
Built	2022-present
Planned	6
Building	1
Completed	1
General characteristics
Type	Guided missile frigate
Displacement	4,300 t (4,232 long tons) full load
Length	129 m (423 ft 3 in)
Beam	14.8 m (48 ft 7 in)
Propulsion	4 × General Electric LM2500 COGAG;; 2 × shafts;;
Armament	1 × 5-inch (127 mm)/L62 caliber Mk 45 Mod 4 naval gun; 1 × CIWS-II; 2 × triple torpedo tubes for K745 Blue Shark torpedo; 8 × Haeryong VL-Tactical Land Attack Missiles; 16-cell K-VLS for:; Haegung K-SAAM quadpacked in 4 per cell;

The Chungnam-class frigate is a class of frigates of the Republic of Korea Navy (ROKN). The Chungnam class is based on the preceding Daegu class. Which in turn is based on the Incheon class, and has otherwise been referred to as the Incheon class batch III, or FFX-III.

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