:Chinese frigate Wuhu (539)
{{short description|Type 054A frigate of the PLA Navy}}
{{other ships|Chinese frigate Wuhu}}
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{{Infobox ship image |Ship image= File:Wuhu (539) Frigate - Side View.jpg |Ship caption= Wuhu moored at Manila South Harbor on 19 January 2019 }} {{Infobox ship career |Hide header= |Ship country=China |Ship flag= {{shipboxflag|China|naval}} |Ship name= Wuhu |Ship namesake= *Wuhu
|Ship ordered= |Ship awarded= |Ship builder= Hudong–Zhonghua Shipbuilding, Shanghai |Ship original cost= |Ship yard number= |Ship way number= |Ship laid down= |Ship launched= 8 June 2016 |Ship sponsor= |Ship christened= |Ship completed= |Ship acquired= |Ship commissioned= 29 June 2017 |Ship recommissioned= |Ship decommissioned= |Ship maiden voyage= |Ship in service= |Ship out of service= |Ship renamed= |Ship reclassified= |Ship refit= |Ship struck= |Ship reinstated= |Ship homeport= |Ship identification=Pennant number: 539 |Ship motto= |Ship nickname= |Ship honours= |Ship honors= |Ship captured= |Ship fate= |Ship status= Active |Ship notes= |Ship badge= }} {{Infobox ship characteristics |Hide header= |Header caption= |Ship class= Type 054A frigate | Ship displacement = 4,053 tonnes (full) | Ship length = {{convert|134.1|m|ft|abbr=on}} | Ship beam = {{convert|16|m|ft|abbr=on}} | Ship draught = | Ship draft = | Ship propulsion = CODAD, 4 × Shaanxi 16 PA6 STC diesels, 5700 kW (7600+ hp @ 1084 rpm) each | Ship speed = 27 knots estimated | Ship range = {{convert|8025|nmi|mi km}} estimated | Ship complement = 165 | Ship sensors = *Type 382 Radar
| Ship EW = *Type 922-1 radar warning receiver | Ship armament = *1 × 32-cell VLS
| Ship armour = | Ship armor = | Ship aircraft = 1 Kamov Ka-28 'Helix' or Harbin Z-9C | Ship aircraft facilities = hangar | Ship notes = }} |
Wuhu (539) is a Type 054A frigate of the People's Liberation Army Navy. She was commissioned on 29 June 2017 and is part of the North Sea Fleet.{{Cite web |title=Type-054A guided missile frigate in maritime training - Ministry of National Defense |url=http://eng.mod.gov.cn/xb/News_213114/Photos/16365567.html |access-date=2025-01-22 |website=eng.mod.gov.cn}}
Development and design
{{Main|Type 054A frigate}}
The Type 054A carries HQ-16 medium-range air defence missiles and anti-submarine missiles in a vertical launching system (VLS) system. The HQ-16 has a range of up to 50 km, with superior range and engagement angles to the Type 054's HQ-7. The Type 054A's VLS uses a hot launch method; a shared common exhaust system is sited between the two rows of rectangular launching tubes.舰载武器SHIPBORNE WEAPONS 2013 AUGUST ISSUE
The four AK-630 close-in weapon systems (CIWS) of the Type 054 were replaced with two Type 730 CIWS on the Type 054A. The autonomous Type 730 provides improved reaction time against close-in threats.{{cite web|title=Chinese Navy|url=http://mil.jschina.com.cn/huitong/Jiangkai_Jiangwei.htm|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070107054058/http://mil.jschina.com.cn/huitong/Jiangkai_Jiangwei.htm|archivedate=7 January 2007|accessdate=2009-03-27|df=dmy-all}}
Construction and career
Wuhu was launched on 8 June 2016 at the Hudong–Zhonghua Shipbuilding in Shanghai. Commissioned on 29 June 2017.
On 17 January 2019, Dongpinghu, Wuhu and Handan made a goodwill visit to Manila.{{Cite web|title=Chinese warships dock in Manila for goodwill visit|url=https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2019/01/17/1885882/chinese-warships-dock-manila-goodwill-visit|access-date=2021-04-16|website=Philstar.com}}
Gallery
File:PLANS Wuhu (FFG-539) 20180808.jpg|Wuhu underway on 8 August 2018.
File:PLANS Wuhu (FFG-539) 20190708.jpg|Wuhu underway on 8 July 2019.
File:PLANS Wuhu (FFG-539) 20191028.jpg|Wuhu underway on 28 October 2019.
References
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