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CHIEN MEN patrol ships (1942-1945/1964-1968)

Chu Yun 1970

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
劍門 [Jian Men] (ex-Toucan) PCE45   American SB, Cleveland, USA 2.1944 15.9.1944 11.1944 // 12.1964 sunk 6.8.1965
武勝 [Wu Sheng] (ex-Redstart) PCE66, 1983- 866   Savannah Machine & Foundry Co., USA 6.1944 18.10.1944 4.1945 // 7.1963 stricken 1992
居庸 [Ju Yong] (ex-Waxwing) PCE67, 1983- 867   American SB, Cleveland, USA 5.1944 10.3.1945 8.1945 // 11.1965 stricken 1992
平靖 [Ping Jing] (ex-Steady) PCE70, 1983- 870   American SB, Cleveland, USA 11.1941 6.6.1942 11.1942 // 3.1968 deleted 1993

 

Displacement standard, t

890

Displacement full, t

1250

Length, m

65.5 wl 67.4 oa

Breadth, m

9.80

Draught, m

3.28 full load

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 electric motors, 2 General Motors diesel-generators

Power, h. p.

2880

Max speed, kts

18

Fuel, t

diesel oil 200
Endurance, nm(kts) 6370 (16.5)

Armament

2 x 1 - 76/50 Mk 21/22, 2 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1, 2 x 2 - 20/70 Mk 24, 2 x 3 - 324 TT, 1 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog Mk 11 ASWRL, 2 DCR

Electronic equipment SPS-5 radar, SQS-17 sonar

Complement

80

Project history: Former USN Auk class minesweepers. Minesweeping gear was removed and armament was strengthened during transfer.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: Jian Men was sunk by Chinese warships S of Quemoy.

Wu Sheng

© Ivan Gogin, 2016