REPUBLIC OF CHINA NAVY (TAIWAN)
Hsien Yang 1971
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| 咸陽 [Hsien Yang] (ex-Rodman) | DD16 | Federal, Kearny, USA | 12/1940 | 26.9.1941 | 1/1942 // 28.7.1955 | wrecked 1969, CTL | |
| 咸陽 [Hsien Yang] (ex-Hatakaze, ex-Macomb) | DD16 | Bath Iron Wks, USA | 9/1940 | 23.9.1941 | 1/1942 // 6.8.1970 | stricken 1974 |
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Displacement standard, t |
1900 |
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Displacement full, t |
2600 |
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Length, m |
103.9 wl 106.2 oa |
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Breadth, m |
11.0 DD634, 635: 11.3 |
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Draught, m |
4.92 full load |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
2 sets Westinghouse geared steam turbines, 4 Babcock & Wilcox boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
50000 |
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Max speed, kts |
35 |
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Fuel, t |
oil 302 - 453 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 3630(20) - 3880(20) |
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Armament |
DD16(i): 3 x 1 - 127/38 Mk 30, 2 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1, 7 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10, 2 DCT, 2 DCR (34), mechanical minesweeping gear DD16(ii): 3 x 1 - 127/38 Mk 30, 2 x 4 - 40/60 Mk 2, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10, 2 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog Mk 11 ASWRL, 2 DCR (34) |
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Electronic equipment |
SC, SG, Mk 12.22 radars, QCJ sonar |
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Complement |
208 |
Project history: Former USN destroyers of Bristol class. Hsien Yang was transferred on loan from the USN. In addition the ex-Japanese destroyers Hatakaze and Asakaze were transferred to Taiwan in August 1970 to provide spares for the first four destroyers of Benson/Gleaves/Bristol classes. After the loss of the original Hsien Yang former Hatakaze was commissioned by ROC Navy under the same name.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: No significant events.
Hsien Yang 1970
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