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

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CHENG AN escort (1944/1947)

Cheng An 1947

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
正安 [Cheng An] (ex-屋代 [Yashiro])     Hitachi, Sakurajima, Japan 11.1943 16.2.1944 6.1944 // 29.8.1947 to Taiwan 2.1949 (正安 [Cheng An])

 

Displacement standard, t

940

Displacement full, t

1020

Length, m

72.5 pp 77.5 wl 78.8 oa

Breadth, m

9.10

Draught, m

3.06

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 diesels

Power, h. p.

4200

Max speed, kts

19.5

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts) 5000(16)

Armament

1 x 2 - 120/45 10-shiki, 1 x 1 - 120/45 10-shiki, 3 x 1 - 25/60 96-shiki, 7 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

150

 

Project history: Former Japanese Mikura class escort, transferred by reparations.

 

Modernizations: None.

 

Naval service: No significant events.

 

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