ROCS Chang Chien

History
Taiwan
Name	ROCS Chang Chien (PFG2-1109)
Namesake	Chang Chien (張騫)
Builder	China Shipbuilding Corporation, Koahsiung
Laid down	4 December 1995
Launched	14 May 1997
Commissioned	1 December 1998
Identification	FFG-1109
General characteristics
Class and type	Template:Sclass-
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 Template:Sclass-s based on the United States Template:Sclass-. 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.

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.

References

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