USS Taylor (FFG-50)

USS Taylor (FFG-50) leaving Mayport in January 2014
History
United States
Name	Taylor
Namesake	Commander Jesse J. Taylor
Awarded	May 22, 1981
Builder	Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine
Laid down	May 5, 1983
Launched	November 5, 1983
Sponsored by	Barbara A. Taylor, widow of namesake
Commissioned	December 1, 1984
Identification	Hull symbol: FFG-50 MMSI number: 338975000 Code letters: NJJT
Motto	"Proud Defender"
Fate	Slated for sale to Taiwan by the Naval Vessel Transfer Act of 2013
Badge
Taiwan
Name	Ming-chuan
Namesake	Liu Mingchuan
Acquired	6 March 2016
Commissioned	8 November 2018
In service	2018-present
Identification	PFG-1112
Status	Active
General characteristics
Class and type	Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate
Displacement	4,100 long tons (4,200 t), full load
Length	453 feet (138 m), overall
Beam	45 feet (14 m)
Draft	22 feet (6.7 m)
Propulsion	2 × General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines generating 41,000 shp (31 MW) through a single shaft and variable pitch propeller 2 × Auxiliary Propulsion Units, 350 hp (260 kW) retractable electric azimuth thrusters for maneuvering and docking.
Speed	over 29 knots (54 km/h)
Range	5,000 nautical miles at 18 knots (9,300 km at 33 km/h)
Complement	15 officers and 190 enlisted, plus SH-60 LAMPS detachment of roughly six officer pilots and 15 enlisted maintainers
Sensors and processing systems	AN/SPS-49 air-search radar AN/SPS-55 surface-search radar CAS and STIR fire-control radar AN/SQS-56 sonar.
Electronic warfare & decoys	AN/SLQ-32
Armament	As built: 1 × OTO Melara Mk 75 76 mm/62 caliber naval gun 2 × Mk 32 triple-tube (324 mm) launchers for Mark 46 torpedoes 1 × Vulcan Phalanx CIWS 4 × .50-cal (12.7 mm) machine guns. 1 × Mk 13 Mod 4 single-arm launcher for Harpoon anti-ship missiles and SM-1MR Standard anti-ship/air missiles (40 round magazine) Note: As of 2004, Mk 13 systems removed from all active US vessels of this class. Mk 38 Mod 2 in place of Mk 13
Aircraft carried	2 × SH-60B LAMPS Mk III helicopters
Aviation facilities	2 × hangars RAST helicopter hauldown system
Notes	6 x Mk 11 Mod 1 High Speed Radial Texture Enhancer Removed 1988 Terrazzo upgrade

USS Taylor (FFG-50), an Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate, was a ship of the United States Navy named for Commander Jesse J. Taylor (1925–1965), a naval aviator who was awarded the Navy Cross posthumously for his heroism in the Vietnam War.