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German frigate Rheinland-Pfalz (F225)larger figure on 1 of 2
ROCS Ma Konglarger figure on 1 of 2
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Length
Single source149.52 m (490 ft 7 in)[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | German frigate Rheinland-Pfalz (F225) | ROCS Ma Kong |
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| Power | CODLAG 1 × 20 MW gas turbine 2 × 4.7 MW electric motors 4 × 2.9 MW diesel generators 3 × gearboxes : one for each shaft and one to crossconnect the gas turbine to them 2 × shafts , driving controllable pitch propellers 1 × 1 MW bow thruster[source] | 4 × General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines , 80,000 shp total (60 MW)[source] |
| Name | Rheinland-Pfalz[source] | ROCS Ma Kong (DDG-1805)[source] |
| Namesake | Rheinland-Pfalz[source] | — |
| Port of registry | Hamburg , Germany[source] |
171.6 m (563 ft)[source]
Displacement
Single source7,200 tonnes[source]
Dead Weight
Single sourceFull
Single sourceLight
Single sourceLight: 6,950 t (6,840 long tons; 7,660 short tons) Full: 9,574 t (9,423 long tons; 10,554 short tons) Dead Weight: 2,624 t (2,583 long tons; 2,892 short tons)[source]
standard crew: 110
Single source190 (standard crew: 110)[source]
Range
Single source4,000 nautical miles (7,400 km)[source]
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| Builder | Lürssen , Wolgast Blohm+Voss , Hamburg[source] | Litton Ingalls , Pascagoula , Mississippi[source] |
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| Laid down | 29 January 2015[source] | 26 June 1978[source] |
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| Launched | 24 May 2017[source] | 24 May 1980 as USS Chandler (DDG-996)[source] |
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| Acquired | 28 January 2022[source] | 30 May 2003[source] |
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| Commissioned | 13 July 2022[source] | 3 November 2006[source] |
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| Identification | MMSI number : 211923000 Callsign : DRAG Pennant number : F225[source] | — |
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| Status | In active service[source] | Ship in active service[source] |
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| Class & type | Baden-Württemberg -class frigate[source] | Kee Lung -class destroyer[source] |
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| Boats & landing craft carried | Submarine ROVs 4 × 11 m (36 ft 1 in) RHIB , capable of more than 40 kn (74 km/h)[source] | — |
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| Capacity | Space for two 6.1 m (20 ft 0 in) containers[source] | — |
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| Sensors & processing systems | 1 × Cassidian TRS-4D AESA radar 2(?) × navigation radars IFF diver and swimmer detection sonar (no anti-submarine sonar) Laser warning KORA-18 Combined RADAR and COMMS ESM from GEDIS Link 11 , Link 16 , Link 22 communications systems[source] | SPS-48E air search radar SPS-49(V)5 air search radar SPG-60 gun fire control radar SPS-55 surface search radar 2 × SPG-51D Missile Control Radar SPQ-9A gun fire control radar SPS-64 Navigation Radar SQS-53 hull-mounted sonar[source] |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys | TKWA/MASS (Multi Ammunition Softkill System) ECM[source] | AN/SLQ-32 (V)3 OUTBOARD II EW Suite Mark 36 SRBOC AN/SLQ-25 Nixie towed sonar decoy[source] |
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| Armament | Naval guns: 1 × 127 mm lightweight Otobreda naval gun with guided VULCANO ammunition for land-attack missions (range: more than 100 km (62 mi)) 2 × 27 mm MLG 27 remote-controlled autocannons 5 × 12.7 mm Hitrole -NT remote-controlled machine gun turrets 2 × 12.7 mm heavy machine guns (manually controlled) Anti-air missiles: 2 × RAM Block II surface-to-air missile launcher/ CIWS , 21 cells each Anti-ship missiles : 8 × RGM-84 Harpoon anti-ship missiles (interim solution until joint sea/land attack missile RBS 15 MK4 becomes available) Non-Lethal: Water cannons[source] | 2 × Mark 26 launchers with 68 × SM-2 Block IIIA SAM 1 × Mark 141 quad launcher with 4 × RGM-84 Harpoon 2 × Mark 45 5 in (127 mm) gun 2 × Mark 15 20 mm Phalanx CIWS 4 × 12.7mm MGs 2 × Mark 32 triple tube mounts with 6 × Mark 46 torpedoes[source] |
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| Aircraft carried | 2 × NH-90 helicopters[source] | 1 Sikorsky S-70C(M) helicopter[source] |
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| Country of origin | Germany[source]German frigate Rheinland-Pfalz (F225) · Origin cell explicitly spans the exact named-ship row in the current inventory; not inherited from a separate class specification | — |
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| Used by | German Navy[source]Current operator stated in the article; inventory date not specified | — |
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