The ''Daegu'' class was a class of 2

destroyer In naval terminology, a destroyer is a fast, manoeuvrable, long-endurance warship intended to escort larger vessels in a fleet, convoy or battle group and defend them against powerful short range attackers. They were originally developed in ...

s 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 The Fleet Rehabilitation and Modernization (FRAM) program of the United States Navy extended the lives of World War II-era destroyers by shifting their mission from a surface attack role to that of a submarine hunter. The FRAM program also covere ...

. 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 Eventually, they were deemed too outdated.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

Citations

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