List of active Republic of Korea Navy ships

This is a List of active Republic of Korea Navy ships. The South Korean navy employs the US Navy-style letter based hull classification symbols to designate the types of its ships and hull numbers to uniquely identify its vessels (e.g. DDH 975). The ship prefix for the ROK Navy ship is ROKS (Republic of Korea Ship) when the names of ships are written in English. There are some 190 commissioned ships (total displacement of approx. 192,000 tons) including 12 submarines, 22 destroyers and frigates, 21 corvettes, 84 patrol vessels and at-least 6 auxiliaries. The names of ships are that of the historical figures, provinces, cities, counties, peaks, lakes, islands, and birds. The Chief of Naval Operations selects the names of ships.

For a list of historic ships, see List of ships of the Republic of Korea Navy.