ROKS Seoul (FF-952)

37.5527451°N 126.8974120°E / 37.5527451; 126.8974120

For other ships with the same name, see ROKS Seoul.

ROKS Seoul's decommissioning ceremony on 31 December 2015
History
South Korea
Name	Seoul (서울)
Namesake	Seoul
Builder	Hyundai
Launched	24 April 1984
Commissioned	14 December 1985
Decommissioned	31 December 2015
Identification	Callsign: HLGD Hull number: FF-952
Status	Museum ship at Seoul Battleship Park
General characteristics
Class & type	Ulsan-class frigate
Displacement	1,500 tonnes (1,476 long tons) light 2,215 tonnes (2,180 long tons) full load
Length	103.7 m (340 ft 3 in)
Beam	12.5 m (41 ft 0 in)
Draught	3.8 m (12 ft 6 in)
Propulsion	CODOG 2 x General Electric LM-2500 2 x MTU 12V 956 TB82
Speed	34 knots (63 km/h; 39 mph)
Range	8,000 nmi (15,000 km; 9,200 mi) at 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph)
Complement	186 (16 officers)
Sensors & processing systems	Signaal DA-08 air surveillance radar AN/SPS-10C navigation radar ST-1802 fire control radar Signaal PHS-32 hull-mounted sonar TB-261K towed sonar
Electronic warfare & decoys	ULQ-11K ESM/ECM suite 2 x Mark 36 SRBOC 6-tubed chaff/flare launcher 2 x 15-tube SLQ-261 torpedo acoustic countermeasures
Armament	2 × Otobreda 76 mm (3 in)/62 cal. gun 4 × Emerson EMERLEC 30 twin-barrel turret for two Oerlikon 30mm L/75 KCB cannons 2 × Mk.32 SVTT 324 mm (12.8 in) triple-tube torpedo launchers for Chung Sang Eo torpedoes 8 × Harpoon Block 1C (2 quadruple launchers) anti-ship cruise missiles

ROKS Seoul (FF-952) is the second ship of the Ulsan-class frigate in the Republic of Korea Navy. She is named after the city, Seoul.

Development

Main article: Ulsan-class frigate

In the early 1990s, the Korean government plan for the construction of next generation coastal ships named Frigate 2000 was scrapped due to the 1997 Asian financial crisis. But the decommissioning of the Gearing-class destroyers and the aging fleet of Ulsan-class frigates, the plan was revived as the Future Frigate eXperimental, also known as FFX in the early 2000s.

10 ships were launched and commissioned from 1980 to 1993. They have 3 different variants which consists of Flight I, Flight II and Flight III.^[1]

Construction and career

ROKS Seoul was launched on 24 April 1984 by Hyundai Heavy Industries and commissioned on 14 December 1985.

She was decommissioned on 31 December 2015 and moored at Seoul Battleship Park, in her namesake city as a museum ship.^[2]