ROCS Cheng Kung (FFG-1101) | |
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ROCS Cheng Kung alongside ROCS Chi Kuang | |
Career (Republic of China) | |
Name: | ROCS Cheng Kung (FFG-1101) |
Ordered: | 8 May 1989 |
Builder: |
China Shipbuilding Corp., Kaohsiung, Taiwan, ROC |
Laid down: | 21 December 1990 |
Launched: | 5 October 1991 |
Commissioned: | 7 May 1993 |
Status: | in active service, as of 2024[update] |
General characteristics | |
Class & type: | Cheng Kung-class frigate |
Displacement: | 4,103 tons full |
Length: | 453 ft (138 m) |
Beam: | 46.95 ft (14.31 m) |
Propulsion: | General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines, 40,000 shp total |
Speed: | 29 knots |
Complement: |
18 officers 180 enlisted 19 flight crew |
Sensors and processing systems: |
AN/SPS-49 air search radar SPS-55 surface search radar CAS, STIR gun fire control radar SQS-56 sonar |
Electronic warfare & decoys: |
AN/SLQ-32(V)5 (AN/SLQ-32(V)2 + SIDEKICK) |
Armament: |
40 × 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 carried: | Sikorsky S-70C-1/2 |
ROCS Cheng Kung (成功, FFG-1101) is the lead ship of eight Cheng Kung-class guided-missile frigates, which are based on the Oliver Hazard Perry-class of United States Navy. Laid down on 2 December 1990 and launched on 27 October 1991, Cheng Kung was commissioned in service on 7 May 1993. All of these Taiwanese FFG's have the length of the later long hull Oliver Hazard Perry FFG's, but have a different weapon and electronics fit.
In order to control the different weapon systems on board that the Mk 92 can't integrate into, a second CDS, H930 MCS was installed on all 8 ships in order to control the 8 HF-2(or 4 HF-2 and 4 HF-3 on PFG-1101 and PFG-1105) and the 2 x Bofors 40mm/L70 guns(except on PFG-1110). Rest of the ships in this class will receive 4 HF-3 upon their major overhaul.
Namesake[]
Cheng Kung is named after Cheng Ch'eng-kung (鄭成功) (1624 - 1662), who was a military leader at the end of Ming Dynasty that led the recovery of Taiwan from Dutch colonial occupation in 1662.
The original article can be found at ROCS Cheng Kung (FFG-1101) and the edit history here.