ROKS Gang Gam-chan (DDH-979) is a in the Republic of Korea Navy. She is named after Gang Gam-chan.
The KDX-II is part of a much larger build up program aimed at turning the ROKN into a blue-water navy. It is said to be the first stealthy major combatant in the ROKN and was designed to significantly increase the ROKN's capabilities.
ROKS Gang Gam-chan was launched on 16 March 2006 by Daewoo Shipbuilding and commissioned on 1 October 2007.
Gang Gam-chan participated in the anti-piracy operations off Somalia alongside European Union Naval Force (EU NAVFOR) on March 26, 2014.
ROKS Gang Gam-chan has been sent on patrol duty to Gulf of Aden on 13 August 2019. She is in the Navy's anti-piracy Cheonghae Unit.
On 22 April 2025, Gang Gam-chan arrived at the Port of Colombo, Sri Lanka on a replenishment visit. The vessel departed the island on 24 April.
The ship departed the Jeju Naval Base on 30 January 2026 to participate in the International Fleet Review 2026 and Exercise MILAN 2026 hosted by the Indian Navy at Visakhapatnam. This is the second instance of a ROKS Navy ship participating in the MILAN exercise. was the first to participate in the exercise in 2022.