ROKS Choe Yeong (DDH-981)

ROKS Choe Yeong
History
South Korea
Name	Choe Yeong (최영)
Namesake	Choe Yeong
Builder	Hyundai
Launched	20 October 2006
Commissioned	4 September 2008
Identification	Pennant number: DDH-981
Motto	Do Your Best, Be The First
Status	Active
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General characteristics
Class and type	Chungmugong Yi Sun-sin-class destroyer
Displacement	4,400 t (4,300 long tons) standard 5,520 t (5,430 long tons) full load
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
Armament	1 x 5"/54 caliber Mark 45 gun 1 x Goalkeeper CIWS 64 x VLS 21 x RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile 8 x RGM-84 Harpoon 2 x triple K745 Blue Shark Torpedo

ROKS Choe Yeong is a Chungmugong Yi Sun-sin-class destroyer in the South Korean navy. The ship is named after Choe Yeong.

In January 2011 she saw action when she pursued a chemical tanker captured by Somali pirates. The tanker was retaken with eight pirates killed and five captured. Later in 2011 she evacuated South Korean nationals stranded in Libya.