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PEOPLE`S LIBERATION ARMY NAVY (PEOPLE`S REPUBLIC OF CHINA)

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CHIEN FANG submarine chasers (1942-1945/1946-1949)

Chien Fang 1948

PC

No Name Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comm Fate
PC
吳淞 [Wu Sung] (ex-PC490)     Dravo, Pittsburgh, USA 5.1941 18.10.1941 3.1942 // 8.1948 to Taiwan 7.1949 (行者 [Wu Song])
黄浦 [Huang Pu] (ex-PC492)     Dravo, Pittsburgh, USA 6.1941 29.12.1941 5.1942 // 6.1948 to Taiwan 7.1949 (黃埔 [Huang Pu])
(ex-PC593)     Dravo, Pittsburgh, USA 4.1942 22.8.1942 12.1942 // 8.1948 to Taiwan 7.1949
(ex-PC595)     Dravo, Pittsburgh, USA 5.1942 9.10.1942 4.1943 // 6.1948 deleted 1970/75
(ex-PC(C)598, ex-PC598)     Commercial Iron Wks, Portland, USA 5.1942 7.9.1942 3.1943 // 1949 deleted 1970/75
嘉陵 [Chia Ling] (ex-PC1247)     Nashville Bridge, USA 5.1943 7.8.1943 12.1943 // 6.1948 to Taiwan 7.1949 (嘉陵 [Tuo Jiang])
房晨 [Chien Fang] (ex-PC1549)     Consolidated SB, New York, USA 1.1944 12.3.1944 7.1944 // 5.1946 to Taiwan 7.1949 (钱塘 [Qian Tang])
PGM
[Tung Ping] (ex-PGM12, ex-PC1088)     Geo Lawley, Neponset, USA 8.1943 18.1.1945 4.1945 // 8.1948 deleted 1970/75
洞庭[Tung Ting] (ex-PGM13, ex-PC1089)     Geo Lawley, Neponset, USA 1.1945 12.4.1945 6.1945 // 6.1948 to Taiwan 7.1949 (洞庭[Dong Ting])
(ex-PGM14, ex-PC1090)     Geo Lawley, Neponset, USA 4.1945 15.6.1945 8.1945 // 6.1948 deleted 1970/75
康定 [Kan Tang] (ex-PGM15, ex-PC1091)     Geo Lawley, Neponset, USA 6.1945 31.7.1945 10.1945 // 6.1948 deleted 1970/75
袍应 [Pao Ying] (ex-PGM20, ex-PC1551)     Consolidated SB, New York, USA 3.1944 7.5.1944 12.1944 // 6.1948 to Taiwan 7.1949 (袍应 [Bao Ying])
鸿字 [Hung Tse] (ex-PGM26, ex-PC1557)     Consolidated SB, New York, USA 8.1944 25.9.1944 2.1945 // 6.1948 to Taiwan 7.1949  (鸿字 [Hong Ze])

 

Displacement standard, t

414

Displacement full, t

463

Length, m

51.8 wl 52.9 oa

Breadth, m

7.06

Draught, m

3.30 full load

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 diesels

Power, h. p.

2880

Max speed, kts

19

Fuel, t

diesel oil 49
Endurance, nm(kts) 3000 (12)

Armament

PC: 1 x 1 - 76/50 Mk 22, 1 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 3, 4 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 4, 2 x 4 - 178 Mousetrap DCT, 2 DCT, 2 DCR

PC(C): 1 x 1 - 76/50 Mk 22, 2 x 4 - 178 Mousetrap DCT, 2 DCT, 2 DCR

PGM: 1 x 1 - 76/50 Mk 22, 1 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1, 6 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 4, 1 x 2 - 60/12 M19 mortar, 2 õ 1 - 12.7/90

Electronic equipment

PC, PC(C): SF or SO or SU radar, QHA sonar

PGM: SF or SO or SU radar

Complement 65

   

Project history: Former USN 173ft PC, PC(C) class chasers and PGM class motor gunboats.

Modernizations: early 1950s: all survived were rearmed with 2 x 1 - 76/55 34K, 3 x 1 - 37/73 70K, 2 DCT, 2 DCR

Naval service: 8 boats in 1949 escaped to Taiwan. Survived boats served till early 1970s, but one boat served till end 1980s as TS.

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