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REPUBLIC OF CHINA NAVY (TAIWAN)

COASTAL FORCES

QING JIANG submarine chasers (1942-1945/1949-1959)

Chang Kiang 1965

Chu Jiang 1965

PC

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
PC
行者 [Wu Song] (ex-PC490)     Dravo, Pittsburgh, USA 5.1941 18.10.1941 3.1942 // 7.1949 stricken 1952
钱塘 [Qian Tang] (ex-PC1549)     Consolidated SB, New York, USA 1.1944 12.3.1944 7.1944 // 7.1949 stricken 1952
嘉陵 [Tuo Jiang] (ex-PC1247), 1950- 沱江 [Tuo Jiang] PC104   Nashville Bridge, USA 5.1943 7.8.1943 12.1943 // 7.1949 stricken 1964
黃埔 [Huang Pu] (ex-PC492) ,1950- 涪江[Pei Jiang] PC105   Dravo, Pittsburgh, USA 6.1941 29.12.1941 5.1942 // 7.1949 stricken 12.1970
湘江 [Xian Jiang] (ex-PC786) PC108   Commercial Iron Wks, Portland, USA 12.1942 6.2.1943 10.1943 // 5.1954 stricken 1.1969
資江 [Zi Jiang] (ex-PC1078) PC109   Albina, Portland, USA 4.1942 8.8.1942 2.1943 // 5.1954 stricken 1.1971
沅江 [Yuan Jiang] (ex-PC1182) PC110   Gibbs Gas Engine, Jacksonville, USA 10.1942 14.6.1943 10.1943 // 7.1954 stricken 2.1965
澧江 [Li Jiang] (ex-PC1208) PC111   Consolidated SB, New York, USA 7.1943 15.9.1943 11.1943 // 7.1954 stricken 11.1970
貢江 [Gong Jiang] (ex-PC1233) PC113   Sullivan, Brooklyn, USA 9.1942 11.1.1943 9.1943 // 7.1954 stricken 12.1970
鄱江 [Bo Jiang] (ex-PC1254) PC114   Brown, Houston, USA 6.1942 31.10.1942 4.1943 // 5.1954 stricken 11.1970
昌江 [Chang Jiang] (ex-PC1262) PC115   Leatham D. Smith SB, Sturgeon Bay, USA 1.1943 27.3.1943 6.1943 // 6.1954 stricken 1972
清江 [Qing Jiang] (ex-PC1168) PC116   Sullivan, Brooklyn, USA 4.1943 3.7.1943 12.1943 // 5.1954 stricken 12.1970
章江 [Zhang Jiang] (ex-PC1232) PC118   Sullivan, Brooklyn, USA 9.1942 12.12.1942 8.1943 // 6.1954 sunk 6.8.1965
東江 [Dong Jiang] (ex-Placerville, ex-PC1087) PC119   Geo Lawley, Neponset, USA 4.1943 21.8.1943 5.1944 // 7.1957 Customs 6.1972, stricken late 1980s
西江 [Xi Jiang] (ex-Susanville, ex-PC1149) PC120   Defoe, Bay City, USA 11.1943 11.1.1944 6.1944 // 7.1957 Customs 6.1972, stricken late 1980s
北江 [Bei Jiang] (ex-Hanford, ex-PC1142) PC122   Defoe, Bay City, USA 3.1943 20.8.1943 6.1944 // 7.1957 Customs 6.1972, stricken late 1980s
柳江 [Liu Jiang] (ex-Morris, ex-PC1179) PC123   Leatham D. Smith SB, Sturgeon Bay, USA 9.1943 6.11.1943 1.1944 // 7.1957 stricken 7.1960
韓江 [Gan Jiang] (ex-Vandalia, ex-PC1175) PC124   Leatham D. Smith SB, Sturgeon Bay, USA 6.1943 7.8.1943 12.1943 // 7.1957 stricken 1.1972
渠江 [Tuo Jiang] (ex-Milledgeville, ex-PC1263), 1954- 沱江Ⅱ [Tuo Jiang II) PC125   Leatham D. Smith SB, Sturgeon Bay, USA 3.1943 19.4.1943 7.1943 // 7.1959 stricken 1.1971
PGM
袍应 [Bao Ying] (ex-PGM20), 1950- 鄞江 [Yin Jiang] PC101   Consolidated SB, New York, USA 3.1944 7.5.1944 12.1944 // 7.1949 sunk 20.1.1955
洞庭[Dong Ting] (ex-PGM13), 1950- 甌江 [Lin Jiang] PC102   Geo Lawley, Neponset, USA 1.1945 12.4.1945 6.1945 // 7.1949 sunk 10.1.1955
鸿字 [Hong Ze] (ex-PGM26), 1950- 靈江 [Qu Jiang] PC103   Consolidated SB, New York, USA 8.1944 25.9.1944 2.1945 // 7.1949 stricken 1964
珠江 [Zhu Jiang] (ex-PGM31) PC117   Leatham D. Smith SB, Sturgeon Bay, USA 7.1944 23.9.1944 1.1945 // 3.1954 stricken 1982

 

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 10, 2 x 4 - 178 Mousetrap Mk 20 ASWRL, 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 10, 1 x 2 - 60/12 M19 mortar, 2 õ 1 - 12.7/90

Electronic equipment

PC: SF or SO or SU radar, QHA sonar

PGM: SF or SO or SU radar
Complement 65

 

Project history: Former USN PC class submarine chasers, transferred to China and escpaed to Taiwan and transferred directly to Taiwan.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: Yin Jiang and Lin Jiang were sunk 20.1.1955 and 10.1.1955 respectively by Chinese MTB off Quemoy Island.

© Ivan Gogin, 2016