REPUBLIC OF CHINA NAVY (TAIWAN)
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.
© Ivan Gogin, 2016