REPUBLIC OF CHINA NAVY (TAIWAN)
Tai Chao 1965
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comm | Fate |
| 太和 [Tai Ho] (ex-Thomas) | DE23 | Dravo, Wilmington, USA | 1.1943 | 31.7.1943 | 11/1943 // 2.1949 | deleted 1972 | |
| 太湖 [Tai Hu] (ex-Breeman) | DE24 | Dravo, Wilmington, USA | 3.1943 | 4.9.1943 | 12/1943 // 2.1949 | deleted 1975 | |
| 太仓 [Tai Tsang] (ex-Bostwick) | DE25 | Dravo, Wilmington, USA | 2.1943 | 30.8.1943 | 12/1943 // 2.1949 | deleted 1973 | |
| 太昭 [Tai Chao] (ex-Carter) | DE26 | Dravo, Wilmington, USA | 11.1943 | 29.2.1944 | 5/1944 // 2.1949 | deleted 1973 |
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Displacement standard, t |
1253 |
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Displacement full, t |
1602 |
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Length, m |
91.4 wl 93.3 oa |
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Breadth, m |
11.2 |
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Draught, m |
3.20 full load |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
4 General Motors diesel-generators, 2 electric motors |
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Power, h. p. |
6000 |
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Max speed, kts |
21 |
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Fuel, t |
diesel oil 320 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 11500 (11) |
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Armament |
4 x 1 - 76/50 Mk 22, 2 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1, 11 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10, 8 DCT, 2 DCR (120) |
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Electronic equipment |
SC, SF or SL or SU radars, QGA sonar |
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Complement |
186 |
Project history: Former USN DET (Cannon) class destroyer escorts. In 1949 all four ships escaped to Taiwan. Armament was strengthened before commission.
Modernizations: 1960s, all: - 4 x 1 - 76/50, 7 x 1 - 20/70, 8 DCT; + 2 x 1 - 127/38 Mk 30, 4 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 3, 2 x 3 - 324 TT, 1 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog Mk 11 ASWRL
Naval service: No significant events.
Tai Ho as rearmed
© Ivan Gogin, 2016