ROKS Cheongju (FF-961)

	ROKS Cheongju on 10 November 2015
History
South Korea
Name	Cheongju ; (청주);
Namesake	Cheongju
Builder	DSME
Launched	20 March 1992
Commissioned	1 June 1993
Identification	Callsign: HLDY; ; Hull number: FF-961;
Status	Active
General characteristics
Class and 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 and ; 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	8 × Harpoon (2 quadruple launchers) anti-ship missile; 6 × 324 mm (12.8 in) Blue Shark torpedo (2 triple tubes); 2 × Otobreda 76 mm (3 in)/62 cal. gun; 3 × Otobreda 40 mm (1.6 in)/70 cal. (2 twin) compact CIWS;

ROKS Cheongju (FF-961) is the ninth ship of the Ulsan-class frigate in the Republic of Korea Navy. She is named after the city, Cheongju.

Development

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]

ROKS Cheongju was launched on 20 March 1992 by Daewoo Shipbuilding and commissioned on 1 June 1993.^[2]

^ "FFK Ulsan class Frigate Korea (FFK)". www.globalsecurity.org. Retrieved 2021-07-08.
^ "FF-961 청주함". 네이버 블로그 | "Do what you must, come what may!" (in Korean). Retrieved 2021-07-09.

Media related to ROKS Cheongju (FF-961) at Wikimedia Commons

History
ROKS Cheongju on 10 November 2015
South Korea
Name	Cheongju (청주)
Namesake	Cheongju
Builder	DSME
Launched	20 March 1992
Commissioned	1 June 1993
Identification	Callsign: HLDY Hull number: FF-961
Status	Active
General characteristics
Class and 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 and 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	8 × Harpoon (2 quadruple launchers) anti-ship missile 6 × 324 mm (12.8 in) Blue Shark torpedo (2 triple tubes) 2 × Otobreda 76 mm (3 in)/62 cal. gun 3 × Otobreda 40 mm (1.6 in)/70 cal. (2 twin) compact CIWS