NAVYPEDIA

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comm	Fate
銘傳 [Ming Chuan] (ex-Taylor)	1112		General Dynamics Bath Iron Works, USA	5.5.1983	5.11.1983	1.12.1984 // 9.3.2017	in service (2019)
逢甲 [Feng Chiah] (ex-Gary)	1115		Todd, San Pedro, USA	18.12.1982	19.11.1983	17.11.1984 // 9.3.2017	in service (2019)
(ex-FFG52 Carr)			Todd Pacific, Seattle, USA	26.3.1982	26.2.1983	27.7.1985 // 2019	awaiting transfer (2019)
(ex-FFG55 Elrod)			General Dynamics Bath Iron Works, USA	21.11.1983	12.5.1984	18.5.1985 // 2019	awaiting transfer (2019)

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	3204 (light)
Displacement full, t	4108
Length, m	125.9 wl 138.8 oa
Breadth, m	13.7
Draught, m	5.80 mean 6.70 max
No of shafts	1
Machinery	2 General Electric LM-2500 gas turbines
Power, h. p.	41000
Max speed, kts	29
Fuel, t	gas turbine oil 587
Endurance, nm(kts)	4200(20)
Armament	1 x 1 - 76/62 Mk 75, 1 x 6 - 20/76 Mk 15 Phalanx CIWS, 4 x 1 - 12.7/90, 2 x 3 - 324 Mk 32 TT, 2 helicopters (S-70C Thunderhawk)
Electronic equipment	1112, 1115, ex-52: SPS-55, SPS-49(V)5, Mk 92 Mod.6, SPG-60, Mk 90 radars, SQQ-89(V)10 sonar suite (SQS-56 hull-mounted sonar + SQR-19B(V)2 towed array), SLQ-32(V)2 ECM suite, 2x Mk 137 decoy RL (Mk 36 SRBOC system), SLQ-25 Nixie towed torpedo decoy, SYS-2(v)2 CCS ex-55: SPS-55, SPS-49(V)5, Mk 92 Mod.6, SPG-60, Mk 90 radars, SQQ-89(V)2 sonar suite (SQS-56 hull-mounted sonar + SQR-19(V)2 towed array), SLQ-32(V)2 ECM suite, 2x Mk 137 decoy RL (Mk 36 SRBOC system), SLQ-25 Nixie towed torpedo decoy, SYS-2(v)2 CCS
Complement	217

Standard scale images

Project history

Former USN frigates of Oliver H. Perry class, two were transferred in 2017 (commission is planned in 2018), decision to acquire the second pair has not yet been made at spring 2017.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.

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