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Republic of Korea Navy - ROKN Incheon class (FFG-I) Guided Missile Frigate |
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Builders: Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI), Ulsan, ROK STX Offshore & Shipbuilding, Changwon, RoK Displacement: 2300 tons (empty) / 3250 tons (full load) Length: 114 meters (374 feet) Beam: 14 meters (46 ft) Draft: 4 meters (13 ft) Speed: 30 knots (56 km/h), max. / 18 knots (33 km/h), cruise Range: 4500 NMI (8000 km) Complement: 140 Propulsion: CODOG (Combined Diesel or Gas) 2 x GE LM2500 gas turbines 2 x MTU 12V 1163 TB83 diesel engines 2 shafts, 2 controllable pitch propellers Armament: 1 x Mk. 45 Mod. 4 gun (5-inches/127 mm/L62) 1 x Mk.15 Phalanx CIWS 1 x Mk. 31 GMLS for RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missiles (RAM) 2 x triple torpedo tubes for K745 Blue Shark torpedo 8 x SSM-700K Haeseong Anti-ship Missiles (SSM) in tube launchers (2x4) 8 x Haeryong Tactical Land Attack Missile (TLAM) in tube launchers (2x4) Aviation: flight deck and hangar for 1 helicopter (Super Lynx or Wildcat) Systems: LIG Nex1 SPS-550K medium-range air and surface surveillance multibeam active electronically scanned array 3D radar SPG-540K fire control radar SQS-240K hull-mounted sonar SQR-250K towed array sonar system SAQ-540K electro-optical targeting system (EOTS) Naval Shield Integrated Combat Management System LIG Nex1 SLQ-200(V)K Sonata EW suite and jammers SLQ-261K torpedo acoustic counter measures K-DAGAIE Mk.2 decoy system |
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The Incheon-class frigates, also known as the Future Frigate
eXperimental or FFX during development, are coastal defense frigates
of the Republic of Korea Navy. The lead ship was launched on 29
April 2011. The Incheon-class frigates will replace the aging fleet
of Pohang-class corvettes and Ulsan-class frigates, and take over
multi-role operations such as coast patrol, anti-submarine warfare
and transport support. Later batches are planned to be specialized
on anti-air and anti-submarine warfare. An improved version is being
introduced as the Daegu-class frigate; this was previously known as
Batch II of the Incheon class. Development: 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. The Republic of Korea Navy initially wanted twenty-four 3000 ton frigates to replace the Ulsan-, Pohang- and Donghae-class coastal fleet of 37 ships. It was later decided that six 2700 ton ships will be constructed for the first batch. In 2008, the plan was further downgraded to 2300 tons when president Lee Myung-bak took office, with the number of ships for the first batch down to six. 8 ships are planned for the second batch of FFX with the final goal of 20-22 frigates. In 2010 the construction of the first FFX frigate was awarded to Hyundai Heavy Industry and in April 2011 the first of its class, ROKS Incheon was launched. The ship is named after the western port city of Incheon, representing the Republic of Korea Navy's initiative to defend the western islands due to the constant clashes with the North Korean navy in this area. Armament: The Incheon-class frigate's main gun is the Mk.45 Mod.4 (127mm/L62) naval gun. This was chosen over a smaller 76mm for naval barrage support in amphibious landings and superiority in ship to ship firing. Point-defense armaments include a single 20 mm Phalanx CIWS and a RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile Block 1 21-round launcher. The anti-submarine warfare armaments consists of K745 LW Cheong Sahng-uh (Blue Shark) torpedoes. Anti-ship capability is provided by SSM-700K Haeseong (Sea Star) long-range anti-ship missiles, each with performance similar to the American Harpoon. Land-attack capability is provided by the recently developed Tactical Ship to Land attack missile, which is derived from the SSM-700K Haeseong; initially, the land attack missiles were planned to start arming batch 2 Incheon-class ships, but feasibility studies showed they could be retrofitted to batch 1 ships, which began in September 2016, enhancing their flexibility and deterrence capabilities with 150-200 km (93-124 mi)-range tactical missiles. source: wikipedia Names: FFG-811 ROKS Incheon: Incheon Metropolitan City FFG-812 ROKS Gyeonggi: Gyeonggi Province FFG-813 ROKS Jeonbuk: North Jeolla Province, also known as Jeonbuk FFG-815 ROKS Gangwon: Gangwon Province FFG-816 ROKS Chungbuk: North Chungcheong Province, also known as Chungbuk FFG-817 ROKS Gwangju: City of Gwangju |
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 FFG-811 ROKS Incheon FFG-811 ROKS Incheon  FFG-811 ROKS Incheon  FFG-811 ROKS Incheon  FFG-812 ROKS Gyeonggi  FFG-812 ROKS Gyeonggi  FFG-812 ROKS Gyeonggi  FFG-812 ROKS Gyeonggi  FFG-812 ROKS Gyeonggi  FFG-812 ROKS Gyeonggi  FFG-812 ROKS Gyeonggi  FFG-812 ROKS Gyeonggi  FFG-813 ROKS Jeonbuk  FFG-813 ROKS Jeonbuk  FFG-815 ROKS Gangwon  FFG-815 ROKS Gangwon  FFG-815 ROKS Gangwon  FFG-815 ROKS Gangwon  FFG-817 ROKS Gwangju  unidentified Incheon class FFG |
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