ROKS Gang Gam-chan

ROKS Gang Gam-chan (DDH-979) is a Chungmugong Yi Sun-sin-class destroyer in the Republic of Korea Navy. She is named after Gang Gam-chan.^[1][2]

ROKS Gang Gam-chan on 16 April 2010.
History
South Korea
Name	Gang Gam-chan (강감찬)
Namesake	Gang Gam-chan
Builder	DSME
Launched	16 March 2006
Commissioned	1 October 2007
Identification	Pennant number: DDH-979
Status	Active
General characteristics
Class & type	Chungmugong Yi Sun-sin-class destroyer
Displacement	4,800 t (4,700 long tons) standard 5,000 t (4,900 long tons) full load
Length	150 m (492 ft 2 in)
Beam	17 m (55 ft 9 in)
Propulsion	Combined diesel or gas
Speed	30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Complement	200
Armament	1 x 5"/54 caliber Mark 45 gun 1 x Goalkeeper CIWS 56 x Vertical launching system 21 x RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile 8 x RGM-84 Harpoon 2 x triple K745 Blue Shark Torpedo

Design

The KDX-II is part of a much larger build up program aimed at turning the ROKN into a blue-water navy. It is said to be the first stealthy major combatant in the ROKN and was designed to significantly increase the ROKN's capabilities.^[3]

Construction and career

ROKS Gang Gam-chan was launched on 16 March 2006 by Daewoo Shipbuilding and commissioned on 1 October 2007.^[4]

Gang Gam-chan participated in the anti-piracy operations off Somalia alongside European Union Naval Force (EU NAVFOR) on March 26, 2014.^[5]

ROKS Gang Gam-chan has been sent on patrol duty to Gulf of Aden on 13 August 2019. She is in the Navy's anti-piracy Cheonghae Unit.^[6]

On 22 April 2025, Gang Gam-chan arrived at the Port of Colombo, Sri Lanka on a replenishment visit. The vessel departed the island on 24 April.^[7]

Gallery

• ROKS Gang Gam-chan Gallery
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  ROKS Gang Gam-chan in the Cheonghae Unit.
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  ROKS Gang Gam-chan underway in the Pacific Ocean on 13 October 2009.
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  ROKS Gang Gam-chan on 7 October 2008 during International Fleet Review.
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  ROKS Gang Gam-chan, ROKS Gwanggaeto the Great and USS Chung Hoon in formation during Foal Eagle 2016 on 24 March 2016.
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  USS John Paul Jones, USS Shoup, JS Chokai, ROKS Sejong The Great and ROKS Gang Gam Chan maneuver into formation during Exercise Pacific Dragon 2016 on 25 June 2016.