ROKS ''Ulsan'' (FF-951) is the

lead ship The lead ship, name ship, or class leader is the first of a series or class of ships all constructed according to the same general design. The term is applicable to naval ships and large civilian vessels. Large ships are very complex and may ...

of the ''Ulsan''-class frigate in the

Republic of Korea Navy The Republic of Korea Navy (ROKN; ko, 대한민국 해군), also known as the ROK Navy or South Korean Navy, is the naval warfare service branch of the South Korean armed forces, responsible for naval and amphibious operations. The ROK Navy i ...

. She is named after the city,

Ulsan Ulsan (), officially the Ulsan Metropolitan City is South Korea's seventh-largest metropolitan city and the eighth-largest city overall, with a population of over 1.1 million inhabitants. It is located in the south-east of the country, neighboring ...

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 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. 10 ships were launched and commissioned from 1980 to 1993. They have 3 different variants which consists of Flight I, Flight II and Flight III.

Construction and career

ROKS ''Ulsan'' was launched on 8 April 1980 by Hyundai Heavy Industries and commissioned on 30 December 1980. She was decommissioned on 30 December 2014 and placed above ground in Ulsan City as a museum ship.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Ulsan (FF-951) 1980 ships Ulsan-class frigates Frigates of the Republic of Korea Navy Museum ships in South Korea Ships built by Hyundai Heavy Industries Group