Ulsan class frigate

The Ulsan-class frigate is a class of multi-purpose guided missile frigates built by Korea for the Korean Navy in the late 1970s through early 1980s. The Ulsan-class along with the Pohang-class corvettes are expected to be replaced by the Chongjin-class guided missile frigates

Specifications[]

Type: Patrol Frigate
Service Period: 1980-Present
Characteristics:
- Length: 341 feet (103.94 meters)
- Beam: 41 feet (12.5 meters)
- Draft: 12 feet 6 inches (3.81 meters)
- Displacement: 2,350 tons
Crew: 186 (16 officers and 170 enlisted)
Propulsion: CODOG, 2 x LM2500 Gas Turbines, 2 x MTU 538 TB 82 diesel engines
Range: 8,000 nautical miles (14,816 kilometers) at 16 knots (29.63 km/h)
Speed: 34 knots (62.97 km/h)
Sensor Suite:
- AN/SPS-48E 3D Air Search Radar
- AN/SPS-55 Surface Search/Navigation Radar
- ST-1802 Fire Control Radar
- AN/SQS-53 Hull mounted Sonar
- TB-261K Towed Sonar
Countermeasures:
- AN/ULQ-11K ESM/ECM suite
- 2 x Mark 36 SRBOC 6-tubed chaff/flare launchers
- 2 x 15-tube AN/SLQ-261 torpedo acoustic countermeasures
Armament:
- 1 x 76mm/62-caliber Mk.75 naval gun
- 2 x Mk.141 Harpoon SSM Launchers
- 2 x 12.75" Mk.32 SVTT triple torpedo tubes (fires Chung Sang Eo torpedoes)
- 3 x Phalanx 20mm CIWS