Sejong the Great-class (KDX-III)
Summary
| Origin country | 🇰🇷 South Korea |
| Category | Destroyer |
| Subtype | AEGIS missile destroyer |
| Manufacturer | Hyundai Heavy Industries, Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering |
| Year commissioned | 2007 |
| Approx. unit cost | $923 million |
| Units | DDG-991 SEJONGDAEWANG, DDG-992 YULGOK YI I, DDG-993 |
| Current operators | 🇰🇷 South Korea |
Technical specifications
| Sejong the Great | |
|---|---|
| Displacement | 10600 tons |
| Range | 10000 km at 20 knots |
| Endurance | 30 days |
| Crew | 300 members |
| Width | 21.4 m (70.2 ft) |
| Length | 166.0 m (544.6 ft) |
| Air Park | 2 Lynx Mk.99 ASW helicopters |
| Propulsion | 4 General Electric LM 2500 gas turbines with a power of 65,000 hp - 2 propellers |
| Armament | 80 SM-2 Block IIIB LR + 21 RAM SR + 32 Hyunmoo IIIC LACM + 16 K-ASROC VLS + 6 SSM-700K Hae Sung ASM + 1 Goalkeeper CIWS + 1 127mm MK-45 DP Gun + 32 LW K745 torpedoes |
| Maximum speed | 30 knots |