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TORPEDO SHIPS

FU YANG destroyers (1945-1947/1971-1983)

Dang Yang 1975

Fu Yang 1975

Lao Yang 1975

Chien Yang 1975

Chien Yang 1990

Dang Yang 1990

Fu Yang 1990

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
富陽 [Fu Yang] (ex-Ernest G. Small) DD7, 1983- 907   Bath Iron Wks, USA 1/1945 14.6.1945 8/1945 // 1.2.1971 stricken 12.1999
當陽 [Dang Yang] (ex-Lloyd Thomas) DD11, 1983- 911   Bethlehem, San Francisco, USA 3/1944 5.10.1945 3/1947 // 12.10.1972 stricken 3.1999
建陽 [Chien Yang] (ex-James E. Kyes) DD12, 1983- 912   Todd-Pacific, Seattle, USA 12/1944 4.8.1945 2/1946 // 18.4.1973 stricken 12.2004
漢陽 [Han Yang] (ex-Herbert J. Thomas) DD15, 1983- 915   Bath Iron Wks, USA 10/1944 25.3.1945 5/1945 // 17.3.1975 stricken 8.1999
萊陽 [Lao Yang] (ex-Shelton) DD20, 1983- 920   Todd-Pacific, Seattle, USA 3.1945 8.3.1946 6/1946 // 18.4.1973 stricken 3.1999
遼陽 [Liao Yang] (ex-Hanson) DD21, 1983- 921   Bath Iron Wks, USA 10/1944 11.3.1945 5/1945 // 18.4.1973 stricken 6.2004
潮陽 [Chao Yang] (ex-Rowan) 916   Todd-Pacific, Seattle, USA 3/1944 29.12.1944 3/1945 // 10.6.1977 wrecked 22.8.1977
瀋陽 [Shen Yang] (ex-Power) 923   Bath Iron Wks, USA 2/1945 30.6.1945 9/1945 // 1.10.1977 stricken 1.2006
開陽 [Kai Yang] (ex-Richard B. Anderson) 924   Todd-Pacific, Seattle, USA 12/1944 7.7.1945 10/1945 // 31.8.1977 stricken 11.1999
德陽 [Te Yang] (ex-Sarsfield) 925   Bath Iron Wks, USA 1/1945 27.5.1945 7/1945 // 1.10.1977 stricken 4.2005
綏陽 [Sui Yang] (ex-Leonard F. Mason) 926   Bethlehem, Quincy, USA 8/1945 4.1.1946 6/1946 // 25.5.1978 stricken 2.2000
雲陽 [Yun Yang] (ex-Hamner) 927   Federal, Kearny, USA 4/1945 24.11.1945 7/1946 // 15.4.1981 stricken 12.2003
正陽 [Zheng Yang] (ex-Johnston) 928   Consolidated, Orange, USA 6/1945 19.10.1945 8/1946 // 17.7.1981 stricken 12.2003
邵陽 [Shao Yang] (ex-Hollister) 929   Todd-Pacific, Seattle, USA 1/1945 9.10.1945 3/1946 // 9.7.1983 stricken 6.2004
資陽 [Tsu Yang] (ex-Hawkins) 930   Consolidated, Orange, USA 5/1944 7.10.1944 2/1945 // 9.7.1983 stricken 10.1998

 

Data variant DD7, 11 (FRAM II)

Displacement standard, t

2406

Displacement full, t

3493

Length, m

116.6 wl 119.0 oa

Breadth, m

12.5

Draught, m

4.40

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 sets General Electric geared steam turbines, 4 Babcock & Wilcox boilers

Power, h. p.

60000

Max speed, kts

32

Fuel, t

oil 727

Endurance, nm(kts) 4000 (20)

Armament

DD7: 3 x 2 - 127/38 Mk 38, 4 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1, 4 x 1 - 12.7/90, 2 x 3 - 324 Mk TT, 2 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog Mk 11 ASWRL

DD11: 2 x 2 - 127/38 Mk 38, 2 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1, 4 x 1 - 12.7/90, 2 x 3 - 324 Mk 32 TT, 1 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog Mk15 ASWRL, 1 Hughes 500 helicopter

Electronic equipment

DD7: SPS-10, SPS-37 radars, SQS-10, SQS-29 sonars

DD11: SPS-10, SPS-6C radars, SQS-29 sonar

Complement

302

 

Data variant others (original design)

Displacement standard, t

2406

Displacement full, t

3493

Length, m

116.6 wl 119.0 oa

Breadth, m

12.5

Draught, m

4.40

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 sets General Electric geared steam turbines, 4 Babcock & Wilcox boilers

Power, h. p.

60000

Max speed, kts

32

Fuel, t

oil 727

Endurance, nm(kts)

4000 (20)

Armament

912, 916, 921, 923, 925-930: 1 õ 8 ASROC ASuR (17 RUR-5), 2 x 2 - 127/38 Mk 38, (4 - 6) x 1 - 12.7/90, 2 x 3 - 324 TT, 1 Hughes 500 helicopter

915: 2 x 2 - 127/38 Mk 38, 2 x 3 - 324 TT, 1 Hughes 500 helicopter

920, 924: 2 x 2 - 127/38 Mk 38, 2 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1, 2 x 3 - 324 TT, 1 Hughes 500 helicopter

Electronic equipment

912, 916, 921, 923, 925-930: SPS-29, SPS-37 radars, SQS-23 sonar

915, 920, 924: SPS-29, SPS-40 radars, SQS-23 sonar

Complement

310

Project history: Former USN Gearing class destroyers. Fu Yang had been convened into a radar picket destroyer in 1952 and was given a FRAM II conversion in August 1961. Her SPS-30 radar was removed prior to transfer. Dang Yang was completed as a special ASW destroyer and underwent FRAM II modernization in 1961. Transferred to Taiwan in 1972, she was equipped with Hughes 500 ASW helicopter (using the DASH drone pad and hangar).

