CHUNG HO tank landing ships (1970/1997)

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Chung Ho 2000

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comm	Fate
中和 [Chung Ho] (ex-Manitowoc)	232		Philadelphia N Yd, USA	27/2/1967	4/1/1969	24/1/1970 // 8/5/1997	in service (2019)
中平 [Chung Ping] (ex-Sumter)	233		Philadelphia N Yd, USA	14/11/1967	13/12/1969	20/6/1970 // 8/5/1997	in service (2019)

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	4970
Displacement full, t	8450
Length, m	159.2 oa over hull, 171.3 oa over derrick arms
Breadth, m	21.8
Draught, m	5.30
No of shafts	2
Machinery	6 General Motors 16-645-E5 diesels
Power, h. p.	16500
Max speed, kts	20
Fuel, t	diesel oil 1750
Endurance, nm(kts)	14250(14)
Armament	2 x 2 - 76/50 Mk 33, 1 x 6 - 20/76 Mk 15 Phalanx, 2 x 1 - 12.7/90, helicopter deck
Military load	29 tanks or 2000 t of cargo, 385 troops, 3 LCVP, 1 LCP
Electronic equipment	SPS-64(v)9, SPS-10F radars
Complement	218

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Chung Ho 2000

Ship project history

Former USN Newport class tank landing ships. Transferred 18/4/1997 and formally commissioned by ROCN 8/5/1998. Offer of Newport was turned doen in 1997 and offer of Schenectady was rejected in 2000.

Modernizations

1998, both: - 2 x 2 - 76/50; + 2 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1, 2x Mk 36 SRBOC decoy RL

2010s, both: - 2x Mk 36 SRBOC decoy RL; + SLQ-3 ECM suite (WD-2A + Chang Feng IV), 4x CR-201 decoy RL