Kwanggaeto-Daewang
DD 971
1999
(Rhenania Junior PP-003)
- Class: KDX-I - 3 destroyers of 1995
- Displacement: 3,181 tons light / 3,855 tons full load
- Dimensions: 444'7" x 46'7" x 13'9"
- Machinery: CODOG 2 x SsangYong 20V956 TB82 diesels; 2 x GE LM2500-30 gas turbines; 59,000shp = 30 knots
- Guns: 1-5in\54 OTO Melara; 2-30mm Goalkeeper CIWS
- Missiles: 8 (2 quad) RGM-84 Harpoon SSM; 1 Mk 48 Mod 2 VLS w/ 16 RIM-7P Sea Sparrow SAM
- Torpedoes: 2 triple 324mm Mk 46 TT
- Helicopters: 2 Super Lynx
- Complement: 266
- Builder: Daewoo Heavy Industries, Okpo, South Korea
- Laid down: Oct 1995
- Launched: 28 Oct 1996
- Commissioned: 27 Jul 1998
- Notes: Named for the 19th monarch of the Koguryo Dynasty who ruled from 391-413 AD over most of what is now North Korea. Sometimes referred to as Gwanggaeto the Great in English translations.
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