Daegu-class destroyer

The Daegu class was a class of 2 destroyers by the Republic of Korea Navy. They entered service in 1973, with the last one being decommissioned in 1994.^[1]

ROKS Daegu as USS Wallace L. Lind
Class overview
Name	Daegu
Builders	Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company Bath Iron Works
Operators	Republic of Korea Navy
Preceded by	Chungbuk class
Succeeded by	Kangwon class
Subclasses	Allen M. Sumner class
Built	1943-1944
In commission	1973-1994
Planned	2
Completed	2
Retired	2
General characteristics
Type	Destroyer
Length	376 ft 6 in (114.76 m)
Beam	40 ft (12 m)
Draft	15 ft 8 in (4.78 m)
Propulsion	60,000 shp (45,000 kW) 2 shafts
Speed	34 kn (63 km/h; 39 mph)
Range	6,500 nmi (12,000 km; 7,500 mi) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement	336
Sensors and processing systems	1 × AN/SPS-6 air-search radar 1 × AN/SPS-10 surface-search radar 1 × AN/SQS-29 sonar 1 × Mark 37 Director
Electronic warfare & decoys	1 × AN/WLR-1 ECM
Armament	1970s: 3 × twin 5"/38 cal guns 2 × triple Mark 46 torpedo tubes 2 × twin RGM-84A Harpoons 2 × Mark 10 Hedgehog mortars 1 × depth charge track 2 × Sea Vulcan 1980s: 2 × twin 5"/38 cal guns 2 × triple Mark 46 torpedo tubes 2 × twin RGM-84A Harpoons 1 × twin 40 mm bofors 2 × Mark 10 Hedgehog mortars 1 × depth charge track
Aircraft carried	1 × Aérospatiale Alouette III
Aviation facilities	Single hangar and helipad

History

These were ships used by the US Navy during World War II and were modernized in electronics and weaponry during FRAM II. They were once magnificent ships, which throughout the 1970s constituted the backbone of the Republic of Korea Navy as a replacement for Chungmu class destroyers. Eventually, they were deemed too outdated. However, they remained in service until well into the 1990s, when they were downright obsolete. They were all leased till 1977 then bought by the navy.^[2]

They received two destroyers of the Allen M. Sumner class for the Republic of Korea Navy from the US in 1973 as part of the American Military Assistance Program. More were later leased over in later years.

They were all put out of service between 1973 till 1994.

Ships in the class

Pennant	Name	Builders	Laid down	Launched	Commissioned	Decommissioned
DD-17 / DD-917	Daegu	Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company	14 February 1944	14 June 1944	4 December 1973	1994-12-30
DD-18 / DD-918	Incheon	Bath Iron Works	9 August 1943	9 January 1944	5 December 1973	1994-12-30

Citations

1. "해군의 섬너급 구축함". 디펜스투데이 (in Korean). 14 May 2020. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
2. "The South Korean Navy (ROKN)". naval encyclopedia. 29 June 2020. Retrieved 15 June 2021.