The ''Daegu'' class was a class of 2

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s by the

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. They entered service in 1973, with the last one being decommissioned in 1994.

History

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during

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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 Eventually, they were deemed too outdated.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

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{{Portal bar, South Korea, Engineering Destroyer classes Dae Gu-class destroyers Ships transferred from the United States Navy to the Republic of Korea Navy