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ROKS Munmu the Great (DDH 976)

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Name
  
ROKS Munmu the Great

Commissioned
  
30 September 2004

Length
  
150 m

Builder
  
Hyundai Heavy Industries

Namesake
  
Munmu of Silla

Status
  
in active service

Launched
  
11 April 2003

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Class and type
  
Chungmugong Yi Sun-sin-class destroyer

Displacement
  
4,400 t (4,300 long tons) standard 5,520 t (5,430 long tons) full load

ROKS Munmu the Great (DDH-976) is a Chungmugong Yi Sun-sin-class destroyer in the South Korean navy. It was named after the Korean king Munmu of Silla.

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History

In March 2009, Munmu the Great was sent overseas to protect merchant vessels from Somali pirates. On 28 May 2007 during firing exercise on the open sea near Jinhae one of the projectiles exploded inside the 127 mm gun barrel which has been replaced later. As of 2014, she is conducting anti-piracy drills as part of CTF 151 in the Indian Ocean with HMS Defender.

Armament

  • Vertical launching system: 64
  • Mk 41 32 cell: SM-2 Block IIIA
  • K-VLS 32 cell:
  • 8 × Hong Sang Eo (Red Shark) rocket-based torpedo (K-ASROC)
  • Hyunmoo III (Korean Tomahawk) cruise missiles for land attack
  • 21 × RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile (RAM)
  • 8 × Hae Sung (Korean Harpoon) ship to ship missile

    • References

    ROKS Munmu the Great (DDH-976) Wikipedia
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