Type 051 destroyer
Zhuhai
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| Class overview | |
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 People's Liberation Army Navy Surface Force
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| Preceded by: | Anshan-class destroyer |
| Succeeded by: | Type 052 |
| In service: | December 1971 |
| Completed: | 17 |
| Active: | 5 |
| Laid up: | 2 |
| Lost: | 1 |
| Retired: | 10 |
| Preserved: | 5 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 3,670 tons |
| Length: | 132 m |
| Beam: | 12.8 m |
| Draught: | 4.6 m |
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| Speed: | 32 knots (59 km/h) |
| Range: | 2,970 miles |
| Complement: | 280 |
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| Aircraft carried: | 1-2 helicopters: Harbin Z-9C ASW/SAR (Jinan (105) Luda-II only) |
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The Type 051 destroyer (NATO code name Luda class) Guided missile destroyer was the first modern surface warfare oriented vessel ever designed and built in China, and the first Chinese ship to be fitted with an integrated combat direction system. It was usually considered to be based on the Soviet Kotlin class destroyer design though some other sources say the Neustrashimy class destroyer, with some features from the Kotlin class.
China's People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) decommissioned its Luda-class (Types 051) guided-missile destroyer Nanchang on 8 September, according to the China Military Online website.
The vessel, which served with the PLAN for almost 34 years, was believed to be the country's last active Type 051 destroyer. The ship is set to be sent back to Nanchang, Jiangxi Province, where it is expected to become a tourist attraction at a local military-themed park, the website added.
In the late 1960s, China began testing its long-range rockets for the Chinese space program, as well as the ICBM program. The People's Liberation Army Navy Surface Force operated only four ex-Soviet Gnevny class destroyers (Anshan class in PLAN service) at the time, which were unsuitable for long-range ocean recovery missions. The 701 institute was instructed to develop China's first indigenous guided missile destroyer, modelled after the Soviet Kotlin class. The design was approved in 1967, and construction of the first Type 051 Luda class destroyer began in 1968.
A total of 16 Type 051 destroyers were built between 1968 and 1991. 9 remain in service today. Major refit for ships of this class began in the 1990s, replacing the old HY-1/HY-2 with YJ-83 (C-803) missile, and manual guns with automatic guns. For air-defense, an 8-cell HQ-7 Surface-to-air missile system is also installed with the upgrade.
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