ROKS Ulsan (FF-951)

	ROKS Ulsan on 28 May 2012
History
South Korea
Name	Ulsan ; (울산);
Namesake	Ulsan
Builder	Hyundai
Launched	8 April 1980
Commissioned	30 December 1980
Decommissioned	30 December 2014
Identification	Hull number: FF-951
Status	Museum ship in Ulsan City
General characteristics
Class & type	Ulsan-class frigate
Displacement	1,500 tonnes (1,476 long tons) light; 2,180 tonnes (2,146 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 Ulsan (FF-951) is the lead ship of the Ulsan-class frigate in the Republic of Korea Navy. She is named after the city, Ulsan.

Development

9 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 Ulsan was launched on 8 April 1980 by Hyundai Heavy Industries and commissioned on 30 December 1980.^[2]

She was decommissioned on 30 December 2014 and placed above ground in Ulsan City as a museum ship.^[3]^[4]

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^ 허광무 (2017-04-12). "'노병, 고향에 안식'…퇴역 울산함, 고래특구 장생포 전시". 연합뉴스 (in Korean). Retrieved 2021-07-08.

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Ulsan-class frigates
Republic of Korea Navy	Ulsan Seoul Chungnam Masan Gyeongbuk Jeonnam Jeju Busan Cheongju
Bangladesh Navy	Bangabandhu
Preceded by: Pohang class Followed by: Incheon class
List of frigates of the Republic of Korea Navy