REPUBLIC OF CHINA NAVY (TAIWAN)
Han Yang 1965
Han Yang 1970
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| 洛陽 [Lo Yang] (ex-Benson) | DD14 | Bethlehem, Quincy, USA | 5/1938 | 15.11.1939 | 7/1940 // 26.2.1954 | deleted 1975 | |
| 漢陽 [Han Yang] (ex-Hilary P. Jones) | DD15 | Charleston N Yd, USA | 11/1938 | 14.12.1939 | 9/1940 // 26.2.1954 | deleted 1975 | |
| 南陽 [Nan Yang] (ex-Plunkett) | DD17 | Federal, Kearny, USA | 3/1939 | 9.3.1940 | 7/1940 // 16.2.1959 | deleted 1975 |
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Displacement standard, t |
DD14, 15: 1911 DD17: 1838 |
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Displacement full, t |
DD14, 15: 2591 DD17: 2572 |
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Length, m |
103.9 wl 106.2 oa |
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Breadth, m |
11.0 |
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Draught, m |
4.01 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 |
DD14, 15: 4 x 1 - 127/38 Mk 30, 2 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1, 4 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10, 1 x 5 - 533 TT, 6 DCT, 2 DCR (50) DD17: 4 x 1 - 127/38 Mk 30, 2 x 4 - 40/60 Mk 2, 2 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1, 2 x 2 - 20/70 Mk 24, 6 DCT, 2 DCR (50) |
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Electronic equipment |
SC, SG, Mk 12.22 radars, QCE sonar |
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Complement |
208 |
Project history: Former USN destroyers of Benson (DD14, 15) and Gleaves (DD17) classes. Lo Yang and Han Yang were presented to Taiwan. Hsien Yang and Nan Yang were transferred on loan from the USN. In addition the ex-Japanese destroyers Hatakaze and Asakase were transferred to Taiwan in August 1970 to provide spares for the first four.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: No significant events.
Han Yang
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