REPUBLIC OF CHINA NAVY (TAIWAN)
Ming Chuan 2017
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comm | Fate |
| 銘傳 [Ming Chuan] (ex-Taylor) | 1112 | General Dynamics Bath Iron Works, USA | 5.5.1983 | 5.11.1983 | 1.12.1984 // 9.3.2017 | in service (2019) | |
| 逢甲 [Feng Chiah] (ex-Gary) | 1115 | Todd, San Pedro, USA | 18.12.1982 | 19.11.1983 | 17.11.1984 // 9.3.2017 | in service (2019) | |
| (ex-FFG52 Carr) | Todd Pacific, Seattle, USA | 26.3.1982 | 26.2.1983 | 27.7.1985 // 2019 | awaiting transfer (2019) | ||
| (ex-FFG55 Elrod) | General Dynamics Bath Iron Works, USA | 21.11.1983 | 12.5.1984 | 18.5.1985 // 2019 | awaiting transfer (2019) |
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Displacement standard, t |
3204 (light) |
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Displacement full, t |
4108 |
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Length, m |
125.9 wl 138.8 oa |
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Breadth, m |
13.7 |
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Draught, m |
5.80 mean 6.70 max |
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No of shafts |
1 |
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Machinery |
2 General Electric LM-2500 gas turbines |
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Power, h. p. |
41000 |
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Max speed, kts |
29 |
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Fuel, t |
gas turbine oil 587 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 4200(20) |
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Armament |
1 x 1 - 76/62 Mk 75, 1 x 6 - 20/76 Mk 15 Phalanx CIWS, 4 x 1 - 12.7/90, 2 x 3 - 324 Mk 32 TT, 2 helicopters (S-70C Thunderhawk) |
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Electronic equipment |
1112, 1115, ex-52: SPS-55, SPS-49(V)5, Mk 92 Mod.6, SPG-60, Mk 90 radars, SQQ-89(V)10 sonar suite (SQS-56 hull-mounted sonar + SQR-19B(V)2 towed array), SLQ-32(V)2 ECM suite, 2x Mk 137 decoy RL (Mk 36 SRBOC system), SLQ-25 Nixie towed torpedo decoy, SYS-2(v)2 CCS ex-55: SPS-55, SPS-49(V)5, Mk 92 Mod.6, SPG-60, Mk 90 radars, SQQ-89(V)2 sonar suite (SQS-56 hull-mounted sonar + SQR-19(V)2 towed array), SLQ-32(V)2 ECM suite, 2x Mk 137 decoy RL (Mk 36 SRBOC system), SLQ-25 Nixie towed torpedo decoy, SYS-2(v)2 CCS |
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Complement |
217 |
Project history: Former USN frigates of Oliver H. Perry class, two were transferred in 2017 (commission is planned in 2018), decision to acquire the second pair has not yet been made at spring 2017.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: No significant events.
© Ivan Gogin, 2017-19