台湾海军向美国租借的3艘诺克斯级护卫舰已于1993年9月27日由美国驶抵台湾左营军港,10月6日正式加盟台湾海军服役。由于台湾海军现役的美制“阳”字号主力战舰舰龄已高,舰体接近寿命极限,行将退役淘汰,而新一代的“成功”级和“拉斐特”级护卫舰建成服役尚需相当的时间,因而为了弥补新旧舰交替时期主力战舰数量的空缺,台湾海军决定向美国租借一批(10至16艘)诺克斯级护卫舰。1992 Three Knox-class frigates chartered by the Taiwan Navy from the United States arrived in Zuoying Port, Taiwan from the United States on September 27, 1993, and officially joined the Taiwan navy on October 6. Since the Taiwan navy’s active U.S.-made “Yang” -type main battleship is already at a very advanced age and its hull has reached the end of its life expectancy, it will retire from retirement. However, it will take quite a while for the new generation of “successful” and “Lafayette” class frigates to enter service Therefore, in order to make up for the vacancy of the number of main warships in the period between new and old ships, the Taiwan Navy decided to rent a batch of (10 to 16) Knox-class frigates from the United States. 1992