News Story: US Poised To Release Perry Warships to Taiwan

By WENDELL MINNICK

TAIPEI — Taiwan’s Navy plans to move quickly on the procurement of Perry-class frigates in 2015, if legislation introduced by a US House committee on Nov. 20 is passed.

The US House Committee on Foreign Affairs introduced legislation on Nov. 20 to release four Perry-class frigates to Taiwan: USS Taylor (FFG-50), USS Gary (FFG-51), USS Carr (FFG-52), and USS Elrod (FFG-55). The legislation still has to be approved by the House and Senate before the White House signs off on it. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee backed a similar bill last week.

On Nov. 21, Taiwan’s Navy chief of staff, Kao Tien-chung, told the Legislative Yuan’s Foreign and National Defense Committee that the Navy would procure two Perry frigates in 2014 with delivery expected in 2015.

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