Republic of Korea Navy history

Graduates are commissioned as Ensigns in the Navy or Second Lieutenants in the Marine Corps. It was established in 1946.

In October 1949, the ROK Navy purchased a 600-ton submarine chaser, the former USS PC-823 on the American civil market with funds raised among its personnel.

The Korean War started with the North Korean army's surprise attack on Sunday, June 25, 1950.

Cruise Training: Since 1954, the ROK Navy has conducted the annual oceangoing training with the fourth year midshipmen (naval cadets) of the Naval Academy to provide on the job training before commissioning them and to foster relations with other navies around the world.

On July 30, 1960, ROKS Gangwon (DE-72), formerly USS Sutton (DE-771), sank the North Korean navy ship PBS 371 off the coast of Geojin.

In May 1963, the ROK Navy acquired its first destroyer ROKS Chungmu (DD 91 and later DD 911), the former USS Erben (DD-631), a Fletcher class destroyer.

In 1972, the ROK Navy launched its first domestically built patrol craft.

In 1986, the ROK Navy reorganized its fleets: First Fleet, Second Fleet, and Third Fleet.

Headquarters Republic of Korea Marine Corps was established in 1987.

In 2001, then-President Kim Dae-jung announced a plan for building up the Strategic Mobile Fleet.

ROKS Munmu the Great (DDH 976) sails in formation at the end of RIMPAC 2006

In November 2007, Commander Third Fleet was relocated to Mokpo while disestablishing Mokpo Naval Sector Defense Command.

AgustaWestland EH-101, NHIndustries NH-90, and Sikorsky MH-60S were being considered as possible candidates for the acquisition program before it decided to hold the project due to global financial crisis that hit the world in 2008.

In March 2009, the ROK Navy deployed the Cheonghae task group in response to piracy attacks in shipping lanes off the coast of Somalia.

In 2010, ROKS Cheonan sinking occurred in Yellow Sea.

As of November 2011, the following people were in office:

In May 2013 it was announced that DAPA was commencing a 1 trillion won ($900 million) procurement program to acquire up to 20 new anti-submarine warfare aircraft to replace the existing fleet of 16 P-3Cs.