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Guided missile frigate ROCS Cheng Ho (PFG2-1103)

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Classification

Ship class:
Cheng Kung-class frigate
Type:
Frigate

Basic information

Namesake:
Zheng He
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 Ho (PFG2-1103) is the second of eight Taiwanese-built Cheng Kung-class frigates of the Republic of China Navy, based on the Oliver Hazard Perry class. Laid down on 21 December 1991 and launched on 15 October 1992, Cheng Ho was commissioned into service on 28 March 1994. All of the Taiwanese PFGs have the length of the later Oliver Hazard Perry FFGs, but have a different weapon and electronics fit. She was the frigate long-hull variant (Flight II).

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