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FU YANG destroyers (1945-1947/1971-1983)
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Fu Yang 1970s
Ships
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 富陽 [Fu Yang] (ex-Ernest G. Small) | DD7, 1983- 907 | Bath Iron Wks, USA | 1/1945 | 14.6.1945 | 8/1945 // 1.2.1971 | stricken 12.1999 | |
| 當陽 [Dang Yang] (ex-Lloyd Thomas) | DD11, 1983- 911 | Bethlehem, San Francisco, USA | 3/1944 | 5.10.1945 | 3/1947 // 12.10.1972 | stricken 3.1999 | |
| 建陽 [Chien Yang] (ex-James E. Kyes) | DD12, 1983- 912 | Todd-Pacific, Seattle, USA | 12/1944 | 4.8.1945 | 2/1946 // 18.4.1973 | stricken 12.2004 | |
| 漢陽 [Han Yang] (ex-Herbert J. Thomas) | DD15, 1983- 915 | Bath Iron Wks, USA | 10/1944 | 25.3.1945 | 5/1945 // 17.3.1975 | stricken 8.1999 | |
| 萊陽 [Lao Yang] (ex-Shelton) | DD20, 1983- 920 | Todd-Pacific, Seattle, USA | 3.1945 | 8.3.1946 | 6/1946 // 18.4.1973 | stricken 3.1999 | |
| 遼陽 [Liao Yang] (ex-Hanson) | DD21, 1983- 921 | Bath Iron Wks, USA | 10/1944 | 11.3.1945 | 5/1945 // 18.4.1973 | stricken 6.2004 | |
| 潮陽 [Chao Yang] (ex-Rowan) | 916 | Todd-Pacific, Seattle, USA | 3/1944 | 29.12.1944 | 3/1945 // 10.6.1977 | wrecked 22.8.1977 | |
| 瀋陽 [Shen Yang] (ex-Power) | 923 | Bath Iron Wks, USA | 2/1945 | 30.6.1945 | 9/1945 // 1.10.1977 | stricken 1.2006 | |
| 開陽 [Kai Yang] (ex-Richard B. Anderson) | 924 | Todd-Pacific, Seattle, USA | 12/1944 | 7.7.1945 | 10/1945 // 31.8.1977 | stricken 11.1999 | |
| 德陽 [Te Yang] (ex-Sarsfield) | 925 | Bath Iron Wks, USA | 1/1945 | 27.5.1945 | 7/1945 // 1.10.1977 | stricken 4.2005 | |
| 綏陽 [Sui Yang] (ex-Leonard F. Mason) | 926 | Bethlehem, Quincy, USA | 8/1945 | 4.1.1946 | 6/1946 // 25.5.1978 | stricken 2.2000 | |
| 雲陽 [Yun Yang] (ex-Hamner) | 927 | Federal, Kearny, USA | 4/1945 | 24.11.1945 | 7/1946 // 15.4.1981 | stricken 12.2003 | |
| 正陽 [Zheng Yang] (ex-Johnston) | 928 | Consolidated, Orange, USA | 6/1945 | 19.10.1945 | 8/1946 // 17.7.1981 | stricken 12.2003 | |
| 邵陽 [Shao Yang] (ex-Hollister) | 929 | Todd-Pacific, Seattle, USA | 1/1945 | 9.10.1945 | 3/1946 // 9.7.1983 | stricken 6.2004 | |
| 資陽 [Tsu Yang] (ex-Hawkins) | 930 | Consolidated, Orange, USA | 5/1944 | 7.10.1944 | 2/1945 // 9.7.1983 | stricken 10.1998 |
Technical data
| Data variant | DD7, 11 (FRAM II) | others (original design) |
|---|---|---|
| Displacement standard, t | 2406 | 2406 |
| Displacement full, t | 3493 |
3493 |
| Length, m | 116.6 wl 119.0 oa |
116.6 wl 119.0 oa |
| Breadth, m | 12.5 |
