PEOPLE`S LIBERATION ARMY NAVY (PEOPLE`S REPUBLIC OF CHINA)
Tai Ho 1948
Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comm | Fate |
太和 [Tai Ho] (ex-Thomas) | Dravo, Wilmington, USA | 1.1943 | 31.7.1943 | 11/1943 // 31.12.1948 | to Taiwan 2.1949 (太和 [Tai Ho]), deleted 1972 | ||
太仓 [Tai Tsang] (ex-Bostwick) | Dravo, Wilmington, USA | 2.1943 | 30.8.1943 | 12/1943 // 31.12.1948 | to Taiwan 2.1949 (太仓 [Tai Tsang]), deleted 1973 | ||
太湖 [Tai Hu] (ex-Breeman) | Dravo, Wilmington, USA | 3.1943 | 4.9.1943 | 12/1943 // 31.12.1948 | to Taiwan 2.1949 (太湖 [Tai Hu]), deleted 1975 | ||
太昭 [Tai Chao] (ex-Carter) | Dravo, Wilmington, USA | 11.1943 | 29.2.1944 | 5/1944 // 31.12.1948 | to Taiwan 2.1949 (太昭 [Tai Chao]), deleted 1973 |
Displacement standard, t |
1253 |
Displacement full, t |
1602 |
Length, m |
91.4 wl 93.3 oa |
Breadth, m |
11.2 |
Draught, m |
3.20 full load |
No of shafts |
2 |
Machinery |
4 General Motors diesel-generators, 2 electric motors |
Power, h. p. |
6000 |
Max speed, kts |
21 |
Fuel, t |
diesel oil 320 |
Endurance, nm(kts) | 11500 (11) |
Armament |
3 x 1 - 76/50 Mk 22, 1 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1, 8 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10, 1 x 3 - 533 TT, 1 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog Mk 10.11 ASWRL, 8 DCT, 2 DCR (120) |
Electronic equipment |
SC, SF or SL or SU radars, QGA sonar |
Complement |
186 |
Project history: Former USN DET (Cannon) class destroyer escorts.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: In 1949 all four ships escaped to Taiwan.
© Ivan Gogin, 2015