REPUBLIC OF CHINA NAVY (TAIWAN)
Kuen Yang 1970
Kwei Yang 1990
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| 貴陽 [Kwei Yang] (ex-Twining) | DD8, 1983- 908 | Bethlehem, San Francisco, USA | 11/1942 | 11.7.1943 | 12/1943 // 16.8.1971 | stricken 7.1999 | |
| 慶陽 [Chiang Yang] (ex-Mullany) | DD9, 1983- 909 | Bethlehem, San Francisco, USA | 1/1942 | 10.10.1942 | 4/1943 // 6.10.1971 | stricken 7.1999 | |
| 安陽 [An Yang] (ex-Kimberly) | DD18, 1983- 918 | Bethlehem, Staten I, Port Richmond, USA | 7.1942 | 4.2.1942 | 5/1943 // 2.6.1967 | stricken 9.1999 | |
| 昆陽 [Kuen Yang] (ex-Yarnall) | DD19, 1983- 919 | Bethlehem, San Francisco, USA | 12/1942 | 25.7.1943 | 12/1943 // 10.6.1968 | stricken 10.1999 |
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Displacement standard, t |
2300 |
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Displacement full, t |
3050 |
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Length, m |
112.5 wl 114.7 oa |
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Breadth, m |
12.1 |
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Draught, m |
4.39 full load |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
2 sets General Electric geared steam turbines, 4 Babcock & Wilcox boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
60000 |
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Max speed, kts |
35 |
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Fuel, t |
oil 492 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 6500 (15) |
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Armament |
DD8: 5 x 1 - 127/38 Mk 30, 2 x 4 - 40/60 Mk 2, 1 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1, 6 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10, 2 x 3 - 324 TT, 2 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog Mk 11 ASWRL, 2 DCR DD9: 4 x 1 - 127/38 Mk 30, 3 x 2 - 76/50 Mk 33, 2 x 3 - 324 TT, 2 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog Mk 11 ASWRL, 2 DCR DD18: 5 x 1 - 127/38 Mk 30, 2 x 4 - 40/60 Mk 2, 1 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1, 6 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10, 2 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog Mk 11 ASWRL, 4 DCT, 2 DCR DD19: 5 x 1 - 127/38 Mk 30, 2 x 4 - 40/60 Mk 2, 1 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1, 6 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10, 1 x 5 - 533 TT, 2 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog Mk 11 ASWRL, 4 DCT, 2 DCR |
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Electronic equipment |
DD8, 9: SPS-6, SPS-10, SPG-25, SPG-37 radars, SQS-29 sonar, BLR-1 or BLR-2 ECM suite DD18: SPS-10, SPS-12, SPG-25, SPG-37 radars, SQS-4 sonar, BLR-1 or BLR-2 ECM suite DD19: SPS-6, SPS-10, SPG-25, SPG-37 radars, SQS-4 sonar, BLR-1 or BLR-2 ECM suite |
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Complement |
250 - 275 |
Project history: Former USN destroyers of Fletcher class. All were received in late 1980s heavy Wu Chin I modernization.
Modernizations: Late 1970s, Kwei Yang, An Yang, Kuen Yang: + 1 x 4 Sea Chaparral SAM (16 RIM-72C)
early 1980s, Kwei Yang: was armed with 1 x 3 Hsiung Feng I SSM (3 Hsiung Feng), 1 x 4 Sea Chaparral SAM (16 RIM-72C), 2 x 1 - 127/38 Mk 30, 1 x 1 - 76/62 OTO Melara Compact, 1 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1, 2 x 3 - 324 TT, 2 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog Mk 11 ASWRL, 1 DCR, sensors consisted of SPS-10 or SPS-58A, SPS-6, 2x R-76 C5 radars, SQS-41 sonar, AR680/681 ECM suite, 4 King Fen decoy launchers, H930 CCS
late 1980s, Chiang Yang: was armed with 1 x 3 Hsiung Feng I SSM (3 Hsiung Feng), 1 x 4 Sea Chaparral SAM (16 RIM-72C), 2 x 1 - 127/38 Mk 30, 1 x 1 - 76/62 OTO Melara Compact, 1 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1, 2 x 3 - 324 TT, 2 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog Mk 11 ASWRL, 1 DCR, sensors consisted of SPS-10 or SPS-58A, SPS-6, 2x R-76 C5 radars, SQS-40 sonar, AR680/681 ECM suite, 4 King Fen decoy launchers, H930 CCS
late 1980s, An Yang: was armed with 1 x 3 Hsiung Feng I SSM (3 Hsiung Feng), 1 x 4 Sea Chaparral SAM (16 RIM-72C), 3 x 1 - 127/38 Mk 30, 1 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1, 2 x 3 - 324 TT, 2 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog Mk 11 ASWRL, 1 DCR, sensors consisted of SPS-10 or SPS-58A, SPS-6, 2x R-76 C5 radars, SQS-50 sonar, AR680/681 ECM suite, 4 King Fen decoy launchers, H930 CCS
late 1980s, Kuen Yang: was armed with 1 x 3 Hsiung Feng I SSM (3 Hsiung Feng), 1 x 4 Sea Chaparral SAM (16 RIM-72C), 3 x 1 - 127/38 Mk 30, 1 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1, 2 x 3 - 324 TT, 2 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog Mk 11 ASWRL, 1 DCR, mines, sensors consisted of SPS-10 or SPS-58A, SPS-6, 2x R-76 C5 radars, SQS-50 sonar, AR680/681 ECM suite, 4 King Fen decoy launchers, H930 CCS
late 1980s, all: - previous sonar; + DSQS-21CZ sonar, T Mk 6 Fanfare towed torpedo decoy
Naval service: No significant events.
Kuen Yang
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