Laid down on 21 December 1991 and launched on 15 October 1992, Cheng Ho (鄭和) was commissioned into service on 28 March 1994. All of the Taiwanese PFGs have the length of the later Oliver Hazard Perry FFGs, but have a different weapon and electronics fit.[1]
^Lundquist, Edward H. "Interview with Adm. Richard Chen, Republic of China Navy (Ret.)". www.defensemedianetwork.com. Defense Media Network. Retrieved 12 July 2020.
rocs, cheng, 鄭和, pfg2, 1103, second, eight, taiwanese, built, cheng, kung, class, frigates, republic, china, navy, based, oliver, hazard, perry, class, november, 2014historytaiwannamecheng, 鄭和, namesakezheng, heordered8, 1989builderchina, shipbuilding, corp, k. ROCS Cheng Ho 鄭和 PFG2 1103 is the second of eight Taiwanese built Cheng Kung class frigates of the Republic of China Navy based on the Oliver Hazard Perry class ROCS Cheng Ho on 23 November 2014HistoryTaiwanNameCheng Ho 鄭和 NamesakeZheng HeOrdered8 May 1989BuilderChina Shipbuilding Corp KaohsiungLaid down29 October 1991Launched15 October 1992Commissioned28 March 1994IdentificationPennant number PFG2 1103Statusin active serviceGeneral characteristicsClass and typeCheng Kung class frigateDisplacement4 103 long tons 4 169 t fullLength453 ft 138 m Beam46 95 ft 14 31 m PropulsionGeneral Electric LM2500 30 gas turbines 40 000 shp totalSpeed29 knotsComplement18 officers 180 enlisted 19 flight crewSensors and processing systemsAN SPS 49 air search radar AN SPS 55 surface search radar CAS STIR gun fire control radar SQS 56 sonarElectronic warfare amp decoysAN SLQ 32 V 5 AN SLQ 32 V 2 SIDEKICK Armament40 SM 1MR at Mk 13 Missile Launcher 4 Hsiung Feng II and 4 HF 3 supersonic AShM 1 OTO Melara 76 mm naval gun 2 Bofors 40mm L70mm guns 1 20 mm Phalanx CIWS 2 triple Mark 32 ASW torpedo tubes with Mark 46 anti submarine torpedoesAircraft carriedSikorsky S 70C 1 2 Contents 1 Construction and career 2 Gallery 3 See also 4 ReferencesConstruction and career editLaid down on 21 December 1991 and launched on 15 October 1992 Cheng Ho 鄭和 was commissioned into service on 28 March 1994 All of the Taiwanese PFGs have the length of the later Oliver Hazard Perry FFGs but have a different weapon and electronics fit 1 Gallery edit nbsp A model of ROCS Cheng Ho nbsp ROCS Cheng Ho s surgical roomSee also editROCS Chi Kuang PFG2 1105 ROCS Tzu I PFG2 1107 ROCS Pan Chao PFG2 1108 ROCS Chang Chien PFG2 1109 ROCS Tian Dan PFG2 1110 References edit Lundquist Edward H Interview with Adm Richard Chen Republic of China Navy Ret www defensemedianetwork com Defense Media Network Retrieved 12 July 2020 This article related to the Taiwanese armed forces is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title ROCS Cheng Ho amp oldid 1115821463, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
