Yingkou escorts (1944-1946/1947)

Yingkou 1947

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
營口 [Yingkou] (ex-第67号海防艦 [67-go])			Maizuru K K, Japan		1944	12.1944 // 7.1947	to Taiwan 7.1949 (營口 [Yingkou])
沈阳 [Mukden] (ex-第81号海防艦 [81-go]), later- 黄南 [Huangan], 1949- 沈阳 [Shengyang]			Maizuru K K, Japan		1944	1.1945 // 8.1947	deleted 1980
西安 [Shian] (ex-第85号海防艦 [85-go])			Tsurumi, Yokohama, Japan		1945	5.1945 // 1947	sunk 28.4.1949
潮安 [Chaoan] (ex-第107号海防艦 [107-go])			Tsurumi, Yokohama, Japan	1945	16.3.1946	5/1946 // 8.1947	to Taiwan 7.1949 (潮安 [Chaoan])
济南 [Chinan] (ex-第205号海防艦 [205-go])			Niigata Zosen, Niigata, Japan		1944	12.1944 // 7.1947	to Taiwan 7.1949 (济南 [Chinan])
遼河 [Liaohai] (ex-第215号海防艦 [215-go])			Niigata Zosen, Niigata, Japan		1944	12.1944 // 6.1947	to Taiwan 7.1949 (遼河 [Liaohai])

Displacement standard, t	745
Displacement full, t	810
Length, m	63.0 pp 66.0 wl 67.5 oa
Breadth, m	8.40
Draught, m	2.90
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 diesels
Power, h. p.	1900
Max speed, kts	16.5
Fuel, t	diesel oil
Endurance, nm(kts)	6500(14)
Armament	2 x 1 - 120/45 10-shiki, 2 x 3 - 25/60 96-shiki, 2 x 2 - 25/60 96-shiki, 4 x 1 - 25/60 96-shiki, 1 x 1 - 81/12 ASW mortar, 12 DCT (120)
Electronic equipment	2-shiki 2-go, 3-shiki 1-go radars, 93-shiki sonar, 93-shiki hydrophone
Complement	136

Project history: Former Japanese escorts of C type, transferred by reparations.

Modernizations: early 1950s, Shian: - 2 x 1 - 120/45, 2 x 2 - 25/60, 4 x 1 - 25/60, 1 x 1 - 81/12; + 2 x 1 - 76/50 Mk 22

Naval service: Shian was sunk by Nationalist aircraft at Yanziji 28.4.1949. Yingkou, Chaoan, Chinan and Liaohai escaped to Taiwan in 1949.

Huangan 1953

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