:Chinese destroyer Huainan
{{short description|Type 025D destroyer of the PLA Navy}}
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| Ship namesake = *Huainan | Ship ordered = | Ship awarded = | Ship builder = Jiangnan Shipyard, Shanghai | Ship original cost = | Ship way number = | Ship recommissioned = | Ship laid down = | Ship launched = 15 April 2019 | Ship sponsor = | Ship christened = | Ship completed = | Ship acquired = | Ship commissioned = 11 February 2021 | Ship badge = }} {{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header = | Ship range = | Ship aircraft facilities = *Hangar | Ship aircraft = 1 × Harbin Z-20 | Ship armor = | Ship armour = | Ship armament = *1 x 130 mm gun | Ship EW = | Ship sensors = *Type 346 radar
| Ship complement = 280 | Ship endurance = | Ship speed = | Header caption = | Ship propulsion = *Combined diesel or gas | Ship power = | Ship draft = | Ship draught = {{convert|6|m|ft|abbr=on}} | Ship height = | Ship beam = {{convert|17.5|m|ft|abbr=on}} | Ship length = {{convert|161|m|ft|abbr=on}} | Ship displacement = 7,500 tons (full load) | Ship class = Type 052DL destroyer | Ship notes = }} |
Huainan (123) is a Type 052DL destroyer of the People's Liberation Army Navy.{{Cite web|title=Guided missile destroyer Huainan (DDG 157) — Shipshub|url=https://shipshub.com/ships/380-2.html|access-date=2021-04-16|website=shipshub.com}}
Development and design
{{Main|Type 052D destroyer}}
The basic ship type and layout of the Type 052D guided-missile destroyer is the same as that of the Type 052C destroyer, but compared to the earlier Type 052C destroyer, the Type 052D superstructure has a larger inclination angle and provides better stealth performance. At the same time, the 052C helicopter hangar is located The left side of the hull axis was changed to the center axis of the ship on Type 052D; a pair of small boat storage compartments were added on both sides of the hangar, similar to the design on the Type 054A frigate.
The close in weapon system is composed of a H/PJ-12 short-range defense weapon system located in front of the bridge and a 24 Hongqi-10 air defense missile system located on the top of the hangar, which is combined to form a ladder interception. The original 100mm naval gun was replaced by a higher height and better stealth model H/PJ45 naval gun. On May 13, 2019, the extended version of the 052DL was exposed. The hull of the 052DL is basically the same as the 052D, but the helicopter deck is lengthened to prepare for the Zhi-20 to board the ship.{{Cite web|last=Releases|first=DP Press|title=China Launches 23rd And 24th Type 052D Guided-Missile Destroyers|url=https://defpost.com/china-launches-23rd-and-24th-type-052d-guided-missile-destroyers/|access-date=2020-11-14|website=DefPost|language=en-GB|archive-date=2020-12-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201204051022/https://defpost.com/china-launches-23rd-and-24th-type-052d-guided-missile-destroyers/|url-status=dead}}
The Type 52D is the first Chinese surface combatant to use canister-based universal VLS, as opposed to the concentric type VLS carried aboard earlier vessels. 64 cells are carried; 32 forward and 32 aft.Li: page 44 The VLS is reportedly an implementation of the GJB 5860-2006 standard.{{cite web|date=4 September 2012|editor-last=Wang|editor-first=Weixing|title=谜一样的战舰 从052D驱逐舰看中舰艇系统|trans-title=A Ship of Mystery: The Shipborne Systems of Type 052D|url=http://news.inewsweek.cn/news-32022-p-3.html|url-status=dead|language=zh|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121011231629/http://news.inewsweek.cn/news-32022-p-3.html|archivedate=2012-10-11}} The VLS may fire the extended-range variant of the HHQ-9 surface-to-air missile, YJ-18 anti-ship cruise missiles,{{Cite report|url=https://www.dia.mil/Portals/27/Documents/News/Military%20Power%20Publications/China_Military_Power_FINAL_5MB_20190103.pdf|title=China Military Power: Modernizing a Force to Fight and Win|date=2019|publisher=United States Defense Intelligence Agency|page=70|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190511175030/https://www.dia.mil/Portals/27/Documents/News/Military%20Power%20Publications/China_Military_Power_FINAL_5MB_20190103.pdf|accessdate=28 April 2019|archivedate=11 May 2019|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}} and CY-5 anti-submarine missiles.{{Cite report|url=https://www.janes.com/images/assets/911/72911/Undersea_dragon_Chinese_ASW_capabilities_advance.pdf|title=Undersea dragon: Chinese ASW capabilities advance|last1=Wong|first1=Kelvin|date=2017|publisher=Jane's 360|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181026064743/https://www.janes.com/images/assets/911/72911/Undersea_dragon_Chinese_ASW_capabilities_advance.pdf|accessdate=28 April 2019|archivedate=26 October 2018|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}
Construction and career
Huainan was launched on 15 April 2019 at the Jiangnan Shipyard in Shanghai. She was commissioned in 2021.
On 2 March 2021, Huainan, Tangshan, Qiqihar and Zhangjiakou conducted a training exercise in the Yellow Sea.{{Cite web|title=More stretched Type 052D destroyers join the PLA Navy|url=https://www.janes.com/defence-news/news-detail/more-stretched-type-052d-destroyers-join-the-pla-navy|access-date=2021-04-16|website=Janes.com|language=en}}{{Cite web|last=观察者网|date=2021-03-02|title=052D"淮南"舰已经服役 据央视军事报道3月1日报道……|url=https://k.sina.cn/article_1887344341_707e96d5040011b73.html?from=mil|access-date=2021-04-16|website=k.sina.cn}}{{Cite web|title=中国海军25艘052D"淮南"舰服役(图){{!}}中国{{!}}052D型_新浪军事_新浪网|url=http://mil.news.sina.com.cn/china/2021-03-02/doc-ikftssap9561547.shtml|access-date=2021-04-16|website=mil.news.sina.com.cn}}
In February 2023, the destroyer was deployed to the south Indian Ocean to engage in joint exercises with the South African and Russian navies that were to be held in waters off South Africa. The exercise began on 18 February and involved the frigate Admiral Gorshkov and tanker Kama from the Russian Navy{{Cite web|url=https://www.plenglish.com/news/2023/02/17/russia-china-and-south-africa-began-naval-maneuvers/|title=Russia, China and South Africa began naval maneuvers |date= 17 February 2023|website=Prensa Latina}} along with the People's Liberation Army Navy frigate Rizhao and the support ship Kekexilihu. Several vessels from the South African Navy were expected to participate including the frigate Mendi as well as the Warrior-class patrol vessel King Sekhukhune I and the hydrographic survey vessel SAS Protea.{{Cite web|url=https://euromaidanpress.com/2023/02/16/south-africas-naval-drills-with-russia-china-tantamount-to-joining-war-against-ukraine/|title=South Africa’s naval drills with Russia, China "tantamount to joining war against Ukraine"|date= 16 February 2023 |last=Ryabchiy |first=Kate |website=Euromaidan Press}}
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