12.5 |
| Draught, m | 4.40 |
4.40 |
| No of shafts | 2 |
2 |
| Machinery | 2 sets General Electric geared steam turbines, 4 Babcock & Wilcox boilers |
2 sets General Electric geared steam turbines, 4 Babcock & Wilcox boilers |
| Power, h. p. | 60000 |
60000 |
| Max speed, kts | 32 |
32 |
| Fuel, t | oil 727 |
oil 727 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 4000 (20) | 4000 (20) |
| Armament | DD7: 3 x 2 - 127/38 Mk 38, 4 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1, 4 x 1 - 12.7/90, 2 x 3 - 324 Mk TT, 2 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog Mk 11 ASWRL DD11: 2 x 2 - 127/38 Mk 38, 2 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1, 4 x 1 - 12.7/90, 2 x 3 - 324 Mk 32 TT, 1 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog Mk15 ASWRL, 1 Hughes 500 helicopter |
912, 916, 921, 923, 925-930: 1 х 8 ASROC ASuR (17 RUR-5), 2 x 2 - 127/38 Mk 38, (4 - 6) x 1 - 12.7/90, 2 x 3 - 324 TT, 1 Hughes 500 helicopter 915: 2 x 2 - 127/38 Mk 38, 2 x 3 - 324 TT, 1 Hughes 500 helicopter 920, 924: 2 x 2 - 127/38 Mk 38, 2 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1, 2 x 3 - 324 TT, 1 Hughes 500 helicopter |
| Electronic equipment | DD7: SPS-10, SPS-37 radars, SQS-10, SQS-29 sonars DD11: SPS-10, SPS-6C radars, SQS-29 sonar |
912, 916, 921, 923, 925-930: SPS-29, SPS-37 radars, SQS-23 sonar 915, 920, 924: SPS-29, SPS-40 radars, SQS-23 sonar |
| Complement | 302 | 310 |
Standard scale images
Dang Yang 1975
Fu Yang 1975
Lao Yang 1975
Chien Yang 1975
Chien Yang 1990
Dang Yang 1990
Fu Yang 1990
Graphics
Zheng Yang 2001
Fu Yang 1970s
Lao Yang 1978
Project history
Former USN Gearing class destroyers. Fu Yang had been convened into a radar picket destroyer in 1952 and was given a FRAM II conversion in August 1961. Her SPS-30 radar was removed prior to transfer. Dang Yang was completed as a special ASW destroyer and underwent FRAM II modernization in 1961. Transferred to Taiwan in 1972, she was equipped with Hughes 500 ASW helicopter (using the DASH drone pad and hangar).
The remaining twelve ships had all received FRAM I modernisations. Han Yang had been converted as a NBCW test ship in 1963-1964 and retained the additional superstructure on transfer.
Later all FRAM I destroyers except Tsu Yang were later modernized under Wu Chin conversions: Sui Yang under Wu Chin I, Han Yang, Lao Yang, Kai Yang under Wu Chin II, Chien Yang, Liao Yang, Shen Yang, Te Yang, Yun Yang, Zheng Yang, Shao Yang under Wu Chin III.
