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TACHIN frigates (1943-1944/1951)

Prasae 1960

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
ท่าจีน [Taksin] (ex-Glendale, ex-EK-6, ex-Glendale) 1, 1992- 411   Consolidated Steel, San Pedro, USA 4/1943 28.5.1943 10.1943 // 29.10.1951 stricken 6.2000
ประแส [Prasae] (ex-Gallup, ex-EK-22, ex-Gallup) 2, 1992- 412   Consolidated Steel, San Pedro, USA 8/1943 17.9.1943 2.1944 // 29.10.1951 stricken 6.2000

 

Displacement standard, t

1509

Displacement full, t

2238

Length, m

87.0 wl 92.6 oa

Breadth, m

11.4

Draught, m

3.86

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 VTE, 3 boilers

Power, h. p.

5500

Max speed, kts

20

Fuel, t

oil 768

Endurance, nm(kts)

9500 (12)

Armament

3 x 1 - 76/50 Mk 22, 1 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1, 9 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10, 1 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog Mk 10 ASWRL, 8 DCT, 2 DCR (100)

Electronic equipment

1: SPS-5, SPS-6 radars, QCU sonar

2: SPS-6, SPS-10 radars, QCU sonar

Complement

190

Project history: Former USN Tacoma class frigates, both served also under Soviet flag.

Modernizations: mid-1970s, both: - SPS-5/10 radar; + 2 x 3 - 324 TT, 2x nav. radars

Naval service: Prasae was severely damaged during collision in January 1972 and was never fully repaired.

Prasae 1977

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