Chinese destroyer Lhasa
{{short description|Type 055 destroyer of the PLA Navy}}
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{{Infobox ship image |Ship image=PLANS Lhasa (DDG-102) 20220617.jpg |Ship caption=Lhasa underway on 16 June 2022 }} {{Infobox ship career |Hide header= |Ship country=China |Ship flag= {{shipboxflag|China|naval}} |Ship name= Lhasa |Ship namesake= *Lhasa
|Ship ordered= |Ship awarded= |Ship builder= Jiangnan Shipyard, Shanghai |Ship original cost= |Ship yard number= |Ship way number= |Ship laid down= |Ship launched= 28 April 2018 |Ship sponsor= |Ship christened= |Ship completed= |Ship acquired= |Ship commissioned= 7 March 2021 |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: 102 |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 055 destroyer | Ship displacement = 12-13,000 tonnes (full load) | Ship length = {{convert|180|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | Ship beam = {{convert|20|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | Ship height = | Ship draught = {{convert|6.6|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | Ship power = * 6 × QD-50 turbine generators ({{convert|5|MW|abbr=on}} each)
| Ship propulsion = * COGAG
| Ship speed = {{convert|30|kn|lk=in}} | Ship range = {{convert|5000|nmi|km|abbr=on|lk=in}} | Ship endurance = | Ship troops = | Ship complement = 300+ | Ship time to activate = | Ship sensors = * Type 346B (C/S-band) radar
| Ship EW = * Electronic warfare system | Ship armament = * 1 × H/PJ-38 130 mm gun
| Ship armour = | Ship aircraft = * 2 medium-lift helicopters | Ship aircraft facilities = *Stern hangar
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Lhasa (102) is a Type 055 destroyer of the People's Liberation Army Navy. She was commissioned on 7 March 2021.
Development and design
The People's Liberation Army Navy was interested in a large destroyer from as early as the late-1960s. A development program, code-named "055", initiated in 1976 was cancelled in 1983 after encountering insurmountable technical obstacles from industrial underdevelopment; for example, the required gas turbine power plants could neither be produced domestically, nor imported at acceptable prices.{{cite book|title=Historical Data of Destroyers|publisher=China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation, Department of Equipment and Technology of People's Liberation Army Navy|series=Historical Data of Chinese Shipbuilding Industry|pages=10–11|language=zh-hans|chapter=Summary of Historic facts （Part 3, Reviews of Large Size Destroyer Research）}} In April 2014, an image emerged of a full-scale mock-up of the Type 055 superstructure - with enclosed integrated mast for radar and other electronics at the Chinese naval electronic testing range in Wuhan.Caldwell et al.: page 4{{cite web|last1=Lin|first1=Jeffrey|last2=Singer|first2=P.W.|date=9 April 2014|title=The next new major Chinese warship arrives, on land|url=http://www.popsci.com/blog-network/eastern-arsenal/next-new-major-chinese-warship-arrives-land|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150430033055/http://www.popsci.com/blog-network/eastern-arsenal/next-new-major-chinese-warship-arrives-land|archive-date=30 April 2015|accessdate=29 May 2015|website=Popular Science|df=dmy-all}}
The Type 055 is expected to undertake expeditionary missions and form the primary escort for Chinese aircraft carriers.{{Cite news|last=Rogoway|first=Tyler|title=China's Type 055 Super Destroyer Is A Reality Check For The US And Its Allies|language=en-US|work=The Drive|url=http://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/11941/chinas-type-055-super-destroyer-is-a-reality-check-for-the-us-and-its-allies|url-status=live|access-date=22 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170822220648/http://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/11941/chinas-type-055-super-destroyer-is-a-reality-check-for-the-us-and-its-allies|archive-date=22 August 2017|df=dmy-all}}{{Cite web|last=Holmes|first=James R.|date=15 February 2018|title=Fleet Design with Chinese Characteristics|url=https://www.uscc.gov/sites/default/files/Holmes_Written%20Testimony.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180707092509/https://www.uscc.gov/sites/default/files/Holmes_Written%20Testimony.pdf|archive-date=7 July 2018|accessdate=6 July 2018|work=The Drive|df=dmy-all}} The United States classifies these ships as cruisers.{{cite report|url=https://www.defense.gov/Portals/1/Documents/pubs/2017_China_Military_Power_Report.PDF|title=Annual Report To Congress: Military and Security Developments Involving the People's Republic of China 2017|author=United States Department of Defense|date=May 2017|page=25|authorlink=United States Department of Defense|access-date=22 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180719115001/https://www.defense.gov/Portals/1/Documents/pubs/2017_China_Military_Power_Report.PDF|archive-date=19 July 2018|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}} The United States Navy defines a cruiser as a large multi-mission surface combatant with flagship capabilities; this suggests the U.S. expects the Type 055 to fulfill a similar role as the {{sclass|Ticonderoga|cruiser|1}}.{{cite web|date=9 January 2017|title=United States Navy Fact File: Cruisers - CG|url=http://www.navy.mil/navydata/fact_display.asp?cid=4200&tid=800&ct=4|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180706075338/http://www.navy.mil/navydata/fact_display.asp?cid=4200&tid=800&ct=4|archive-date=6 July 2018|access-date=6 July 2018|df=dmy-all}}
Construction and career
Lhasa was the second ship of the class to be laid down and was launched on 28 April 2018 at the Jiangnan Shipyard in Shanghai. On 27 January 2021, she was spotted at Hainan Island with hull number 102. The ship commissioned on 7 March 2021 and assigned to the North Sea Fleet.{{Cite web|last=Vavasseur|first=Xavier|date=2021-03-07|title=China's 2nd Type 055 Destroyer 'Lhasa' 拉萨 Commissioned with PLAN|url=https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2021/03/chinas-2nd-type-055-destroyer-lasa-拉萨-commissioned-with-plan/|access-date=2021-03-12|website=Naval News|language=en-US}}{{Dead link|date=December 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{Cite web|date=2018-05-01|title=China launches second Type 055 destroyer {{!}} Jane's 360|url=http://www.janes.com/article/79674/china-launches-second-type-055-destroyer|access-date=2021-03-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180501235845/http://www.janes.com/article/79674/china-launches-second-type-055-destroyer |archive-date=2018-05-01 }} Tibetan newspaper Lhasa Daily reported that Vice Mayor of Lhasa travelled to the Qingdao military base to visit the officers and sailors of Lhasa.{{cite web | title=中国第二艘055型万吨大驱拉萨舰官宣亮相 | website=联合早报 | date=2021-03-07 | url=https://www.zaobao.com.sg/realtime/china/story20210307-1129393 | language=zh | access-date=2025-03-11}}
References
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