Modernizations
early 1980s, Fu Yang: + 1 x 3 Gabriel I SSM (3 Gabriel I)
early 1980s, all survived except Fu Yang: + 1 x 3 Hsiung Feng SSM (3 Hsiung Feng)
late 1980s, Fu Yang: - 1 x 3 Gabriel I SSM, 1 x 2 - 127/38 ('B'), 4 x 2 - 40/60, 4 x 1 - 12.7/90, SPS-10 radar, SQS-4 sonar; + (1 x 3 + 2 x 1) Hsiung Feng SSM (5 Hsiung Feng), 1 x 4 Sea Chaparral SAM (16 RIM-72C), 1 x 1 - 76/62 OTO Melara Compact, 2 x 1 - 40/70 Bofors 564, SPS-58A, 2x HR-76 radars, DE1191 sonar, Argo AR680/681 ECM suite, 4x King Fen decoy RL, T Mk 6 Fanfare torpedo decoy
late 1980s, Dang Yang: - 1 x 2 - 127/38, 2 x 2 - 40/60, 4 x 1 - 12.7/90, 1 x 24 Hedgehog Mk 11 ASWRL, SPS-10 radar, SQS-29 sonar; + 2 x 1 Hsiung Feng SSM (5 Hsiung Feng at all), 1 x 1 - 76/62 OTO-Melara Compact, 2 x 1 - 40/70 Bofors 564, EL/M-2208, RTN-10X radars, OGR7/2 e/o director, DE1191 sonar, WLR-1, WLR-3, ULQ-6 ECM suites, 4x King Fen decoy RL, T Mk 6 Fanfare torpedo decoy
late 1980s, Sui Yang: - 1 x 8 ASROC ASuR (17 RUR-5), 1 x 2 - 127/38, (4 - 6) x 1 - 12.7/90, SPS-37 radar, SQS-23 sonar; + 2 x 1 Hsiung Feng SSM (5 Hsiung Feng at all), 1 x 4 Sea Chaparral SAM (16 RIM-72C), 1 x 8 ASROC ASuR (8 RUR-5), 1 x 1 - 76/62 OTO-Melara Compact, 2 x 1 - 40/70 Bofors 564, SPS-58A, 2x HR-76 radars, DE1191 sonar, Chang Feng III ECM suite, 4x King Fen decoy RL, T Mk 6 Fanfare torpedo decoy
late 1980s, Han Yang: 1 x 2 - 127/38, (4 - 6) x 1 - 12.7/90, SPS-29 radar, SQS-23 sonar; + 2 x 1 Hsiung Feng SSM (5 Hsiung Feng at all), 1 x 4 Sea Chaparral SAM (16 RIM-72C), 1 x 1 - 76/62 OTO-Melara Compact, 2 x 1 - 40/70 Bofors 564, EL/M-2208, RTN-10X radars, DE1191 sonar, WLR-1, ULQ-6 ECM suites, 4x King Fen decoy RL, T Mk 6 Fanfare torpedo decoy
late 1980s, Han Yang, Lao Yang, Kai Yang: 1 x 2 - 127/38, 2 x 2 - 40/60, (4 - 6) x 1 - 12.7/90, SPS-29 radar, SQS-23 sonar; + 2 x 1 Hsiung Feng SSM (5 Hsiung Feng at all), 1 x 4 Sea Chaparral SAM (16 RIM-72C), 1 x 1 - 76/62 OTO-Melara Compact, 2 x 1 - 40/70 Bofors 564, EL/M-2208, RTN-10X radars, DE1191 sonar, WLR-1, ULQ-6 ECM suites, 4x King Fen decoy RL, T Mk 6 Fanfare torpedo decoy
early 1990s, Chien Yang, Liao Yang, Shen Yang, Te Yang, Yun Yang, Zheng Yang, Shao Yang: - 1 x 3 Hsiung Feng SSM, 1 x 8 ASROC ASuR (17 RUR-5), 2 x 2 - 127/38, (4 - 6) x 1 - 12.7/90, SPS-29, SPS-37 radars, SQS-23 sonar; + (3 x 2 + 2 x 2) Standard SM-1MR SSM/SAM (10 RIM-66A), 1 x 8 ASROC ASuR (8 RUR-5), 1 x 1 - 76/62 OTO-Melara Compact, 2 x 1 - 40/70 Bofors 564, 1 x 6 - 20/76 Mk 15 Phalanx, SPS-58A, DA-08/2, STIR-18, HW-160, Mk 90 radars, DE1191 sonar, , Chang Feng III ECM suite, 4x King Fen decoy RL, T Mk 6 Fanfare torpedo decoy
Naval service
Chao Yang ran aground 1.6.1977 of Kaohsiung during typhoon being towed to Taiwan, stricken as a total loss and later salvaged for cannibalization.
