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Daguan-class troopshiplarger figure on 2 of 2
Knox-class frigatelarger figure on 0 of 2
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Length
Single source196 metres (643 ft)[source]
Length
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| Specification | Daguan-class troopship | Knox-class frigate |
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| Operators | People's Liberation Army Navy[source] | United States Navy Republic of China Navy Egyptian Navy Hellenic Navy Mexican Navy Royal Thai Navy Turkish Naval Forces[source] |
| In service | 2011 - present[source] | — |
| Completed | 46[source] | |
| Active | 2 (Egypt) 5 (Taiwan)[source] |
438 ft (134 m)[source]
officers, 240 enlisted
Single source17 officers, 240 enlisted[source]
2 × 1,200 psi (8,300 kPa) boilers 35,000 shp (
Single source2 × 1,200 psi (8,300 kPa) boilers 35,000 shp (26,000 kW)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
| Type | Troopship / Training ship / "Comprehensive support ship"[source] | Ocean escort (1964–1975) Frigate (1975–1994)[source] |
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| Capacity | 2,500 support personnel[source] | — |
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| Aviation facilities | Medium helicopter deck[source] | — |
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| Manufacturer | CSSC Offshore & Marine Engineering Company[source] | — |
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| Aircraft carried | Each ship has a medium helicopter deck on its stern, which can accommodate one Changhe Z-8 heavy transport helicopter.[source]Stern helicopter-deck accommodation; not an embarked air-group assertion | 1 × QH-50 (DASH) helicopter 1 × SH-2 Seasprite (LAMPS I) helicopter (refit)[source] |
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| Builders | — | Todd Shipyard , Seattle and San Pedro Lockheed Shipbuilding and Construction Company Avondale Shipyard[source] |
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| Preceded by | — | Garcia class[source] |
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| Subclasses | — | Baleares class Allende class Phutthayotfa Chulalok class[source] |
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| Built | — | 1965–1974[source] |
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| In commission | — | 1969–1994 (USN)[source] |
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| Planned | — | 55[source] |
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| Canceled | — |
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| Retired | — | 46 (USN), some were transferred to other countries where they are in active service[source] |
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| Preserved | — |
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| Propulsion | — | 1 × Westinghouse steam turbine 1 × shaft[source] |
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| Sensors & processing systems | — | AN/SPS-10 Surface Search Radar AN/SPS-40 Air Search Radar AN/SPS-67 Surface Search Radar AN/SQS-26 active/passive Sonar AN/SQS-35 active/passive towed Sonar AN/SQR-18 Towed array sonar system AN/SPG-53 Mk68 Gun Fire Control System[source] |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys | — | As Built AN/WLR-1C – AN/ULQ-6C and AN/SLA-15 (Comprising AN/SLQ-26 System) AN/SLQ-32 Electronics Warfare System and Mark 36 SRBOC[source] |
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| Armament | — | As built: 1 × 5 in (127 mm)/54 caliber Mark 42 gun 1 × Mk-16 8–cell ASROC launcher 2 × dual Mark 32 Mark 46 torpedo launchers First refit: 1 × Mk-25 8–cell RIM-7 Sea Sparrow (BPDMS) (DE-1052–1069 and 1071–1083) 1 × Mk-29 8–cell RIM-7H Improved Sea Sparrow (IBPDMS) (DE-1070) Mk-16 2 cells converted to launch HARPOON Second refit: 1 × Phalanx CIWS (RIM-7/7H Sea Sparrow removed)[source] |
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| Country of origin | — | United States[source] |
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