ROCS Tzu I

	ROCS Tzu I on 27 March 2014
History
Taiwan
Name	Tzu I; (郭子儀);
Namesake	Guo Ziyi
Builder	China Shipbuilding Corp.,; Kaohsiung;
Laid down	7 August 1994
Launched	13 July 1995
Commissioned	9 January 1997
Home port	Tsoying
Identification	Pennant number: PFG2-1107
Status	in active service
General characteristics
Class & type	Cheng Kung-class frigate
Displacement	4,103 long tons (4,169 t) full
Length	453 ft (138 m)
Beam	46.95 ft (14.31 m)
Installed power	40,000 shp total
Propulsion	General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines
Speed	29 knots
Complement	18 officers; 180 enlisted; 19 flight crew;
Sensors &; processing systems	AN/SPS-49 air-search radar; AN/SPS-55 surface-search radar; CAS, STIR gun fire control radar; SQS-56 sonar;
Electronic warfare; & decoys	AN/SLQ-32(V)5; (AN/SLQ-32(V)2 + SIDEKICK);
Armament	40 × SM-1MR at Mk 13 Missile Launcher; 4 × Hsiung Feng II and 4 HF-3 supersonic AShM; 1 × OTO Melara 76 mm naval gun; 2 × Bofors 40mm/L70mm guns; 1 × 20 mm Phalanx CIWS; 2 × triple Mark 32 ASW torpedo tubes with Mark 46 anti-submarine torpedoes;
Aircraft carried	Sikorsky S-70C-1/2
Aviation facilities	Hangar and helipad

ROCS Tzu I (子儀, PFG2-1107) is the fifth of eight Taiwanese-built Cheng Kung-class frigate, based on the Oliver Hazard Perry class.

Construction and career

Laid down on 7 August 1994 and launched on 13 July 1995, Tzu I was commissioned in service in January 1997. The Cheng Kung-class frigates have the same length as the later Oliver Hazard Perry frigates, but have a different weapon and electronics fit.^[1]

Like her sister ships, Tzu I was built under license by China SB Corp. at Kaohsiung City, Taiwan, ROC.

As of 2005, Tzu I is homeported at Tso-Ying naval base.