ROKS Choi Young (DDH-981)
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ROKS Choe Yeong (DDH-981)
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| Name: | ROKS Choe Yeong |
| Namesake: | Choe Yeong |
| Builder: | Hyundai Heavy Industries |
| Launched: | 20 October 2006 |
| Commissioned: | 4 September 2008 |
| Motto: | Do Your Best, Be The First |
| Status: | in active service |
| Badge: |  |
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| Class and type: | Chungmugong Yi Sun-sin-class destroyer |
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| Length: | 150 m (492 ft 2 in) |
| Beam: | 17.4 m (57 ft 1 in) |
| Draft: | 9.5 m (31 ft 2 in) |
| Propulsion: | Combined diesel or gas |
| Speed: | 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph) |
| Range: | 10,200 km (5,500 nmi) |
| Complement: | 200 |
ROKS Choe Yeong (DDH-981) (Korean: 최영, Hanja: 崔瑩) is a Chungmugong Yi Sun-sin-class destroyer in the South Korean navy. The ship is named after the Korean general Choe Yeong.
Choe Yeong was part of the second batch of Chungmugong Yi Sun-sin-class destroyers that were delivered to the Republic of Korea Navy. She was built by Hyundai Heavy Industries and was launched on 20 October 2006, entering service on 4 September 2008. She is about 150 metres (490 ft) long, 17 metres (56 ft) wide and displaces between 4,800 and 5,000 tons. Her propulsion unit is a CODOG unit, capable of propelling her at speeds of up to 30 knots (35 mph). She has a crew complement of 200. Her armament consists of a 32-cell VLS (with space to install a 64-cell system), a Mk 45 gun, a RAM launcher, a Goalkeeper CIWS and eight Harpoon anti-ship missiles. Other systems include an AN/SPS-49 radar, an MW08 radar, and a DSQ-23 sonar.
Choe Yeong was assigned to patrol the Northern Limit Line in November 2009 after a boundary dispute clash with North Korea, the first of its kind in seven years. In August 2010, the ship participated in a series of naval drills in the Yellow Sea, four months after the sinking of ROKS Cheonan.
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