PEOPLE`S LIBERATION ARMY NAVY (PEOPLE`S REPUBLIC OF CHINA)
Chien Fang 1948
PC
| No | Name | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comm | Fate |
| 吳淞 <Wu Sung> (ex-PC490) | Dravo, Pittsburgh, USA | 5/1941 | 18/10/1941 | 3/1942 // 8/1948 | to Taiwan 7/1949 | |
| 黄浦 <Huang Pu> (ex-PC492) | Dravo, Pittsburgh, USA | 6/1941 | 29/12/1941 | 5/1942 // 6/1948 | to Taiwan 7/1949 (Fu Kiang) | |
| (ex-PC593) | Dravo, Pittsburgh, USA | 4/1942 | 22/8/1942 | 12/1942 // 8/1948 | to Taiwan 7/1949 | |
| (ex-PC595) | Dravo, Pittsburgh, USA | 5/1942 | 9/10/1942 | 4/1943 // 6/1948 | deleted 1970/75 | |
| (ex-PC(C)598, ex-PC598) | Commercial Iron Wks, Portland, USA | 5/1942 | 7/9/1942 | 3/1943 // 1949 | deleted 1970/75 | |
| 嘉陵 <Chia Ling> (ex-PC1247) | Nashville Bridge, USA | 5/1943 | 7/8/1943 | 12/1943 // 6/1948 | to Taiwan 7/1949 (To Kiang) | |
| 房晨 <Chien Fang> (ex-PC1549) | Consolidated SB, New York, USA | 1/1944 | 12/3/1944 | 7/1944 // 5/1946 | to Taiwan 7/1949 |
PGM
| No | Name | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comm | Fate |
| 洞平<Tung Ping> (ex-PGM12, ex-PC1088) | Geo Lawley, Neponset, USA | 8/1943 | 18/1/1945 | 4/1945 // 8/1948 | deleted 1970/75 | |
| 洞庭<Tung Ting> (ex-PGM13, ex-PC1089) | Geo Lawley, Neponset, USA | 1/1945 | 12/4/1945 | 6/1945 // 6/1948 | to Taiwan 7/1949 | |
| (ex-PGM14, ex-PC1090) | Geo Lawley, Neponset, USA | 4/1945 | 15/6/1945 | 8/1945 // 6/1948 | deleted 1970/75 | |
| 康定 <Kan Tang> (ex-PGM15, ex-PC1091) | Geo Lawley, Neponset, USA | 6/1945 | 31/7/1945 | 10/1945 // 6/1948 | deleted 1970/75 | |
| 袍应 <Pao Ying> (ex-PGM20, ex-PC1551) | Consolidated SB, New York, USA | 3/1944 | 7/5/1944 | 12/1944 // 6/1948 | to Taiwan 7/1949 | |
| 鸿字 <Hung Tse> (ex-PGM26, ex-PC1557) | Consolidated SB, New York, USA | 8/1944 | 25/9/1944 | 2/1945 // 6/1948 | to Taiwan 7/1949 |
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Displacement standard, t |
414 |
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Displacement full, t |
463 |
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Length, m |
51.8 wl 52.9 oa |
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Breadth, m |
7.06 |
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Draught, m |
3.30 full load |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
2 diesels |
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Power, h. p. |
2880 |
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Max speed, kts |
19 |
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Fuel, t |
diesel oil 49 |
| Endurance, nm (kts) | 3000 (12) |
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Armament |
PC: 1 x 1 - 76/50 Mk 10/19/20/21, 1 x 1 - 40/56 Bofors, 4 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon, 2 x 4 - 178 Mousetrap DCT, 2 DCT, 2 DCR PC(C): 1 x 1 - 76/50 Mk 10/19/20/21, 2 x 4 - 178 Mousetrap DCT, 2 DCT, 2 DCR PGM: 1 x 1 - 76/50 Mk 10/19/20/21, 1 x 2 - 40/56 Bofors, 6 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon, 1 x 2 - 60/12 M19 mortar, 2 õ 1 - 12.7/90 |
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Sensors |
SF or SO or SU radar, sonar |
| Complement | 65 |
Ship project history: Former USN 173ft PC, PC(C) class chasers and PGM class motor gunboats.
Modernizations: early 1950s: all survived were rearmed with 2 x 1 - 76/55 34K, 3 x 1 - 37/67 70K, 2 DCT, 2 DCR
Naval service: 8 boats in 1949 escaped to Taiwan. Survived boats served till early 1970s, but one boat served till end 1980s as TS.
© Ivan Gogin, 2011