Chinese destroyer Zibo
{{short description|Type 052D destroyer of the PLA Navy}}
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|Ship namesake= *Zibo |Ship ordered= |Ship awarded= |Ship builder= Jiangnan Shipyard, Shanghai |Ship original cost= |Ship yard number= |Ship way number= |Ship laid down= |Ship launched= 14 August 2018 |Ship sponsor= |Ship christened= |Ship completed= |Ship acquired= |Ship commissioned= 12 January 2020 |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: 156 |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 052DL destroyer | Ship displacement = 7,500 tons (full load) | Ship length = {{convert|161|m|ft|abbr=on}} | Ship beam = {{convert|17.5|m|ft|abbr=on}} | Ship height = | Ship draught = {{convert|6|m|ft|abbr=on}} | Ship draft = | Ship power = | Ship propulsion = *Combined diesel or gas | Ship speed = | Ship range = | Ship endurance = | Ship complement = 280 | Ship sensors = *Type 346 radar
| Ship EW = | Ship armament = *1 x 130 mm gun | Ship armour = | Ship armor = | Ship aircraft =1 × Harbin Z-20 | Ship aircraft facilities = *Hangar | Ship notes = }} |
Zibo (156) is a Type 052DL destroyer of the People's Liberation Army Navy. The ship was commissioned on 12 January 2020.{{Cite web|title=Guided missile destroyer Zibo (DDG 156) — Shipshub|url=https://shipshub.com/ships/379-2.html|access-date=2020-12-12|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|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121011231629/http://news.inewsweek.cn/news-32022-p-3.html|archivedate=2012-10-11|language=zh}} 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|accessdate=28 April 2019|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|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|accessdate=28 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181026064743/https://www.janes.com/images/assets/911/72911/Undersea_dragon_Chinese_ASW_capabilities_advance.pdf|archivedate=26 October 2018|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}
Construction and career
Zibo was launched on 26 June 2017 at the Jiangnan Shipyard in Shanghai. Commissioned on 12 January 2020.{{Cite web|title=我军首艘加长版052D入役 换装米波雷达反隐性能突出{{!}}驱逐舰{{!}}海军_新浪军事_新浪网|url=https://mil.news.sina.com.cn/jssd/2020-01-20/doc-iihnzahk5316633.shtml|access-date=2020-12-12|website=mil.news.sina.com.cn}}
References
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