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Guided missile frigate ROCS Cheng Kung (PFG2-1101)

Guided missile frigate ROCS Cheng Kung (PFG2-1101) 0Guided missile frigate ROCS Cheng Kung (PFG2-1101) 1Guided missile frigate ROCS Cheng Kung (PFG2-1101) 2

Classification

Ship class:
Cheng Kung-class frigate
Type:
Frigate

Basic information

Namesake:
Cheng Ch'eng-kung
Operator:
Republic of China Navy (Taiwan)Republic of China Navy (Taiwan)
Country of build:
Builder:
CSBC Corporation, Taiwan
Ordered:
Laid down:
Launched:
Commissioned (service):
Status:
Active

Ship measurements

Displacement:
4,169 t
Length:
138 m
Beam:
14.31 m
Draft:
8.6 m

Machine

Propulsion system:
COGAG
Propulsion:
  • 2 * General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines, 40,000 shp (31 MW)
  • 2 * Auxiliary Propulsion Units, 350 hp (25 MW)
Speed:
29 knots
Range:
4,500 nautical miles (8,300 km; 5,200 mi) at 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)

Personnel

Complement:
217

Combat assets

Electronics:
  • AN/SPS-49 air-search radar
  • AN/SPS-55 surface-search radar
  • CAS, STIR gun fire control radar
  • SQS-56 sonar
  • AN/SLQ-32(V)5
  • (AN/SLQ-32(V)2 + SIDEKICK)
Armament:
  • 40 * SM-1MR at Mk 13 Missile Launcher
  • 4 * Hsiung Feng II and 4 HF-3 supersonic AShM
  • 1 * OTO Melara 76 mm naval gun
  • 2 * Bofors 40mm/L70mm guns
  • 1 * 20 mm Phalanx CIWS
  • 2 * triple Mark 32 ASW torpedo tubes with Mark 46 anti-submarine torpedoes
Aircraft:
  • 2 * Sikorsky S-70C-1/2

ROCS Cheng Kung (PFG2-1101) is the lead ship of eight Cheng Kung-class guided missile frigates, which are based on the Oliver Hazard Perry class of the United States Navy. Laid down on 2 December 1990 and launched on 27 October 1991, Cheng Kung was commissioned in service on 7 May 1993. All of these Taiwanese guided missile frigates have the length of the later long hull Oliver Hazard Perry-class vessels, but have a different weapon and electronics fit. She was the frigate long-hull variant (Flight II). In order to control the different weapon systems on board that the Mk 92 cannot integrate into, a second CDS, H930 MCS was installed on all eight ships in order to control the eight HF-2 (or four HF-2 and four HF-3 on PFG-1101 and PFG-1105) and the two Bofors 40 mm/L70 guns (except on PFG-1110). The rest of the ships in this class will receive four HF-3 upon their major overhaul.

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