USS Joseph Hewes (FF-1078)

USS Joseph Hewes (FF-1078)
History
United States
Name	Joseph Hewes
Namesake	Joseph Hewes
Ordered	25 August 1966
Builder	Avondale Shipyard, Westwego, Louisiana
Laid down	14 May 1969
Launched	7 March 1970
Acquired	6 April 1971
Commissioned	24 April 1971
Decommissioned	30 June 1994
Stricken	11 January 1995
Fate	Transferred to Taiwan
General characteristics
Class and type	Knox-class frigate
Displacement	3,211 tons (4,192 full load)
Length	438 ft (134 m)
Beam	46 ft 9 in (14.25 m)
Draught	24 ft 9 in (7.54 m)
Propulsion	2 × CE 1200psi boilers 1 Westinghouse geared turbine 1 shaft, 35,000 SHP (26 MW)
Speed	over 27 knots
Complement	18 officers, 267 enlisted
Sensors and processing systems	AN/SPS-40 Air Search Radar AN/SPS-67 Surface Search Radar AN/SQS-26 Sonar AN/SQR-18 Towed array sonar system Mk68 Gun Fire Control System
Electronic warfare & decoys	AN/SLQ-32 Electronics Warfare System
Armament	one Mk-16 8 cell missile launcher for RUR-5 ASROC and Harpoon missiles one Mk-42 5-inch/54 caliber gun Mark 46 torpedoes from four single tube launchers) one Mk-25 BPDMS launcher for Sea Sparrow missiles, later replaced by Phalanx CIWS
Aircraft carried	one SH-2 Seasprite (LAMPS I) helicopter

ROCS Lan Yang (FFG-935) is a Chi Yang-class frigate of the Republic of China Navy. She was formerly in service as the USS Joseph Hewes (FF-1078), a Knox-class frigate of the United States Navy.