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Kdx-i Okpo Class Destroyer




The ''Okpo'' class destroyers (also known as '''KDX-I''') are Destroyer s operated by the Republic Of Korea Navy . It was the first phase of ROKN 's KDX program. The ''Okpo'' class standard displacement is 3,300 tons, while its full load displacement is 3,900 tons.

It is armed with an OTO 127 mm 54 caliber gun, two 30mm Goalkeeper s, 16 MK 48 Mod 2 AIM-7 Sparrow missiles, AGM-84 Harpoon Anti-ship Cruise Missile , and two Torpedo mounts in a triple tube configuration. Its Vertical Launch System can hold up to 16 Missile s.

All ''Okpo'' class destroyers were built by the Daewoo Heavy Industries Co., Inc. at Geoje , South Korea . In 1989, Daewoo Heavy Industries began working on the 4,000-ton destroyer which is now secondary destroyer of the Korean navy, and the achievement was made through DSME's 100% design engineering for the first time in Korea.

  • Hull No. 971 ROKS Gwanggaeto the Great — Operational October 1996

  • Hull No. 972 ROKS Eulji Munduk; Operational August 1999

  • Hull No. 973 ROKS Yang Man Chun; Operational June 2000



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