Daegu-class destroyer
# Daegu-class destroyer

The Daegu class was a class of 2 destroyers by the Republic of Korea Navy. They entered service in 1973, with the last one being decommissioned in 1994.

## History

These were ships used by the US Navy during World War II and were modernized in electronics and weaponry during FRAM II. They were once magnificent ships, which throughout the 1970s constituted the backbone of the Republic of Korea Navy as a replacement for Chungmu class destroyers. Eventually, they were deemed too outdated. However, they remained in service until well into the 1990s, when they were downright obsolete. They were all leased till 1977 then bought by the navy.

They received two destroyers of the Allen M. Sumner class for the Republic of Korea Navy from the US in 1973 as part of the American Military Assistance Program. More were later leased over in later years.

They were all put out of service between 1973 till 1994.

## Ships in the class

| Pennant | Name | Builders | Laid down | Launched | Commissioned | Decommissioned |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| DD-17 / DD-917 | Daegu | Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company | 14 February 1944 | 14 June 1944 | 4 December 1973 | 1994-12-30 |
| DD-18 / DD-918 | Incheon | Bath Iron Works | 9 August 1943 | 9 January 1944 | 5 December 1973 | 1994-12-30 |

## Citations

* ↑ "해군의 섬너급 구축함". 디펜스투데이 (in Korean). 14 May 2020. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
* ↑ "The South Korean Navy (ROKN)". naval encyclopedia. 29 June 2020. Retrieved 15 June 2021.

vteAllen M. Sumner-class destroyers :

Allen M. Sumner

Moale

Ingraham

Cooper

English

Charles S. Sperry

Ault

Waldron

Haynsworth

John W. Weeks

Hank

Wallace L. Lind

Borie

Compton

Gainard

Soley

Harlan R. Dickson

Hugh Purvis

Barton

Walke

Laffey

O'Brien

Meredith

De Haven

Mansfield

Lyman K. Swenson

Collett

Maddox

Hyman

Mannert L. Abele

Purdy

Robert H. Smith

Thomas E. Fraser

Shannon

Harry F. Bauer

Adams

Tolman

Drexler

Blue

Brush

Taussig

Samuel N. Moore

Harry E. Hubbard

Henry A. Wiley

Shea

J. William Ditter

Alfred A. Cunningham

John R. Pierce

Frank E. Evans

John A. Bole

Beatty

Putnam

Strong

Lofberg

John W. Thomason

Buck

Henley

Lowry

Lindsey

Gwin

Aaron Ward

Hugh W. Hadley

Willard Keith

James C. Owens

Zellars

Massey

Douglas H. Fox

Stormes

Robert K. Huntington

Bristol :

Preceded by (US): Fletcher class

Followed by (US): Gearing class

Preceded by (BRZ): Pará class (1959)

Followed by (BRZ): Marcilio Dias class :

List of destroyers of the United States Navy :

* South Korea
* Engineering
