ROCS Chi Kuang (FFG-1105)

ROCS Cheng Kung alongside ROCS Chi Kuang
Career (Republic of China)
Builder:	China Shipbuilding Corporation, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, ROC
Laid down:	4 October 1992
Launched:	27 September 1993
Commissioned:	4 March 1995
Status:	in active service, as of 2011[update]
General characteristics
Class and type:	Cheng Kung-class frigate
Displacement:	4,203 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:	18 officers 180 enlisted 19 flight crew
Sensors and processing systems:	AN/SPS-49 air search radar SPS-55 surface search radar CAS, STIR gun fire control radar SQS-56 sonar SLQ-32(V)3 Outboard II Side-Kick ECM
Armament:	1 × Mk 13 Missile Launcher for 40 Standard SM-1 SAM 4 × Hsiung Feng II AShM and 4 HF-3 supersonic AShM 1 × OTO Melara 76 mm naval gun 2 × Bofors L70/40 mm automatic cannon 1 × 20 mm Phalanx CIWS 3 × triple Mark 32 ASW torpedo tubes with Mark 46 anti-submarine torpedoes
Aircraft carried:	2 × S-70C-1/2

Chi Kuang was 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.

Namesake

Chi Kuang was named after Ch'i Chi-kuang (戚繼光) (1528 - 1588), who was a famous general of the Ming Dynasty that led numerous successful defenses of China's coast against Japanese pirate attacks and later also led the successful reinforcement work on the Great Wall of China.