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| Career | 
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| Yard: | China Shipbuilding Corporation, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, ROC |
| Awarded: | |
| Laid down: | October 30, 1992 |
| Launched: | October 3, 1993 |
| Commissioned: | March 4, 1995 |
| Decommissioned: | |
| Fate: | Template:Ship fate box active in service |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 4,103 tons full |
| Length: | 453 ft |
| Beam: | 46.95 ft |
| Propulsion: | 2 × General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines, 40,000 shp total |
| Speed: | 29 knots |
| Complement: | 18 officers 180 enlisted 19 flight crew |
| Armament: | 2 × Mk 13 Missile Launcher 8 × Hsiung Feng II SSM |
| Sensors: | AN/SPS-49 air search radar SPS-55 surface search radar |
| Aircraft: | 2 × S-70C-1 |
The third of eight Taiwanese-built frigates based on the USN Oliver Hazard Perry (FFG-7) design. Laid down on October 4, 1992 and launched on September 27, 1993, Chi Kuang (繼光) was commissioned in service on March 7, 1995. All of these Taiwanese FFG's have the length of the later Oliver Hazard Perry FFG's, but have a different weapon and electronics fit.
Namesake
Chi Kuang was named after Ch'i Chi-kuang (戚繼光) (1528 - 1588), who was a famous general in the Ming Dynasty that led numerous successful defenses of China's coast against Japanese pirates attacks and later also led the successful reinforcement work on the Great Wall of China.