ROCS ''Ta Kuan'' (AGS-1601) is a Taiwanese Navy

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Design

She is a sister ship of ''Alliance'' and being been built in between the two.

History

''Ta Kuan'' was built at La Spezia, Italy by Fincantieri and was launched in 1995. In 2015 she received a full upgrade from L3 Technologies.

References

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