ROCS Chang Chien (PFG2-1109)

Central Upper Deck of ROCN Chang Chien (PFG2-1109)
History
Taiwan
Name:	ROCS Chang Chien (PFG2-1109)
Namesake:	Chang Chien (張騫)
Builder:	China Shipbuilding Corporation, Koahsiung[1]
Laid down:	4 December 1995[1]
Launched:	14 May 1997[1]
Commissioned:	1 December 1998[1]
Identification:	FFG-1109
General characteristics [1]
Class and type:	Cheng Kung-class frigate
Displacement:	2750 ton light 4105 ton full load
Length:	453 ft (138.1 m)
Beam:	45 ft (13.7 m)
Draught:	14.8 ft (4.5 m)
Installed power:	41,000 shp (31,000 kW)
Propulsion:	2× General Electric LM2500 gas turbines, 1 shaft
Speed:	29 kn (33 mph; 54 km/h)
Range:	4,500 nmi (5,200 mi; 8,300 km)
Complement:	234
Sensors and processing systems:	Radar: AN/SPS-49A air search Mk 92 fire control UD417 Target indicator Sonar: SQS-56/DE 1160 hull mounted active BAe/Thomson Sintra ATAS active towed array
Electronic warfare & decoys:	Chang Feng IV
Armament:	1× Mk 13 Missile Launcher, 40 SM-1MR anti-aircraft guided missiles 8× Hsiung Feng II anti-ship missiles 1× OTO Melara 76 mm/62 caliber naval gun 1× 20 mm Phalanx CIWS 2× Bofors 40 mm guns 2× triple Mark 32 Anti-submarine warfare torpedo tubes, Mark 46 torpedoes
Aircraft carried:	1 or 2× S-70C(M) helicopters

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. 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.

See also

• ROCS Cheng Ho (PFG2-1103)
• ROCS Chi Kuang (PFG2-1105)
• ROCS Tzu I (PFG2-1107)
• ROCS Pan Chao (PFG2-1108)
• ROCS Tian Dan (PFG2-1110)

Notes

References

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