Cheng Kung-class frigate

ROCS Cheng Kung (1101) and ROCS Chi Kuang (1105)
Class overview
Name	Cheng Kung class
Builders	China Shipbuilding Corporation
Operators	Republic of China Navy
In commission	1993–present
Completed	8
Active	8
General characteristics as built
Type	Frigate
Displacement	3,100 long tons (3,100 t) light 4,200 long tons (4,300 t) full load
Length	455 ft 5 in (138.81 m) oa 413 ft 1 in (125.91 m) wl
Beam	45 ft (14 m)
Draft	18 ft 8 in (5.69 m)
Propulsion	2 × General Electric LM- 2500 gas turbines, 41,000 shp (31,000 kW) 2 × Auxiliary Propulsion Units, 720 hp (540 kW)
Speed	29 knots (54 km/h; 33 mph)
Range	5,000 nmi (9,300 km; 5,800 mi) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Complement	235
Sensors and processing systems	Radar: AN/SPS-49, AN/SPS-55, Mk 92 fire control system Sonar: SQS-56 hull-mounted sonar
Electronic warfare & decoys	SLQ-32(V)2 Mark 36 SRBOC AN/SLQ-25 Nixie
Armament	1 × Mk 13 Launcher for RIM-66 Standard MR missiles 2 × triple Mark 32 torpedo tubes with Mark 46 anti-submarine torpedoes 1 × OTO Melara 76 mm/62 caliber naval gun 2 × Bofors 40 mm/L70 guns 1 × 20 mm Phalanx CIWS point defense cannon 2 × Type 75 20 mm/68 caliber guns 4 × Hsiung Feng II SSM 4 × Hsiung Feng III SSM or 8 × Hsiung Feng II SSM
Aircraft carried	2 × S-70C(M)-1/2 helicopters

The Cheng Kung-class frigates are eight guided-missile frigates in service in the Republic of China Navy (ROCN). They are based upon the U.S. Oliver Hazard Perry class and built by China Shipbuilding Corporation in Kaohsiung, Taiwan under license throughout the 1990s as part of the Kuang Hua I project. These frigates served as the mainstay of the ROCN's area air defense capability prior to the acquisition of the Keelung (Kidd)-class destroyers in 2005. They are designated with the hull classification PFG (Patrol Frigate, Guided missile) rather than FFG (Frigate, Guided missile) used by the Oliver Hazard Perry class.