NAVYPEDIA

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comm	Fate
(ex-Buoyant)			Willamette Iron & Steel, Portland, USA	4.1942	24.11.1942	9.1943 // 5.1946	to Taiwan 7.1949
(ex-Deft)			Tampa SB, USA	12.1942	28.3.1943	4.1944 // 8.1948	to Taiwan 7.1949
永和 [Yung Ho] (ex-Delegate)			Tampa SB, USA	12.1942	28.3.1943	4.1944 // 5.1946	to Taiwan 7.1949 (永和 [Yung Ho])
永庚 [Yung Kang] (ex-Elusive)			American SB, Lorain, USA	12.1943	10.6.1944	2.1945 // 5.1946	to Taiwan 7.1949 (永庚 [Yung Kang])
永興 [Yung Hsing] (ex-Embattle)			American SB, Lorain, USA	4.1944	17.9.1944	4.1945 // 5.1946	to Taiwan 7.1949 (永興 [Yung Hsing])
永解 [Yung Chia] (ex-Implicit)			Savannah Machine & Foundry Co., USA	3.1943	6.9.1943	1.1944 // 6.1948	to Taiwan 7.1949 (永解 [Yung Chia])
永升 [Yung Sheng] (ex-Lance)			American SB, Lorain, USA	10.1942	10.4.1943	11.1943 // 8.1945	to Taiwan 7.1949 (永升 [Yung Sheng])
永順 [Yung Shun] (ex-Logic)			American SB, Lorain, USA	10.1942	10.4.1943	11.1943 // 8.1945	to Taiwan 7.1949 (永順 [Yung Shun])
永庭 [Yung Ting] (ex-Lucid)			American SB, Lorain, USA	2.1943	5.6.1943	12.1943 // 8.1945	to Taiwan 7.1949 (永庭 [Yung Ting])
永寧 [Yung Ning] (ex-Magnet)			American SB, Lorain, USA	3.1943	5.6.1943	3.1944 // 8.1945	to Taiwan 7.1949 (永寧 [Yung Ning])
(ex-Nimble)			American SB, Lorain, USA	8.1943	24.12.1943	9.1944 // 6.1948	to Taiwan 7.1949
(ex-Notable)			Gulf SB, Madisonville, USA	9.1942	12.6.1943	12.1943 // 5.1946	to Taiwan 7.1949
永明 [Yung Ming] (ex-Phantom)			Gulf SB, Madisonville, USA	2.1943	25.7.1943	5.1944 // 6.1948	to Taiwan 7.1949 (永明 [Yung Ming])
永犀 [Yung Hsiu] (ex-Pinnacle)			Gulf SB, Madisonville, USA	2.1943	11.9.1943	5.1944 // 6.1948	to Taiwan 7.1949 (永犀 [Yung Hsiu])
永樹 [Yung Shou] (ex-Pivot)			Gulf SB, Madisonville, USA	7.1943	11.11.1943	7.1944 // 8.1948	to Taiwan 7.1949 (永樹 [Yung Shou])
永豐 [Yung Feng] (ex-Prime)			Gulf SB, Madisonville, USA	9.1943	22.1.1944	9.1944 // 5.1946	to Taiwan 7.1949 (永豐 [Yung Feng])
(ex-Reform)			General Engineering, Alameda, USA	6.1943	29.1.1944	2.1945 // 6.1948	to Taiwan 7.1949
永叔 [Yung Chang] (ex-Refresh)			General Engineering, Alameda, USA	9.1943	12.4.1944	4.1945 // 6.1948	to Taiwan 7.1949 (永叔 [Yung Chang])
(ex-Dunlin)			Puget Sound Bridge, USA	1.1943	26.8.1943	2.1945 // 5.1946	to Taiwan 7.1949
永谦 [Yung Chun] (ex-Gavia)			Puget Sound Bridge, USA	7.1943	18.9.1943	7.1945 // 5.1946	to Taiwan 7.1949 (永谦 [Yung Chun])

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	825
Displacement full, t	945
Length, m	54.9 wl 56.2 oa
Breadth, m	10.1
Draught, m	2.97
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 diesels
Power, h. p.	2000
Max speed, kts	15.1
Fuel, t	diesel oil 140
Endurance, nm(kts)	8500 (12)
Armament	1 x 1 - 76/50 Mk 20, (2 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 1, 4 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 4) or 2 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1, mechanical, magnetic, acoustic minesweeping gear
Electronic equipment	presumably SF or SO or SU radar, QCU sonar
Complement	96

Standard scale images

Project history

Former USN minesweepers of Admirable class, transferred to China after war.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

All sailed to Taiwan in 1949.

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