Global InformationList of active Republic of Korea Navy ships information
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The Republic of Korea Navy has about 160 ships in commission (a total displacement of about 232,285 tonnes[1]).
The vessels are categorized into four levels. A first-rate ship (Sohn Wonyil-class SS, DDG, DDH, LPH, MLS, and AOE) is commanded by a captain; a second-rate ship (SS, FFG, FF, PCC, LST, ATS, and ASR) by a commander; a third-rate ship (PKG, MSH, and MHC) by a lieutenant commander; and a fourth-rate craft (PKMR, PKM, and LSF) is commanded by a lieutenant or a warrant officer.
The ROK Navy employs the U.S. Navy-style letter based hull classification symbols to designate the types of its ships and hull numbers to uniquely identify its vessels (e.g. DDH 975). The names are that of the historical figures, provinces, cities, counties, peaks, lakes, islands, and birds. The Chief of Naval Operations selects the names of ships.[2]
The ship prefix for all the commissioned ROK Navy ship is ROKS (Republic of Korea Ship) when the names of ships are written in English.
- ^ ROK Military Weapon Systems 2018-2019. Seoul. 2018. p. 230.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ "함정 명명식" Archived 2008-12-02 at the Wayback Machine. Republic of Korea Navy Official Website. Retrieved May 11, 2007.