New warship Dan Chiang commissioned

By Hung Chen-hung, Lo Tien-pin and Jonathan Chin / Staff reporters, with staff writer Add TT as Preferred Source President William Lai (賴清德) yesterday presided over the commissioning ceremony for the navy’s Tuo Chiang-class corvette Dan Chiang (丹江) at the Zuoying (左營) naval base in Kaohsiung.The corvette’s sister ships — the Tuo Chiang (沱江) and the Ta Chiang (塔江) — also took part in the event.The Dan Chiang’s activation is a milestone in Taiwan’s shipbuilding program, and all 12 Tuo Chiang-class corvettes would be commissioned by the end of the year, Lai said. President William Lai boards the navy’s Tuo Chiang-class corvette Dan Chiang during a commissioning ceremony at the Zuoying naval base in Kaohsiung yesterday. Photo: Lee Hui-chou, Taipei Times The initiative to build indigenous warsh