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TAI KANG escort destroyers (1943/1945)
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Tai Kang 1949
Ships
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comm | Fate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 太康 [Tai Kang] (ex-DE6 Wyffels) | Boston N Yd, Charlestown, USA | 10/1942 | 7.12.1942 | 4/1943 // 8.1945 | to Taiwan 7.1949 (太康 [Tai Kang]) | ||
| 太平 [Tai Ping] (ex-DE47 Decker) | Philadelphia N Yd, USA | 4/1942 | 24.7.1942 | 5/1943 // 8.1945 | to Taiwan 7.1949 (太平 [Tai Ping]) |
Technical data
| Displacement standard, t | 1192 |
|---|---|
| Displacement full, t | 1416 |
| Length, m | 86.4 wl 88.7 oa |
| Breadth, m | 10.7 |
| Draught, m | 3.07 full load |
| No of shafts | 2 |
| Machinery | 4 General Motors diesel-generators, 2 electric motors |
| Power, h. p. | 6000 |
| Max speed, kts | 19.5 |
| Fuel, t | diesel oil 131 - 197 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 6000 (12) |
| Armament | 3 x 1 - 76/50 Mk 21, 1 x 2 - 40/56 Mk 1.2, 9 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 4, 1 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog Mk 10.11 ASWRL, 8 DCT, 2 DCR (120) |
| Electronic equipment | presumably SC, SF or SL radars, QGA sonar |
| Complement | 156 |
Standard scale images
Tai Kang 1945
Graphics
Tai Kang 1949
Project history
Former USN detsroyer escorts of GMT (Evarts) class, leased to China.
Modernizations
None.
Naval service
Both ships escaped to Taiwan in 1949. Later, 14.11.1954, Tai Ping was torpedoed and sunk by Communist torpedo boats off Tachen Islands.
© Ivan Gogin, 2011-15
