KDX (Korean Destroyer eXperimental) is a substantial shipbuilding program embarked on by the Republic of Korea Navy.
It is a three-phased program consisting of three individual classes of ships:
Gwanggaeto the Great class destroyer (KDX-I)
| Name
|
Number
|
Builder
|
Launched
|
Commissioned
|
Decommissioned
|
Status
|
| Gwanggaeto the Great
|
DDH-971
|
Daewoo Heavy Industries
|
28 October 1996
|
July 24 1998
|
|
Active
|
| Eulji Mundeok
|
DDH-972
|
Daewoo Heavy Industries
|
16 October 1997
|
30 August 1999
|
|
Active
|
| Yang Manchun
|
DDH-973
|
Daewoo Heavy Industries
|
30 September 1998
|
29 June 2000
|
|
Active
|
Chungmugong Yi Sun-shin class destroyer (KDX-II)
| Name
|
Number
|
Builder
|
Launched
|
Commissioned
|
Decommissioned
|
Status
|
| Chungmugong Yi Sun-sin
|
DDH-975
|
Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering
|
15 May 2002
|
30 November 2003
|
|
Active
|
| Munmu the Great
|
DDH-976
|
Hyundai Heavy Industries
|
11 April 2003
|
30 September 2004
|
|
Active
|
| Dae Jo-yeong
|
DDH-977
|
Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering
|
12 November 2003
|
30 June 2005
|
|
Active
|
| Wang Geon
|
DDH-978
|
Hyundai Heavy Industries
|
4 May 2005
|
10 November 2006
|
|
Active
|
| Gang Gam-chan
|
DDH-979
|
Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering
|
16 March 2006
|
1 October 2007
|
|
Active
|
| Choe Yeong
|
DDH-981
|
Hyundai Heavy Industries
|
20 October 2006
|
4 September 2008
|
|
Active
|
Sejong the Great class destroyer (KDX-III)
| Name
|
Number
|
Builder
|
Launched
|
Commissioned
|
Decommissioned
|
Status
|
| Batch I
|
| Sejong the Great
|
DDG-991
|
Hyundai Heavy Industries
|
25 May 2007
|
22 December 2008
|
|
Active
|
| Yulgok Yi I
|
DDG-992
|
Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering
|
14 November 2008
|
31 August 2010
|
|
Active
|
| Seoae Yu Seong-ryong
|
DDG-993
|
Hyundai Heavy Industries
|
24 March 2011
|
30 August 2012
|
|
Active
|
| Batch II
|
| Jeongjo the Great
|
DDG-995
|
Hyundai Heavy Industries
|
28 July 2022
|
|
|
Launched
|
| TBA
|
TBA
|
TBA
|
|
|
|
Planned
|
| TBA
|
TBA
|
TBA
|
|
|
|
Planned
|