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Han Yang

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
洛陽 [Lo Yang] (ex-Benson)	DD14		Bethlehem, Quincy, USA	5/1938	15.11.1939	7/1940 // 26.2.1954	deleted 1975
漢陽 [Han Yang] (ex-Hilary P. Jones)	DD15		Charleston N Yd, USA	11/1938	14.12.1939	9/1940 // 26.2.1954	deleted 1975
南陽 [Nan Yang] (ex-Plunkett)	DD17		Federal, Kearny, USA	3/1939	9.3.1940	7/1940 // 16.2.1959	deleted 1975

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	DD14, 15: 1911 DD17: 1838
Displacement full, t	DD14, 15: 2591 DD17: 2572
Length, m	103.9 wl 106.2 oa
Breadth, m	11.0
Draught, m	4.01 full load
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 sets Westinghouse geared steam turbines, 4 Babcock & Wilcox boilers
Power, h. p.	50000
Max speed, kts	35
Fuel, t	oil 302 - 453
Endurance, nm(kts)	3630(20) - 3880(20)
Armament	DD14, 15: 4 x 1 - 127/38 Mk 30, 2 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1, 4 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10, 1 x 5 - 533 TT, 6 DCT, 2 DCR (50) DD17: 4 x 1 - 127/38 Mk 30, 2 x 4 - 40/60 Mk 2, 2 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1, 2 x 2 - 20/70 Mk 24, 6 DCT, 2 DCR (50)
Electronic equipment	SC, SG, Mk 12.22 radars, QCE sonar
Complement	208

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Project history

Former USN destroyers of Benson (DD14, 15) and Gleaves (DD17) classes. Lo Yang and Han Yang were presented to Taiwan. Hsien Yang and Nan Yang were transferred on loan from the USN. In addition the ex-Japanese destroyers Hatakaze and Asakase were transferred to Taiwan in August 1970 to provide spares for the first four.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.