PEOPLE`S LIBERATION ARMY NAVY (PEOPLE`S REPUBLIC OF CHINA)
Tai Kang 1945
| Name | No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comm | Fate |
| 太康 <Tai Kang> (ex-DE6 Wyffels) | Boston N Yd, Charlestown, USA | 10/1942 | 7/12/1942 | 4/1943 // 8/1945 | to Taiwan 7/1949 | |
| 太平 <Tai Ping> (ex-DE47 Decker) | Philadelphia N Yd, USA | 4/1942 | 24/7/1942 | 5/1943 // 8/1945 | to Taiwan 7/1949 |
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Displacement standard, t |
1192 |
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Displacement full, t |
1416 |
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Length, m |
86.4 wl 88.7 oa |
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Breadth, m |
10.7 |
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Draught, m |
3.07 full load |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
4 General Motors diesel-generators, 2 electric motors |
|
Power, h. p. |
6000 |
|
Max speed, kts |
19.5 |
|
Fuel, t |
diesel oil 131 - 197 |
| Endurance, nm (kts) | 6000 (12) |
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Armament |
3 x 1 - 76/50 Mk 10/19/20/21, 1 x 2 - 40/56 Bofors, 9 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon, 1 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog DCT, 8 DCT, 2 DCR (120) |
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Sensors |
presumably SA, SF or SL radars, sonar |
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Complement |
156 |
Ship project history: Former USN detsroyer escorts of GMT (Evarts) class, leased to China.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: Both ships escaped to Taiwan in 1949. Later, 14/11/1954, Tai Ping was torpedoed and sunk by Communist torpedo boats off Tachen Islands.
Tai Kang 1949
© Ivan Gogin, 2011