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Petty Officer 2nd Class AMANDA KITCHNER · Public domain · Resized · Public domain · Source ↗ · Modified
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German tanker Spessartlarger figure on 4 of 5
Kang Ding-class frigatelarger figure on 1 of 5
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Length
Single source130.2 m (427 ft 2 in)[source]
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| Specification | German tanker Spessart | Kang Ding-class frigate |
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| Name | Spessart[source] | Kang Ding class[source] |
| Namesake | Spessart[source] | — |
| Owner | Deutsche Marine[source] | — |
| Port of registry | Hamburg , Germany[source] | — |
| Builder | Kröger , Rendsburg[source] | — |
| Launched |
125 m (410 ft)[source]
at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Single source3,250 nmi (6,020 km; 3,740 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)[source]
at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Single sourceat 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Single source4,000 nmi (7,400 km; 4,600 mi) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph) 9,000 nmi (17,000 km; 10,000 mi) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph)[source]
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13 February 1975[source] |
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| Acquired | 1976[source] | — |
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| Commissioned | 5 September 1977[source] | — |
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| Renamed | Okapi[source] | — |
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| Home port | Kiel , Germany[source] | — |
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| Identification | IMO number : 7362079 MMSI number : 211211850 Callsign : DRKN Pennant number : A1442[source] | — |
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| Status | Active[source] | — |
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| Type | Rhön -class tanker[source] | General purpose frigate[source] |
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| Tonnage | 6,103 GRT 10,800 DWT[source] | — |
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| Propulsion | 1 shaft, controllable pitch propeller[source] | — |
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| Capacity | 11,000 m 3 (390,000 cu ft) (fuel) 400 m 3 (14,000 cu ft) (water)[source] | 350 tonnes of fuel, 80 m³ of kerosene, 60 tonnes of potable water[source] |
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| Country of origin | Germany[source]German tanker Spessart · literal inventory Origin field assigned to the exact named-ship row covered by the explicit shared Origin cell; no operator, manufacturer location or parent/sibling specification inference | France[source] |
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| Used by | German Navy[source]Current operator stated in the article; inventory date not specified | — |
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| Builders | — | DNCS[source] |
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| Operators | — | Republic of China Navy[source] |
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| In commission | — | 1996–present[source] |
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| Completed | — |
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| Active | — |
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| Endurance | — | 50 days of food[source] |
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| Boats & landing craft carried | — | 2 × ETN boats[source] |
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| Sensors & processing systems | — | Thales Tacticos combat data system (was upgraded with a Thales SENIT combat management system) 1 x DRBV-26D Jupiter-II two-dimensional air search radar 1 x Poseidon Triton G search radar (was upgraded with a Type 997 Artisan radar ) 1 x Najir photoelectric director (was upgraded with a SAFRAN PASEO NS Photoelectric tracking system) 2 x Thales Castor-2C I/J fire control radar Alose Sonar System Thomson Marconi TSM-2633 Spherion-10B active/passive bow sonar Thomson Marconi ATAS(V)3 towed active/passive array sonar suite (including VDS active variable depth sonar and Lamproie towed passive array sonar) was upgraded with a Thales CAPTAS-1 Towed Active/Passive Array Sonar[source] |
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| Armament | — | ；Before upgrading Anti-ship; 8 × Hsiung Feng II anti-ship missiles 1 x MIM-72 Chaparral 2 x Mark 32 Surface Vessel Torpedo Tubes Guns; 1 × OTO Melara 76 mm 2 × Bofors 40 mm L70 guns CIWS; 1 × Phalanx CIWS ；After Combat system performance improvement Project Anti-ship; 8 × Hsiung Feng II anti-ship missile 8 x cell Hua Yang VLS (32 quad-packed TC-2N missile ) 2 x Mark 32 Surface Vessel Torpedo Tubes Guns; 1 × OTO Melara 76 mm 2 × Bofors 40 mm L70 gun CIWS; 1 × Phalanx CIWS[source] |
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| Armour | — | On sensitive areas (munition magazine and control centre)[source] |
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| Aircraft carried | — | 1 × Sikorsky S-70C (M)[source] |
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| Aviation facilities | — | Hangar and helipad[source] |
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