Chinese frigate Changzhou
{{short description|Type 054A frigate of the PLA Navy}}
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{{Infobox ship image |Ship image= File:CNS Changzhou (FFG-549).jpg |Ship caption= Changzhou underway on 5 April 2011 }} {{Infobox ship career |Hide header= |Ship country=China |Ship flag= {{shipboxflag|China|naval}} |Ship name= Changzhou |Ship namesake= *Changzhou
|Ship ordered= |Ship awarded= |Ship builder= Hudong–Zhonghua Shipbuilding, Shanghai |Ship original cost= |Ship yard number= |Ship way number= |Ship laid down= |Ship launched= 18 May 2010 |Ship sponsor= |Ship christened= |Ship completed= |Ship acquired= |Ship commissioned= 30 May 2011 |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: 549 |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 = }} |
Changzhou (549) is a Type 054A frigate of the People's Liberation Army Navy. She was commissioned on 30 May 2011.
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
Changzhou was launched on 18 May 2010 at the Hudong-Zhonghua Shipyard in Shanghai. Commissioned on 30 May 2011.
During the 2019 novel coronavirus epidemic, on February 17, 2020, the Liberation Army Daily disclosed that a number of officers and soldiers in the eastern theater of the People's Liberation Army are being quarantined for observation, including Yu Songqiu, captain of Changzhou. According to reports, the theater is adopting measures such as strict management, temperature measurement and disinfection, and returning to the team to isolate, and will adjust the plan to try to ensure that the annual training mission is not affected.{{Cite web|title=新冠肺炎：東部戰區多名官兵被隔離 包括常州艦艦長|url=https://hk.on.cc/hk/bkn/cnt/cnnews/20200220/bkn-20200220001140331-0220_00952_001.html|access-date=2020-12-21|website=on.cc東網|language=zh-hk}} The report quoted Yu Songqiu as saying that he himself was under observation in the guest house of a certain detachment, and some officers and soldiers of various units were also under quarantine observation, but the work was smooth and orderly, and the enthusiasm for training and preparation was unabated. In order to return to the team early and complete the isolation as soon as possible, he stopped his vacation and returned to the camp on the fifth day of the Lunar New Year. He is currently using the free time of isolation to study training problems.{{Cite web|url=http://www.81.cn/jfjbmap/content/2020-02/17/content_254248.htm|title = 抗疫不误战斗力 防控不松战备弦 - 解放军报 - 中国军网}}
Gallery
File:CNS Changzhou (FFG-549) 2.jpg|Changzhou underway on 8 September 2013.
File:Type 366 radar.jpg|Changzhou{{'}}s radar on 4 April 2014.
File:CNS Changzhou (FFG-549) 3.jpg|Changzhou underway on 27 August 2014.
File:PLANS Changzhou (FFG-549) 20150801.jpg|Changzhou underway on 1 August 2015.
File:PLANS Changzhou (FFG-549) 20150718.jpg|Changzhou underway on 18 July 2015.
References
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