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Guided missile frigate ROCS Chang Chien (PFG2-1109)

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Classification

Ship class:
Cheng Kung-class frigate
Type:
Frigate

Basic information

Namesake:
Chang Chien
Operator:
Republic of China Navy (Taiwan)Republic of China Navy (Taiwan)
Country of build:
Builder:
CSBC Corporation, Taiwan
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 Chang Chien (PFG2-1109) is the seventh of eight Taiwanese-built Cheng Kung-class frigates based on the United States Oliver Hazard Perry class. Laid down in June 1996 and launched in April 1997, Chang Chien was commissioned in November, 1998. All of these Taiwanese frigates have the length of the later Oliver Hazard Perry-class vessels, but have a different weapon and electronics fit. She was the frigate long-hull variant (Flight II). Like her sister ships, Chang Chien was built under license by China SB Corp. at Kaohsiung City, Taiwan, ROC. As of 2005, Chang Chien is homeported at Tso-Ying naval base.

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