Taiwan Takes Possession of Two More Perry-Class Frigates from the US

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Chen Wei-han, Taiwan Takes Possession of Two US Frigates. Taipei Times, Mar 13, 2017.
www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2017/03/13/2003666662

Quote:

"The vessels were signed over on Thursday [Mar 9] at a ceremony in Charleston, South Carolina, attended by Commander of the Navy Admiral Huang Shu-kuang (黃曙光), Representative to the US Stanley Kao (高碩泰) and unnamed US officials.

"The USS Taylor and the USS Gary were in service between 1984 and 2015. They were purchased for a total of about NT$5.5 billion (US$177.21 million) making them substantially cheaper than Taiwan-made Cheng Kung-class frigates — the design of which is based on Perry-class frigates — which cost up to NT$17 billion each [about seven times more expensive for each warship].

"The US built 51 of the frigates for its navy and authorized its allies to build them. Eight such frigates have been built in Taiwan.

"In related news, Huang is scheduled to have meetings with high-level US officials, likely from the White House and the Pentagon, although details of the meetings were not revealed, Tsai said.

Note:
(a) Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Hazard_Perry-class_frigate

section 4 Operators: "Taiwan (Cheng Kung class): Taiwanese-built. Originally eight ships were equipped with eight Hsiung Feng II anti-ship missiles, now all but PFG-1103 are carrying four HF-2 and four HF-3 supersonic AShM. The PFG-1103 Cheng Ho will change the anti-ship mix upon their major overhaul. Seven out of eight ships added Bofors 40 mm/L70 guns for both surface and anti-air use. On November 5, 2012 Minister of Defense Kao announced the US government will sell Taiwan two additional Perry-class frigates that are about to be retired from the U.S. Navy for a cost of US$240 million to be retrofitted and delivered in 2015. Two more frigates, the ex-USS Gary and the ex-USS Taylor are to be reactivated and transferred to Taiwan. In July 2016, the U.S. Naval Sea Systems Command award a $74 million contract to Virginia-based VSE Corporation to do the work. According to the contract, VSE has 16 months to complete the work. The US State Department officially approved the sale of both ships for $190 million in March 2016.

(b) 成功級巡防艦
https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/成功級巡防艦
(8: 成功, 鄭和, 繼光, 岳飛, 子儀 [after 郭子儀: 平定安史之亂], 班超, 張騫 and 田單)
(c) 黃曙光
https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/黃曙光
(現任海軍司令)