title: Daegu-class destroyer
text: # Daegu-class destroyer
  
  The Daegu class was a class of 2 destroyers 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. 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 Eventually, they were deemed too outdated.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
  
  | Pennant | Name | Builders | Laid down | Launched | Commissioned | Decommissioned |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | DD-17 / DD-917 | Daegu | Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company | 14 February 1944 | 14 June 1944 | 4 December 1973 | 1994-12-30 |
  | DD-18 / DD-918 | Incheon | Bath Iron Works | 9 August 1943 | 9 January 1944 | 5 December 1973 | 1994-12-30 |
  
  ## Citations
  
  * ↑ "해군의 섬너급 구축함". 디펜스투데이 (in Korean). 14 May 2020. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
  * ↑ "The South Korean Navy (ROKN)". naval encyclopedia. 29 June 2020. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
  
  vteAllen M. Sumner-class destroyers :
  
  Allen M. Sumner
  
  Moale
  
  Ingraham
  
  Cooper
  
  English
  
  Charles S. Sperry
  
  Ault
  
  Waldron
  
  Haynsworth
  
  John W. Weeks
  
  Hank
  
  Wallace L. Lind
  
  Borie
  
  Compton
  
  Gainard
  
  Soley
  
  Harlan R. Dickson
  
  Hugh Purvis
  
  Barton
  
  Walke
  
  Laffey
  
  O'Brien
  
  Meredith
  
  De Haven
  
  Mansfield
  
  Lyman K. Swenson
  
  Collett
  
  Maddox
  
  Hyman
  
  Mannert L. Abele
  
  Purdy
  
  Robert H. Smith
  
  Thomas E. Fraser
  
  Shannon
  
  Harry F. Bauer
  
  Adams
  
  Tolman
  
  Drexler
  
  Blue
  
  Brush
  
  Taussig
  
  Samuel N. Moore
  
  Harry E. Hubbard
  
  Henry A. Wiley
  
  Shea
  
  J. William Ditter
  
  Alfred A. Cunningham
  
  John R. Pierce
  
  Frank E. Evans
  
  John A. Bole
  
  Beatty
  
  Putnam
  
  Strong
  
  Lofberg
  
  John W. Thomason
  
  Buck
  
  Henley
  
  Lowry
  
  Lindsey
  
  Gwin
  
  Aaron Ward
  
  Hugh W. Hadley
  
  Willard Keith
  
  James C. Owens
  
  Zellars
  
  Massey
  
  Douglas H. Fox
  
  Stormes
  
  Robert K. Huntington
  
  Bristol :
  
  Preceded by (US): Fletcher class
  
  Followed by (US): Gearing class
  
  Preceded by (BRZ): Pará class (1959)
  
  Followed by (BRZ): Marcilio Dias class :
  
  List of destroyers of the United States Navy :
  
  * South Korea
  * Engineering
  