    The remaining twelve ships had all received FRAM I modernisations. Han Yang had been converted as a NBCW test ship in 1963-1964 and retained the additional superstructure on transfer.

Later all FRAM I destroyers except Tsu Yang were later modernized under Wu Chin conversions: Sui Yang under Wu Chin I, Han Yang, Lao Yang, Kai Yang under Wu Chin II, Chien Yang, Liao Yang, Shen Yang, Te Yang, Yun Yang, Zheng Yang, Shao Yang under Wu Chin III.

Modernizations: early 1980s, Fu Yang: + 1 x 3 Gabriel I SSM (3 Gabriel I)

early 1980s, all survived except Fu Yang: + 1 x 3 Hsiung Feng SSM (3 Hsiung Feng)

late 1980s, Fu Yang: - 1 x 3 Gabriel I SSM, 1 x 2 - 127/38 ('B'), 4 x 2 - 40/60, 4 x 1 - 12.7/90, SPS-10 radar, SQS-4 sonar; + (1 x 3 + 2 x 1) Hsiung Feng SSM (5 Hsiung Feng), 1 x 4 Sea Chaparral SAM (16 RIM-72C), 1 x 1 - 76/62 OTO Melara Compact, 2 x 1 - 40/70 Bofors 564, SPS-58A, 2x HR-76 radars, DE1191 sonar, Argo AR680/681 ECM suite, 4x King Fen decoy RL, T Mk 6 Fanfare torpedo decoy

late 1980s, Dang Yang: - 1 x 2 - 127/38, 2 x 2 - 40/60, 4 x 1 - 12.7/90, 1 x 24 Hedgehog Mk 11 ASWRL, SPS-10 radar, SQS-29 sonar; + 2 x 1 Hsiung Feng SSM (5 Hsiung Feng at all), 1 x 1 - 76/62 OTO-Melara Compact, 2 x 1 - 40/70 Bofors 564, EL/M-2208, RTN-10X radars, OGR7/2 e/o director, DE1191 sonar, WLR-1, WLR-3, ULQ-6 ECM suites, 4x King Fen decoy RL, T Mk 6 Fanfare torpedo decoy

late 1980s, Sui Yang: - 1 x 8 ASROC ASuR (17 RUR-5), 1 x 2 - 127/38, (4 - 6) x 1 - 12.7/90, SPS-37 radar, SQS-23 sonar; + 2 x 1 Hsiung Feng SSM (5 Hsiung Feng at all), 1 x 4 Sea Chaparral SAM (16 RIM-72C), 1 x 8 ASROC ASuR (8 RUR-5), 1 x 1 - 76/62 OTO-Melara Compact, 2 x 1 - 40/70 Bofors 564, SPS-58A, 2x HR-76 radars, DE1191 sonar, Chang Feng III ECM suite, 4x King Fen decoy RL, T Mk 6 Fanfare torpedo decoy

late 1980s, Han Yang: 1 x 2 - 127/38, (4 - 6) x 1 - 12.7/90, SPS-29 radar, SQS-23 sonar; + 2 x 1 Hsiung Feng SSM (5 Hsiung Feng at all), 1 x 4 Sea Chaparral SAM (16 RIM-72C), 1 x 1 - 76/62 OTO-Melara Compact, 2 x 1 - 40/70 Bofors 564, EL/M-2208, RTN-10X radars, DE1191 sonar, WLR-1, ULQ-6 ECM suites, 4x King Fen decoy RL, T Mk 6 Fanfare torpedo decoy

late 1980s, Han Yang, Lao Yang, Kai Yang: 1 x 2 - 127/38, 2 x 2 - 40/60, (4 - 6) x 1 - 12.7/90, SPS-29 radar, SQS-23 sonar; + 2 x 1 Hsiung Feng SSM (5 Hsiung Feng at all), 1 x 4 Sea Chaparral SAM (16 RIM-72C), 1 x 1 - 76/62 OTO-Melara Compact, 2 x 1 - 40/70 Bofors 564, EL/M-2208, RTN-10X radars, DE1191 sonar, WLR-1, ULQ-6 ECM suites, 4x King Fen decoy RL, T Mk 6 Fanfare torpedo decoy

early 1990s, Chien Yang, Liao Yang, Shen Yang, Te Yang, Yun Yang, Zheng Yang, Shao Yang: - 1 x 3 Hsiung Feng SSM, 1 x 8 ASROC ASuR (17 RUR-5), 2 x 2 - 127/38, (4 - 6) x 1 - 12.7/90, SPS-29, SPS-37 radars, SQS-23 sonar; + (3 x 2 + 2 x 2) Standard SM-1MR SSM/SAM (10 RIM-66A), 1 x 8 ASROC ASuR (8 RUR-5), 1 x 1 - 76/62 OTO-Melara Compact, 2 x 1 - 40/70 Bofors 564, 1 x 6 - 20/76 Mk 15 Phalanx, SPS-58A, DA-08/2, STIR-18, HW-160, Mk 90 radars, DE1191 sonar, , Chang Feng III ECM suite, 4x King Fen decoy RL, T Mk 6 Fanfare torpedo decoy

Naval service: Chao Yang ran aground 1.6.1977 of Kaohsiung during typhoon being towed to Taiwan, stricken as a total loss and later salvaged for cannibalization.

Fu Yang 1970s

Lao Yang 1978

Zheng Yang 2001

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