Masan

ROK Masan entering Portsmouth on the 6 Oct 1994

 

Frigate : Ulsan (HDF 2000) class : 9 total in class

 

FF 955 MASAN

Builder: Daewoo SB & Heavy Mach., Okpo

Launched: 26 Oct 1984

In Service: 20 July 1985

 

Displacement: 1,600 tons (1,940 normal; 2,180 fl)

Dimensions: 105.00m long × 12.00m beam

 

Armament:

•8 RGM-84C Harpoon SSM;

•2 single 76-mm 62-cal. OTOBreda Compact DP—FF 951–955:

•3 twin 40-mm 70-cal. OTOBreda Compact AA

•2 triple 324-mm Mk 32 ASW TT;

•2 Mk 9 d.c. racks (6 d.c. each)

 

Machinery:: CODOG:

2 G.E. LM-2500 gas turbines (27,200 shp each),

2 MTU 12V956 TB82 diesels (3,600 bhp each);

2 CP props; 54,400 shp each

Speed: 35+ kts (18 on diesels)

Range: 900 miles at 35knots ; 4,000miles at 18knots

 

Crew: 16 officers, 134 enlisted

 

Hull systems: Have stern-wedge hullform to improve fuel efficiency and maximum speed. Steel hull and aluminium superstructure.

 

Combat systems: Have two Thales LIOD optronic standby gun directors in the first five units. FF 955–958 employ three twin OTOBreda 40-mm AA in lieu of the four 30-mm mounts on the first three ships; FF 957 and later have a radar fire-control system in addition for the after two 40-mm mounts, which are mounted a deck higher than in the other ships. All received a Litton Data Systems computerized combat data/control system, beginning in 1992. The PHS-32 sonars in the first six units had been replaced by the DE 1167 system by 1999.

 

Full class vessels

FF 951 ULSAN

FF 952 SEOUL

FF 953 CHUNGNAM

FF 955 MASAN

FF 956 KEONGBUK

FF 957 JEONNAM

FF 958 CHEJU

FF 959 PUSAN

FF 961 CHEONGJU

 

On June 2001, Bangladesh Navy commissioned a heavily modified Ulsan class frigate as the most modern ship in its fleet, and named it BNS Bangabandhu

 

 

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