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Wu Sheng

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
劍門 [Jian Men] (ex-Toucan)	PCE45		American SB, Cleveland, USA	2.1944	15.9.1944	11.1944 // 12.1964	sunk 6.8.1965
武勝 [Wu Sheng] (ex-Redstart)	PCE66, 1983- 866		Savannah Machine & Foundry Co., USA	6.1944	18.10.1944	4.1945 // 7.1963	stricken 1992
居庸 [Ju Yong] (ex-Waxwing)	PCE67, 1983- 867		American SB, Cleveland, USA	5.1944	10.3.1945	8.1945 // 11.1965	stricken 1992
平靖 [Ping Jing] (ex-Steady)	PCE70, 1983- 870		American SB, Cleveland, USA	11.1941	6.6.1942	11.1942 // 3.1968	deleted 1993

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	890
Displacement full, t	1250
Length, m	65.5 wl 67.4 oa
Breadth, m	9.80
Draught, m	3.28 full load
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 electric motors, 2 General Motors diesel-generators
Power, h. p.	2880
Max speed, kts	18
Fuel, t	diesel oil 200
Endurance, nm(kts)	6370 (16.5)
Armament	2 x 1 - 76/50 Mk 21/22, 2 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1, 2 x 2 - 20/70 Mk 24, 2 x 3 - 324 TT, 1 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog Mk 11 ASWRL, 2 DCR
Electronic equipment	SPS-5 radar, SQS-17 sonar
Complement	80

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Project history

Former USN Auk class minesweepers. Minesweeping gear was removed and armament was strengthened during transfer.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

Jian Men was sunk by Chinese warships S of Quemoy.

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