ROKS Gyeongbuk (FF-956)

ROKS Gyeongbuk in San Diego on 1 June 1992
History
South Korea
Name
  • Gyeongbuk
  • (경북)
NamesakeGyeongbuk
BuilderDaewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering
Launched15 January 1986
Commissioned30 May 1986
Recommissioned24 December 2019
IdentificationHull number: FF-956
StatusDecommissioned
General characteristics
Class & typeUlsan-class frigate
Displacement
  • 1,500 tonnes (1,476 long tons) light
  • 2,215 tonnes (2,180 long tons) full load
Length103.7 m (340 ft 3 in)
Beam12.5 m (41 ft 0 in)
Draught3.8 m (12 ft 6 in)
Propulsion
  • CODOG
  • 2 x General Electric LM-2500
  • 2 x MTU 12V 956 TB82
Speed34 knots (63 km/h; 39 mph)
Range8,000 nmi (15,000 km; 9,200 mi) at 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph)
Complement186 (16 officers)
Sensors &
processing systems
  • Signaal DA-08 air surveillance radar
  • AN/SPS-10C navigation radar
  • ST-1802 fire control radar
  • Signaal PHS-32 hull-mounted sonar
  • TB-261K towed sonar
Electronic warfare
& decoys
  • ULQ-11K ESM/ECM suite
  • 2 x Mark 36 SRBOC 6-tubed chaff/flare launcher
  • 2 x 15-tube SLQ-261 torpedo acoustic countermeasures
Armament

ROKS Gyeongbuk (FF-956) is the fifth ship of the Ulsan-class frigate in the Republic of Korea Navy. She is named after the province, Gyeongbuk.