Laid down on 4 October 1992 and launched on 27 September 1993, Chi Kuang was commissioned in service on 7 March 1995. All of these Taiwanese FFGs 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, kuang, chinese, 繼光, pfg2, 1105, cheng, kung, class, guided, missile, frigate, republic, china, navy, used, mainly, local, defense, anti, submarine, roles, third, eight, taiwanese, built, frigates, based, oliver, hazard, perry, class, rocs, yang, october,. ROCS Chi Kuang Chinese 繼光 PFG2 1105 is a Cheng Kung class guided missile frigate of the Republic of China Navy used mainly in local air defense and anti submarine roles It is the third of eight Taiwanese built frigates based on the Oliver Hazard Perry class ROCS Chi Kuang and ROCS Lan Yang on 24 October 2015History Taiwan NameChi Kuang 戚繼光 NamesakeCh i Chi kuang BuilderChina Shipbuilding Corporation Kaohsiung Laid down4 October 1992 Launched27 September 1993 Commissioned4 March 1995 Statusin active service General characteristics Class and typeCheng Kung class frigate Displacement4 103 long tons 4 169 t full Length453 ft 138 m Beam46 95 ft 14 31 m PropulsionGeneral Electric LM2500 30 gas turbines 40 000 shp total Speed29 knots Complement18 officers 180 enlisted 19 flight crew Sensors and processing systemsAN SPS 49 air search radar AN SPS 55 surface search radar CAS STIR gun fire control radar SQS 56 sonar Electronic 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 torpedoes Aircraft carriedSikorsky S 70C 1 2Construction and career editLaid down on 4 October 1992 and launched on 27 September 1993 Chi Kuang was commissioned in service on 7 March 1995 All of these Taiwanese FFGs have the length of the later Oliver Hazard Perry FFGs but have a different weapon and electronics fit 1 See also editROCS Cheng Ho PFG2 1103 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 Chi Kuang amp oldid 1115821443, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
