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ROK Navy

Updated: 2012-07-20 10:24
( Agencies)

ROK Navy

South Korea navy amphibious ship, ROKS Dokdo (LPH 6111) [File/Photo]

There are about 170 commissioned ships (with a total displacement of about 181,000 tons) in the ROK Navy, including some 20 destroyers and frigates, 12 submarines, 100 corvettes and fast attack craft as of 2011. The naval aviation force consists of about 70 fixed-wing and rotary-wing aircraft.

Major commissioned ships

Surface combatants (destroyers and frigates)

Sejong the Great class (DDG: Destroyer Guided-missile; 2 in service)

Chungmugong Yi Sun-sin class (DDH: Destroyer Helicopter; 6 in service)

Gwanggaeto the Great class (DDH; 3 in service)

Ulsan class (FF: Frigate; 9 in service)

Submarines

ROKS Lee Sunsin (SS 068)Son Won-il class (SS: Submarine; 3 in service)

Chang Bogo class (SS: Submarine; 9 in service)

Dolgorae class (SSM: Midget Submarine; 2 in service)

Amphibious warfare ships

Dokdo class (LPH: Landing Transport Helicopter; 1 in service)

Gojunbong class (LST: Landing Ship Tank; 4 in service)

Solgae 621 class (LSF: Landing Ship Fast; (Project 12061E Murena-E); transferred from Russia; 3 in service)

Solgae 631 class (LSF; aka LSF-II; 2 in service)

Mulgae class (LCU: Landing Craft Utility; less than 10 in service)

 

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