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Kuen Yang

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
貴陽 [Kwei Yang] (ex-Twining)	DD8, 1983- 908		Bethlehem, San Francisco, USA	11/1942	11.7.1943	12/1943 // 16.8.1971	stricken 7.1999
慶陽 [Chiang Yang] (ex-Mullany)	DD9, 1983- 909		Bethlehem, San Francisco, USA	1/1942	10.10.1942	4/1943 // 6.10.1971	stricken 7.1999
安陽 [An Yang] (ex-Kimberly)	DD18, 1983- 918		Bethlehem, Staten I, Port Richmond, USA	7.1942	4.2.1942	5/1943 // 2.6.1967	stricken 9.1999
昆陽 [Kuen Yang] (ex-Yarnall)	DD19, 1983- 919		Bethlehem, San Francisco, USA	12/1942	25.7.1943	12/1943 // 10.6.1968	stricken 10.1999

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	2300
Displacement full, t	3050
Length, m	112.5 wl 114.7 oa
Breadth, m	12.1
Draught, m	4.39 full load
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 sets General Electric geared steam turbines, 4 Babcock & Wilcox boilers
Power, h. p.	60000
Max speed, kts	35
Fuel, t	oil 492
Endurance, nm(kts)	6500 (15)
Armament	DD8: 5 x 1 - 127/38 Mk 30, 2 x 4 - 40/60 Mk 2, 1 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1, 6 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10, 2 x 3 - 324 TT, 2 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog Mk 11 ASWRL, 2 DCR DD9: 4 x 1 - 127/38 Mk 30, 3 x 2 - 76/50 Mk 33, 2 x 3 - 324 TT, 2 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog Mk 11 ASWRL, 2 DCR DD18: 5 x 1 - 127/38 Mk 30, 2 x 4 - 40/60 Mk 2, 1 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1, 6 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10, 2 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog Mk 11 ASWRL, 4 DCT, 2 DCR DD19: 5 x 1 - 127/38 Mk 30, 2 x 4 - 40/60 Mk 2, 1 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1, 6 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10, 1 x 5 - 533 TT, 2 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog Mk 11 ASWRL, 4 DCT, 2 DCR
Electronic equipment	DD8, 9: SPS-6, SPS-10, SPG-25, SPG-37 radars, SQS-29 sonar, BLR-1 or BLR-2 ECM suite DD18: SPS-10, SPS-12, SPG-25, SPG-37 radars, SQS-4 sonar, BLR-1 or BLR-2 ECM suite DD19: SPS-6, SPS-10, SPG-25, SPG-37 radars, SQS-4 sonar, BLR-1 or BLR-2 ECM suite
Complement	250 - 275

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Project history

Former USN destroyers of Fletcher class. All were received in late 1980s heavy Wu Chin I modernization.

Modernizations

Late 1970s, Kwei Yang, An Yang, Kuen Yang: + 1 x 4 Sea Chaparral SAM (16 RIM-72C)

early 1980s, Kwei Yang: was armed with 1 x 3 Hsiung Feng I SSM (3 Hsiung Feng), 1 x 4 Sea Chaparral SAM (16 RIM-72C), 2 x 1 - 127/38 Mk 30, 1 x 1 - 76/62 OTO Melara Compact, 1 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1, 2 x 3 - 324 TT, 2 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog Mk 11 ASWRL, 1 DCR, sensors consisted of SPS-10 or SPS-58A, SPS-6, 2x R-76 C5 radars, SQS-41 sonar, AR680/681 ECM suite, 4 King Fen decoy launchers, H930 CCS

late 1980s, Chiang Yang: was armed with 1 x 3 Hsiung Feng I SSM (3 Hsiung Feng), 1 x 4 Sea Chaparral SAM (16 RIM-72C), 2 x 1 - 127/38 Mk 30, 1 x 1 - 76/62 OTO Melara Compact, 1 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1, 2 x 3 - 324 TT, 2 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog Mk 11 ASWRL, 1 DCR, sensors consisted of SPS-10 or SPS-58A, SPS-6, 2x R-76 C5 radars, SQS-40 sonar, AR680/681 ECM suite, 4 King Fen decoy launchers, H930 CCS

late 1980s, An Yang: was armed with 1 x 3 Hsiung Feng I SSM (3 Hsiung Feng), 1 x 4 Sea Chaparral SAM (16 RIM-72C), 3 x 1 - 127/38 Mk 30, 1 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1, 2 x 3 - 324 TT, 2 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog Mk 11 ASWRL, 1 DCR, sensors consisted of SPS-10 or SPS-58A, SPS-6, 2x R-76 C5 radars, SQS-50 sonar, AR680/681 ECM suite, 4 King Fen decoy launchers, H930 CCS

late 1980s, Kuen Yang: was armed with 1 x 3 Hsiung Feng I SSM (3 Hsiung Feng), 1 x 4 Sea Chaparral SAM (16 RIM-72C), 3 x 1 - 127/38 Mk 30, 1 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1, 2 x 3 - 324 TT, 2 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog Mk 11 ASWRL, 1 DCR, mines, sensors consisted of SPS-10 or SPS-58A, SPS-6, 2x R-76 C5 radars, SQS-50 sonar, AR680/681 ECM suite, 4 King Fen decoy launchers, H930 CCS

late 1980s, all: - previous sonar; + DSQS-21CZ sonar, T Mk 6 Fanfare towed torpedo decoy

Naval service

No significant events.