REPUBLIC OF CHINA NAVY (TAIWAN)
Yong Sheng 1955
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| 永勝[Yong Sheng] (ex-Lance), later- 玉門 [Zhen Nan] | MSF43, later- PCE43 | American SB, Lorain, USA | 10.1942 | 10.4.1943 | 11.1943 // 10.1949 | stricken 7.1972 | |
| 永順 [Yong Shun] (ex-Logic), later- 鎮南 [Yu Men] | MSF44, later- PCE44 | American SB, Lorain, USA | 10.1942 | 10.4.1943 | 11.1943 // 10.1949 | stricken 6.1970 | |
| 永定 [Yong Ding] (ex-Lucid) | MSF45 | American SB, Lorain, USA | 2.1943 | 5.6.1943 | 12.1943 // 10.1949 | survey vessel 1960s, stricken 7.1972 | |
| 永寧 [Yong Ning] (ex-Magnet) | MSF46 | American SB, Lorain, USA | 3.1943 | 5.6.1943 | 3.1944 // 10.1949 | wrecked 27.1.1958 | |
| 永嘉 [Yong Jia] (ex-Implicit) | MSF47 | Savannah Machine & Foundry Co., USA | 3.1943 | 6.9.1943 | 1.1944 // 10.1949 | stricken 8.1970 | |
| 永修 [Yong Xiu] (ex-Pinnacle) | MSF48 | Gulf SB, Madisonville, USA | 2.1943 | 11.9.1943 | 5.1944 // 10.1949 | stricken 7.1972 | |
| 永壽 [Yong Shou] (ex-Pivot), later- 秣陵 [Zi Ling] | MSF49, later- PCE49 | Gulf SB, Madisonville, USA | 7.1943 | 11.11.1943 | 7.1944 // 10.1949 | stricken 7.1970 | |
| 永豐 [Yong Feng] (ex-Prime) | MSF50 | Gulf SB, Madisonville, USA | 9.1943 | 22.1.1944 | 9.1944 // 10.1949 | stricken 5.1973 | |
| 永昌 [Yong Chang] (ex-Refresh), later- 臨淮 [Lin Huai] | MSF51, later- PCE51 | General Engineering, Alameda, USA | 9.1943 | 12.4.1944 | 4.1945 // 10.1949 | sunk 14.11.1965 | |
| 永春 [Yong Chun] (ex-Gavia) | MSF52, later- PF52 | Puget Sound Bridge, USA | 7.1943 | 18.9.1943 | 7.1945 // 10.1949 | stricken 6.1962 | |
| 永和 [Yong He] (ex-Delegate) | MSF53, later- PF53 | Tampa SB, USA | 12.1942 | 28.3.1943 | 4.1944 // 10.1949 | stricken 9.1962 | |
| 永康 [Yong Kang] (ex-Elusive) | MSF54, later- PF54 | American SB, Lorain, USA | 12.1943 | 10.6.1944 | 2.1945 // 10.1949 | stricken 1.1962 |
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Displacement standard, t |
825 |
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Displacement full, t |
945 |
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Length, m |
54.9 wl 56.2 oa |
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Breadth, m |
10.1 |
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Draught, m |
2.97 |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
2 diesels |
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Power, h. p. |
2000 |
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Max speed, kts |
15.1 |
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Fuel, t |
diesel oil 140 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 8500 (12) |
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Armament |
1 x 1 - 76/50 Mk 22, 2 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1, mechanical, acoustic, magnetic sweeping gear |
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Electronic equipment |
presumably SF or SO or SU radar, QCU sonar |
| Complement | 96 |
Project history: Former USN Admirable class ocean minesweepers.
Modernizations: late 1950s, PCEs and PFs were armed with 2 x 1 - 76/50 Mk 22, 2 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10
Naval service: Yong Ning wrecked during typhoon 27.1.1958. Lin Huai was sunk by Chinese ships off S China 14.11.1965.
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