NAVYPEDIA

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
武昌 [Wu Chang] (ex-第14号海防艦 [14-go])	215		Yokosuka K K, Japan		1944	5.1944 // 6.6.1947	stricken 1986
成安 [Cheng An] (ex-第40号海防艦 [40-go])			Fujinagata, Osaka, Japan		1944	2.1944 // 29.8.1947	to Taiwan 2.1949 (成安 [Cheng An]), stricken 1963
泰安 [Tai An] (ex-第104号海防艦 [104-go])			Mitsubishi, Nagasaki, Japan		19.12.1944	1.1945 // 29.8.1947	to Taiwan 1949 (泰安 [Tai An]), deleted 1963
長沙 [Chang Sha] (ex-第118号海防艦 [118-go])	216		Kawasaki, Kobe, Japan		1944	12.1944 // 31.7.1947	stricken 1986
同安 [Tong An] (ex-第192号海防艦 [192-go])			Mitsubishi, Nagasaki, Japan		30.1.1945	2.1945 // 31.7.1947	to Taiwan 1949 (同安 [Tong An]), deleted 1960
威海 [Wei Hai] (ex-第194号海防艦 [194-go])	219		Mitsubishi, Nagasaki, Japan		15.2.1945	3.1945 // 6.7.1947	stricken 1986
西安 [Xi An] (ex-第198号海防艦 [198-go])	220		Mitsubishi, Nagasaki, Japan		26.2.1945	3.1945 // 1947	stricken 1986

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	740
Displacement full, t	940
Length, m	65.0 pp 68.0 wl 69.5 oa
Breadth, m	8.60
Draught, m	3.05
No of shafts	1
Machinery	1 set Kampon geared steam turbines, 2 Kampon boilers
Power, h. p.	2500
Max speed, kts	17.5
Fuel, t	oil
Endurance, nm(kts)	4500(14)
Armament	2 x 1 - 120/45 10-shiki, 2 x 3 - 25/60 96-shiki, 2 x 2 - 25/60 96-shiki, 4 x 1 - 25/60 96-shiki, 1 x 1 - 81/12 ASW mortar, 12 DCT (120)
Electronic equipment	2-shiki 2-go, 3-shiki 1-go radars, 93-shiki sonar, 93-shiki hydrophone
Complement	160

Standard scale images

Project history

Former Japanese D class escort, transferred by reparations.

Modernizations

1955, all survived were armed with 2 x 1 - 76/50 Mk 26, 8 x 1 - 37/73 70K, 4 x 2 - 25/82 2M3M, Russian radars