TAI HO frigates (1943-1944/1949)

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Tai Ho as rearmed

Name	No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comm	Fate
太和 [Tai Ho] (ex-Thomas)	DE23	Dravo, Wilmington, USA	1.1943	31.7.1943	11/1943 // 2.1949	deleted 1972
太湖 [Tai Hu] (ex-Breeman)	DE24	Dravo, Wilmington, USA	3.1943	4.9.1943	12/1943 // 2.1949	deleted 1975
太仓 [Tai Tsang] (ex-Bostwick)	DE25	Dravo, Wilmington, USA	2.1943	30.8.1943	12/1943 // 2.1949	deleted 1973
太昭 [Tai Chao] (ex-Carter)	DE26	Dravo, Wilmington, USA	11.1943	29.2.1944	5/1944 // 2.1949	deleted 1973

Displacement standard, t	1253
Displacement full, t	1602
Length, m	91.4 wl 93.3 oa
Breadth, m	11.2
Draught, m	3.20 full load
No of shafts	2
Machinery	4 General Motors diesel-generators, 2 electric motors
Power, h. p.	6000
Max speed, kts	21
Fuel, t	diesel oil 320
Endurance, nm(kts)	11500 (11)
Armament	4 x 1 - 76/50 Mk 22, 2 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1, 11 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10, 8 DCT, 2 DCR (120)
Electronic equipment	SC, SF or SL or SU radars, QGA sonar
Complement	186

Tai Chao 1965

Tai Ho as rearmed

Former USN DET (Cannon) class destroyer escorts. In 1949 all four ships escaped to Taiwan. Armament was strengthened before commission.

1960s, all: - 4 x 1 - 76/50, 7 x 1 - 20/70, 8 DCT; + 2 x 1 - 127/38 Mk 30, 4 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 3, 2 x 3 - 324 TT, 1 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog Mk 11 ASWRL