Dogsuli-class frigate

Dogsuli c.1971
Class overview
Builders:	Tayeong Shipyards, Daekan
Operators:	Daekanese People's Army Navy
Preceded by:	Seutokeo-class
Succeeded by:	Pyobeom-class
Built:	1967-1993
In service:	1971-present
Planned:	30
Completed:	20
Cancelled:	10
Active:	16
Lost:	1
Retired:	3
General characteristics
Class and type:	Guided Missile frigate
Displacement:	3,500 (initial variant)
Length:	116.28 metres (381.5 feet)
Beam:	13.4 m metres (43.96 feet)
Draught:	3.65 metres (12 feet)
Propulsion:	2 shaft; COGAG
Speed:	33 knots
Range:	8,700 km (4,697.6 nmi) at 14 knots (26 km/h)
Complement:	200
Sensors and processing systems:	LS-440 (MR-300 copy) air search radar LS-435 air search radar LS-333 fire control radar 4R90 fire control radar LS-276 gun fire control radar SJS-4 hull mounted sonar
Armament:	2x3-cell box launchers for KJ-1/2/3 AShMs x2 Type 76 twin 37mm guns x2 Type 61 twin 25mm guns x2 JP-70 naval gun x2 RBU-6000 ASW rocket launchers
Aircraft carried:	Later variants carry one HU-5 helicopter
Aviation facilities:	Later variants may feature one hangar

The Dogsuli-class frigate (Daekanese: 독수리, meaning "ealge") is a class of guided-missile frigates of the Daekanese People's Army Navy. The ships of the class were the first Daekanese vessels that were purpose-built to carry anti-ship cruise missiles, and they were also the first to feature a combined gas and gas (COGAG) propulsion system. The Dogsuli-class was intended to be used in hit-and-run tactics, hence the -for the time- advanced propulsion system that enabled it to reach speeds up to 33 knots. However, it was that exact propulsion system that was the cause of several teething problems at the start, as well as slow initial production rate. Despite its initial problems, upgraded variants of the Dogsuli remain in active DPAN service, with their retirement process beginning only in 2017.