ROCS Cheng Ho

ROCS Cheng Ho on 23 November 2014
History
Taiwan
Name	Cheng Ho (鄭和)
Namesake	Zheng He
Ordered	8 May 1989
Builder	China Shipbuilding Corp., Kaohsiung
Laid down	29 October 1991
Launched	15 October 1992
Commissioned	28 March 1994
Identification	Pennant number: PFG2-1103
Status	in active service
General characteristics
Class and type	Cheng Kung-class frigate
Displacement	4,103 long tons (4,169 t) full
Length	453 ft (138 m)
Beam	46.95 ft (14.31 m)
Propulsion	General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines, 40,000 shp total
Speed	29 knots
Complement	18 officers 180 enlisted 19 flight crew
Sensors and processing systems	AN/SPS-49 air-search radar AN/SPS-55 surface-search radar CAS, STIR gun fire control radar SQS-56 sonar
Electronic warfare & decoys	AN/SLQ-32(V)5 (AN/SLQ-32(V)2 + SIDEKICK)
Armament	40 × SM-1MR at Mk 13 Missile Launcher 4 × Hsiung Feng II and 4 HF-3 supersonic AShM 1 × OTO Melara 76 mm naval gun 2 × Bofors 40mm/L70mm guns 1 × 20 mm Phalanx CIWS 2 × triple Mark 32 ASW torpedo tubes with Mark 46 anti-submarine torpedoes
Aircraft carried	Sikorsky S-70C-1/2

ROCS Cheng Ho (鄭和, PFG2-1103) is the second of eight Taiwanese-built Cheng Kung-class frigates of the Republic of China Navy, based on the Oliver Hazard Perry class.

Construction and career

Laid down on 21 December 1991 and launched on 15 October 1992, Cheng Ho (鄭和) was commissioned into service on 28 March 1994. All of the Taiwanese PFGs have the length of the later Oliver Hazard Perry FFGs, but have a different weapon and electronics fit.

Gallery

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  A model of ROCS Cheng Ho
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  ROCS Cheng Ho's surgical room

See also

• ROCS Chi Kuang (PFG2-1105)
• ROCS Tzu I (PFG2-1107)
• ROCS Pan Chao (PFG2-1108)
• ROCS Chang Chien (PFG2-1109)
• ROCS Tian Dan (PFG2-1110)