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REPUBLIC OF CHINA NAVY (TAIWAN)

ESCORTS

CHENG AN corvettes (1944-1945/1949)

Cheng An 1955

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
泰安 [Tai An] (ex-泰安 [Tai An], ex-第104号海防艦 [104-go]) PF71   Mitsubishi, Nagasaki, Japan   19.12.1944 1.1945 // 1949 stricken 1958
成安 [Cheng An] (ex-成安 [Cheng An], ex-第40号海防艦 [40-go]) PF72   Fujinagata, Osaka, Japan   1944 2.1944 // 2.1949 stricken 1958
同安 [Tong An] (ex-同安 [Tong An], ex-第192号海防艦 [192-go])     Mitsubishi, Nagasaki, Japan   30.1.1945 2.1945 // 1949 deleted 1952

 

Displacement standard, t

740

Displacement full, t

940

Length, m

65.0 pp 68.0 wl 69.5 oa

Breadth, m

8.60

Draught, m

3.05

No of shafts

1

Machinery

1 set Kampon geared steam turbine, 2 Kampon boilers

Power, h. p.

2500

Max speed, kts

17.5

Fuel, t

oil 240

Endurance, nm(kts) 4500(14)

Armament

2 x 1 - 120/45 10-shiki, 2 x 3 - 25/60 96-shiki, 2 x 2 - 25/60 96-shiki, 4 x 1 - 25/60 96-shiki, 1 x 1 - 81/12 ASW mortar, 12 DCT (120)

Electronic equipment 2-shiki 2-go, 3-shiki 1-go radars, 93-shiki sonar, 93-shiki hydrophone

Complement

160

 

Project history: Former Japanese D class escorts, transferred by reparations to China and in 1949 escaped to Taiwan.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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