PEOPLE`S LIBERATION ARMY NAVY (PEOPLE`S REPUBLIC OF CHINA)
Yung Tai 1965
Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
永興 [Yong Xing] (ex-PCE869) | Albina, Portland, USA | 9.1942 | 6.2.1943 | 9.1943 // 2.1946 | to Taiwan 7.1949 (永興 [Yong Xing]) | ||
永泰 [Yung Tai] (ex-PCE867) | Albina, Portland, USA | 7.1942 | 3.12.1942 | 6.1943 // 2.1948 | to Taiwan 7.1949 (永泰 [Yung Tai]) |
Displacement standard, t |
795 |
Displacement full, t |
903 |
Length, m |
54.9 wl 56.2 oa |
Breadth, m |
10.1 |
Draught, m |
2.90 |
No of shafts |
2 |
Machinery |
2 diesels |
Power, h. p. |
2000 |
Max speed, kts |
15.1 |
Fuel, t |
diesel oil 140 |
Endurance, nm(kts) | 8500 (12) |
Armament |
1 x 1 - 76/50 Mk 22, 2 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10, 1 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog Mk 10 ASWRL, 4 DCT, 2 DCR |
Electronic equipment |
SG or SL radar, QHA sonar |
Complement | 96 |
Project history: Former USN PCE type patrols, transferred to China after war.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: Both ships escaped to Taiwan in 1949.
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