ROCS Cheng Kung (FFG-1101)

Career
ROCS Cheng Kung alongside ROCS Chi Kuang
Ordered:	May 8, 1989
Builder:	China Shipbuilding Corp., Kaohsiung, Taiwan, ROC
Laid down:	December 21, 1990
Launched:	October 5, 1991
Commissioned:	May 7, 1993
Status:	Active
General Characteristics
Displacement:	4,103 tons 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 SPS-55 surface search radar CAS, STIR gun fire control radar SQS-56 sonar
Electronic warfare and decoys:	AN/SLQ-32(V)5 (AN/SLQ-32(V)2 + SIDEKICK)
Armament:	40 × SM-1MR at Mk 13 Missile Launcher 8 × Hsiung Feng II SSM 1 × OTO Melara 76 mm naval gun 2 × Bofos L70/40 mm automatic cannon 1 × 20 mm Phalanx CIWS 3 × triple Mark 32 ASW torpedo tubes with Mark 46 or Mark 50 anti-submarine torpedoes
Aircraft carried:	Sikorsky S-70C-1

ROCS Cheng Kung (成功, FFG-1101) is the lead ship of eight Cheng Kung-class guided-missile frigates, which are based on the Oliver Hazard Perry (FFG-7) design of United States Navy. Laid down on December 2, 1990 and launched on October 27, 1991, Cheng Kung was commissioned in service on May 7, 1993. 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.

[edit] Namesake

Cheng Kung is named after Cheng Ch'eng-kung (鄭成功) (1624 - 1662), who was a military leader at the end of Ming Dynasty that led the recovery of Taiwan from Dutch colonial occupation in 1662.