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

Unit Run

• KPNS Ulsan (FF-951)
• KPNS Seoul (FF-952)
• KPNS Hungnam (FF-953)
• KPNS Changwon (FF-954)
• KPNS Masan (FF-955)
• KPNS Gyeongbuk (FF-956)
• KPNS Jeonnam (FF-957)
• KPNS Jeju (FF-958)
• KPNS Busan (FF-959)
• KPNS Anyang (FF-960)
• KPNS Cheongju (FF-961)