Type 052B destroyer
{{Short description|Class of Chinese guided-missile destroyers}}
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{{Infobox ship image | Ship image = File:Guangzhou 168 (cropped).jpg | Ship caption = Guangzhou (168) in Cádiz in 2007 }} {{Infobox ship class overview | Name = | Builders = Jiangnan Shipyard | Operators = {{navy|CHN}} Surface Force | Class before =*Type 051B | Class after = Type 051C | Subclasses = | Cost = | Built range = 2001–2004 | In service range = July 2004–present | In commission range = | Total ships building = | Total ships planned = 2 | Total ships completed = 2 | Total ships cancelled = | Total ships active = 2 | Total ships laid up = | Total ships lost = | Total ships retired = | Total ships preserved = }} {{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header = | Header caption = | Ship class = | Ship type = Guided-missile destroyer | Ship tonnage = | Ship displacement = 7,000 tons{{cite book |editor-last=Saunders |editor-first=Stephan |title=Jane's Fighting Ships 2015-2016 |publisher=Jane's Information Group |date=2015 |page=136 |isbn=978-0710631435}} | Ship length = {{convert|155|m|abbr=on}} | Ship beam = {{convert|17|m|abbr=on}} | Ship height = | Ship draught = {{convert|6|m|abbr=on}} | Ship draft = | Ship depth = | Ship hold depth = | Ship decks = | Ship deck clearance = | Ship ramps = | Ship ice class = | Ship power = | Ship propulsion = *Combined diesel or gas | Ship sail plan = | Ship speed = {{convert|29|kn|abbr=on}} | Ship range = 4500 nm at 14 kn | Ship endurance = | Ship test depth = | Ship boats = | Ship capacity = | Ship troops = | Ship crew = | Ship time to activate = | Ship sensors = *Fregat MAE-3 (Top Plate) 3D air search radar
| Ship EW = *SRW 210A ESM | Ship armament = *16 × YJ-83 anti-ship missiles
| Ship armor = | Ship aircraft = 1 helicopter: Harbin Z-9 or Kamov Ka-28 | Ship aircraft facilities = Flight deck and hangar | Ship armour = | Ship notes = }} |
The Type 052B (NATO/OSD Luyang I-class destroyer{{Cite report |author=United States Office of the Secretary of Defense |author-link=Office of the Secretary of Defense |date=24 April 2014 |title=Annual Report To Congress: Military and Security Developments Involving the People's Republic of China 2014 }}) is a class of guided-missile destroyers in the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy Surface Force (PLAN). The Type 052B was China's first modern destroyer designKirchberger (2015): page 195McDevitt (2017): page 57 and the first Chinese design to incorporate true medium-range air defence capability in the form of Russian Shtil-1 (improved navalized Buk, NATO designation SA-N-12) surface-to-air missiles (SAM).Schwartz (2015): page 26
Two ships - Guangzhou and Wuhan - were begun in 2001 and commissioned in July and December 2004 respectively.
Programme
In the early 2000's, China pursued multiple - and sometimes concurrent - programmes to acquire modern destroyers, purchasing {{sclass|Sovremenny|destroyer|5}}s from Russia and constructing the Type 052B, Type 051C, and Type 052C.Kirchberger (2015): page 193 These ships also represented steps to develop adequate air defense capabilities by adopting Russian air defense technology.;Schwartz (2015): pages 25 the 25-km range Uragan (navalized Buk, NATO designation SA-N-7) on the Sovremenny; the 35-km range Shtil-1 on the Type 052B; long-range area air defense with the 150-km range Rif-M (navalized S-300, NATO designation SA-N-20) on the Type 051C; and finally the Chinese 100-km range HHQ-9 (S-300 derivative) on the Type 052D.Schwartz (2015): pages 26-28
The Type 052B's air defence capabilities were obsolete upon entering service when compared to contemporary American and Japanese designs. Nonetheless it represented a considerable general improvement over previous Chinese warships and was the precursor to later Chinese air warfare destroyers.McDevitt (2017): page 58
Design
The hull is based on the Type 051B destroyer with added stealth features.
Ships of Class
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! Number !!style="line-height:1.2em;"| Pennant number !! Name !! Builder !! Launched !! Commissioned !! Fleet !! Status |
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| 168 | rowspan="2" | Jiangnan | 25 May 2002Jane's Fighting Ships, 2023-24 Edition, ISBN 978-0-7106-3428 3, page 141. | rowspan="2" | South Sea Fleet | Active |
| 2
| 169 | Active |
Gallery
Type 052B Guangzhou in Leningrad.jpg|Type 052B destroyer Guangzhou (168) in Saint Petersburg, Russia
File:South Sea Fleet 20150610.jpg|052B in the South China Sea
File:PLANS Wuhan (DDG-169) 20150610.jpg|Wuhan (169) in the western Pacific
See also
References
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;Bibliography
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- {{cite book |last=Kirchberger |first=Sarah |date=2015 |title=Assessing China's Naval Power: Technological Innovation, Economic Constraints, and Strategic Implications |series=Global Power Shift |url= |location= |publisher=Springer |page= |isbn=978-3-662-47127-2 }}
- {{cite journal |last1=McDevitt |first1=Michael |date=2017 |title=The Modern PLA Navy Destroyer Force |url=https://digital-commons.usnwc.edu/cmsi-red-books/13/ |journal=CSMI Red Book |volume=14 |pages=55–65 |publisher=United States Naval War College |isbn=978-1-935352-45-7 |access-date=28 April 2019 }}
- {{cite book |last=Schwartz |first=Paul |date=August 2015 |title=Russia's Contribution to China's Surface Warfare Capabilities: Feeding the Dragon |series=Global Power Shift |url=https://www.csis.org/analysis/russia%E2%80%99s-contribution-china%E2%80%99s-surface-warfare-capabilities |location= |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |page= |isbn=978-1-4422-5879-2 }}
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