REPUBLIC OF CHINA NAVY (TAIWAN)
Tai Kang 1949
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comm | Fate |
| 太康 [Tai Kang] (ex-DE6 Wyffels) | DE21 | Boston N Yd, Charlestown, USA | 10/1942 | 7.12.1942 | 4/1943 // 7.1949 | stricken 1975 | |
| 太平 [Tai Ping] (ex-DE47 Decker) | DE22 | Philadelphia N Yd, USA | 4/1942 | 24.7.1942 | 5/1943 // 7.1949 | sunk 14.11.1954 |
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Displacement standard, t |
1192 |
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Displacement full, t |
1416 |
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Length, m |
86.4 wl 88.7 oa |
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Breadth, m |
10.7 |
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Draught, m |
3.07 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 |
19.5 |
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Fuel, t |
diesel oil 131 - 197 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 6000 (12) |
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Armament |
4 x 1 - 76/50 Mk 22, 1 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1, 10 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10, 8 DCT, 2 DCR (120) |
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Electronic equipment |
presumably SC, SF or SL radars, QGA sonar |
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Complement |
156 |
Project history: Former USN detsroyer escorts of GMT (Evarts) class, leased to China. Both ships escaped to Taiwan in 1949. Armament was strengthened.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: 14.11.1954 Tai Ping was torpedoed and sunk by Communist torpedo boats off Tachen Islands.
© Ivan Gogin, 2016