ROCS Chang Chien

	ROCS Chang Chien and ROCS Si Ning on 9 March 2017
History
Taiwan
Name	Chang Chien; (張騫);
Namesake	Chang Chien
Builder	China Shipbuilding Corporation, Kaohsiung
Laid down	4 December 1995
Launched	14 May 1997
Commissioned	1 December 1998
Homeport	Tsoying
Identification	Pennant number: PFG2-1109
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 Chang Chien (張騫, PFG2-1109) is the seventh of eight Taiwanese-built Cheng Kung-class frigates based on the United States Oliver Hazard Perry class.

Construction and career

Laid down in June 1996 and launched in April 1997, Chang Chien was commissioned in November, 1998. All of these Taiwanese frigates have the length of the later Oliver Hazard Perry-class vessels, but have a different weapon and electronics fit.^[2]

Like her sister ships, Chang Chien was built under license by China SB Corp. at Kaohsiung City, Taiwan, ROC.

As of 2005, Chang Chien is homeported at Tso-Ying naval base.

Namesake

Chang Chien is named after Chang Chien (張騫) (195 BCE – 114 BCE), who served as an emissary to the nation-states in today's Central Asia and later as a general for the Han dynasty. He was famous for not-giving up his emissary mission even when captured by Xiongnu and forced to live among them for many years. Chang Chien was also instrumental for eventual Han conquest and colonization of the region now known as Xinjiang.

Gallery

ROCS Chang Chien on 9 March 2017
ROCS Chang Chien's midship
ROCS Chang Chien's OTO Melara 76mm gun
ROCS Chang Chien's Hsiung Feng II and Hsiung Feng III
ROCS Chang Chien's aft
ROCS Chang Chien on 5 March 2017

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Saunders 2002, p. 691.
^ Lundquist, Edward H. "Interview with Adm. Richard Chen, Republic of China Navy (Ret.)". www.defensemedianetwork.com. Defense Media Network. Retrieved 12 July 2020.

References

Saunders, Stephen. Jane's Fighting Ships 2002–2003. Coulsdon, UK: Jane's Information Group, 2002. ISBN 0710624328.

[jfs2002_p691-1] Saunders 2002, p. 691.

[Defense_Media_Network-2] Lundquist, Edward H. "Interview with Adm. Richard Chen, Republic of China Navy (Ret.)". www.defensemedianetwork.com. Defense Media Network. Retrieved 12 July 2020.

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