REPUBLIC OF CHINA NAVY (TAIWAN)
Tien Shan 1965
Tai Shan 1980
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comm | Fate |
| 天山 [Tien Shan] (ex-Kleinsmith) | APD215, 1983- 815 | Defoe, Bay City, USA | 8.1944 | 27.1.1945 | 6.1945 // 5.1960 | stricken 1993 | |
| 玉山 [Yu Shan] (ex-Kinzer) | PF32, 1983- 832 | Charleston N Yd, USA | 9.1943 | 19.12.1943 | 11.1944 // 4.1965 | stricken mid-1997 | |
| 華山 [Hua Shan] (ex-Donald W. Wolf) | PF33, 1983- 833 | Defoe, Bay City, USA | 4.1944 | 22.7.1944 | 4.1945 // 5.1965 | stricken 5.1995 | |
| 文山 [Wen Shan] (ex-Gantner) | PF34, 1983- 834 | Bethlehem, Hingham, USA | 12/1942 | 17.4.1943 | 7/1943 // 5.1966 | stricken 1991 | |
| 長山 [Chang Shan] (ex-Truxton), later- 福山 [Fu Shan] | PF35, 1983- 835 | Charleston N Yd, USA | 12.1943 | 9.3.1944 | 7.1945 // 3.1966 | stricken 1996 | |
| 廬山 [Lu Shan] (ex-Bull) | PF36, 1983- 836 | Defoe, Bay City, USA | 12/1942 | 25.3.1943 | 8/1943 // 8.1966 | stricken 5.1995 | |
| 青山 [Ao Shan] (ex-Kline), later- 壽山 [Shou Shan] | PF37, 1983- 837 | Bethlehem, Quincy, USA | 5.1944 | 27.6.1944 | 10.1944 // 3.1966 | stricken mid-1997 | |
| 泰山 [Tai Shan] (ex-Register) | PF38, 1983- 838 | Charleston N Yd, USA | 10.1943 | 20.1.1944 | 1.1945 // 10.1966 | stricken 1991 | |
| 恆山 [Heng Shan] (ex-Raymond W. Herndon) | PF39 | Bethlehem, Quincy, USA | 6.1944 | 15.7.1944 | 11.1944 // 10.1966 | stricken 1976 | |
| (ex-Walter B. Cobb) | Bethlehem, Hingham, USA, USA | 1.1944 | 23.2.1944 | 4.1945 // --- | foundered 21.4.1966 before commission | ||
| 岡山 [Kang Shan] (ex-George W. Ingram) | PF42 | Bethlehem, Hingham, USA | 2/1943 | 8.5.1943 | 8/1943 // 7.1967 | stricken 1978 | |
| 鍾山 [Chung Shan] (ex-Blessman) | PF43, 1983- 843 | Bethlehem, Hingham, USA | 3/1943 | 19.6.1943 | 9/1943 // 7.1967 | stricken 5.1995 | |
| 龍山 [Lung Shan] (ex-Schmitt) | PF44 | Bethlehem, Quincy, USA | 2/1943 | 29.5.1943 | 7/1943 // 2.1969 | stricken 1976 |
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Displacement standard, t |
1400 |
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Displacement full, t |
2130 |
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Length, m |
91.4 wl 93.3 oa |
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Breadth, m |
11.3 |
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Draught, m |
3.84 full load |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
2 General Electric steam turbo-generators, 2 Foster-Wheeler boilers, 2 electric motors |
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Power, h. p. |
12000 |
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Max speed, kts |
23.6 |
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Fuel, t |
oil 347 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 5000 (15) |
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Armament |
1 x 1 - 127/38 Mk 30, 3 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1, 4 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10, 2 x 3 - 324 TT, 2 DCR PF33 and may be others: 1 x 1 - 127/38 Mk 30, 4 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1, 4 x 2 - 20/70 Mk 24, 2 x 3 - 324 TT, 2 DCR PF39 and may be others: 1 x 1 - 127/38 Mk 30, 3 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1, 4 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10, 2 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog Mk 11 ASWRL, 2 DCR |
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Electronic equipment |
SPS-5 radar, QGA sonar some: SPS-5, Decca 707 radars, QGA sonar |
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Military load |
4 LCVP, 162 marines, deck cargo |
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Complement |
203 |
Project history: Chung Shan, Kang Shan, Lu Shan and Wen Shan were ex-USN 'TE' class DEs. They had higher bridges than the others which were ex-USN 'TEV' class DEs. Apart from that, they were almost identical. Wen Shan collided with ex-Walter B. Cobb whilst under tow to Taiwan on 17 April 1966, and the latter foundered four days later. She was replaced by Lu Shan. Taiwan rated them as frigates rather than APDs and used them accordingly.
Modernizations: ~1970, all except Tien Shan; 1974, Tien Shan: - deck cargo, 2 LCVP; + 1 x 1 - 127/38 Mk 30
1991, all were converted to offshore patrol vessels armed with 1 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1 only, no LCVPs
Naval service: No significant events.
Hua Shan 1970s
© Ivan Gogin, 2016