CHUNG HO tank landing ships (1970/1997)

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Chung Ho 2000

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comm	Fate
中和 [Chung Ho] (ex-Manitowoc)	232		Philadelphia N Yd, USA	27.2.1967	4.1.1969	24.1.1970 // 8.5.1997	in service (2019)
中平 [Chung Ping] (ex-Sumter)	233		Philadelphia N Yd, USA	14.11.1967	13.12.1969	20.6.1970 // 8.5.1997	in service (2019)

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	4970
Displacement full, t	8450
Length, m	159.2 oa over hull, 171.3 oa over derrick arms
Breadth, m	21.8
Draught, m	5.30
No of shafts	2
Machinery	6 General Motors 16-645-E5 diesels
Power, h. p.	16500
Max speed, kts	20
Fuel, t	diesel oil 1750
Endurance, nm(kts)	14250(14)
Armament	2 x 2 - 76/50 Mk 33, 1 x 6 - 20/76 Mk 15 Phalanx, 2 x 1 - 12.7/90, helicopter deck
Military load	29 tanks or 2000 t of cargo, 385 troops, 3 LCVP, 1 LCP
Electronic equipment	SPS-64(v)9, SPS-10F radars
Complement	218

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Chung Ho 2000

Project history

Former USN Newport class tank landing ships. Transferred 18.4.1997 and formally commissioned by ROCN 8.5.1998. Offer of Newport was turned doen in 1997 and offer of Schenectady was rejected in 2000.

Modernizations

1998, both: - 2 x 2 - 76/50; + 2 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1, 2x Mk 36 SRBOC decoy RL

2010s, both: - 2x Mk 36 SRBOC decoy RL; + SLQ-3 ECM suite (WD-2A + Chang Feng IV), 4x CR-201 decoy RL