REPUBLIC OF CHINA NAVY (TAIWAN)
Tai Yuan 1975
Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comm | Fate |
太原 [Tai Yuan] (ex-Riley) | DE27, 1983- 827 | Bethlehem, Hingham, USA | 10/1943 | 29.12.1943 | 3/1944 // 10.7.1968 | stricken 1997 |
Displacement standard, t |
1430 |
Displacement full, t |
1811 |
Length, m |
91.4 wl 93.3 oa |
Breadth, m |
11.3 |
Draught, m |
3.40 full load |
No of shafts |
2 |
Machinery |
2 General Electric turbine-generators, 2 electric motors, 2 Foster Wheeler boilers |
Power, h. p. |
12000 |
Max speed, kts |
23 |
Fuel, t |
oil 347 - 348 |
Endurance, nm(kts) | 5500(15) |
Armament |
2 x 1 - 127/38 Mk 30, 2 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1, 4 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10, 2 x 3 - 324 TT, 1 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog Mk 11 ASWRL, 2 DCR |
Electronic equipment |
SPS-6, SPS-10 radars, QGA sonar |
Complement |
200 |
Project history: Former USN Rudderow ('TEV') class destroyer escort.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: No significant events.
Tai Yuan 1970s
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