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The third of eight Taiwanese-built frigates based on the Oliver Hazard Perry-class. Laid down on 4 October 1992 and launched on 27 September 1993, Chi Kuang (繼光) was commissioned in service on 7 March 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.
 ROCS Cheng Kung alongside ROCS Chi Kuang
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| History | |
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 ROC | |
| Builder | list error: <br /> list (help) China Shipbuilding Corporation, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, ROC |
| Laid down | 4 October 1992 |
| Launched | 27 September 1993 |
| Commissioned | 4 March 1995 |
| Status | in active service |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Cheng Kung-class frigate |
| Displacement | 4,103 tons full |
| Length | 453 ft (138 m) |
| Beam | 46.95 ft (14.31 m) |
| Propulsion | 2 × General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines, 40,000 shp total |
| Speed | 29 knots |
| Complement | list error: <br /> list (help) 18 officers 180 enlisted 19 flight crew |
| Sensors and processing systems | list error: <br /> list (help) AN/SPS-49 air search radar SPS-55 surface search radar |
| Armament | list error: <br /> list (help) 1 × Mk 13 Missile Launcher for 40 Standard SM-1 SAM 4 × Hsiung Feng II AShM and 4 HF-3 supersonic AShM |
| Aircraft carried | 2 × S-70C-1/2 |
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.