Type 052C destroyer#Radar
{{Short description|Class of guided missile destroyers in the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy}} {{More citations needed|date=November 2008}}
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{{Infobox ship image | Ship image = File:Chinese Navy Guided-Missile Destroyer Xian (153) Departs Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam Following the Conclusion of RIMPAC 2016 160804-N-IU636-106.jpg | Ship caption = Xi'an at Pearl Harbor in 2016 }} {{Infobox ship class overview | Name = | Builders = Jiangnan Shipyard | Operators = {{navy|CHN|name=PLA Navy}} Surface Force | Class before = Type 051C | Class after = Type 052D | Subclasses = | Cost = | Built range = 2002–2015 | In service range = September 2005–present | Total ships planned = 6 | Total ships completed = 6 | Total ships laid up = | Total ships lost = | Total ships retired = | Total ships preserved = }} {{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header = | Header caption = | Ship type = Guided-missile destroyer | Ship displacement = 7,000 tons | Ship length = {{convert|155|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | Ship beam = {{convert|17|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | Ship height = | Ship draught = {{convert|6|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | Ship draft = | Ship power = | Ship propulsion = *Combined diesel or gas
| Ship speed = {{convert|29|kn}} | Ship range = {{convert|4500|nmi}} at 15 knots | Ship endurance = | Ship sensors = *Type 346 radar (air search, fire control)
| Ship armament = *48 HHQ-9 surface-to-air missiles
| Ship armour = | Ship armor = | Ship aircraft = 1 helicopter (Kamov Ka-28 or Harbin Z-9) | Ship aircraft facilities = *Stern hangar
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The Type 052C destroyer (NATO/OSD Luyang II-class destroyer) is a class of guided-missile destroyers in the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy Surface Force (PLAN). The Type 052C introduced both fixed active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar and vertically launched surface-to-air missiles into PLAN service,McDevitt: pages 59-60 making it the first Chinese warship with area air defence capability.{{cite journal |last1=Cole |first1=Bernard D. |title=What Do China's Surface Fleet Developments Suggest about Its Maritime Strategy? |url=https://digital-commons.usnwc.edu/cmsi-red-books/13/ |journal=CSMI Red Book |date=July 2017 |volume=14 |pages=23 |publisher=United States Naval War College |isbn=978-1-935352-45-7 |access-date=22 May 2019 }}
Program
The first two ships, {{ship|Chinese destroyer|Lanzhou|170|2}} and {{ship|Chinese destroyer|Haikou|171|2}}, were laid down at the Jiangnan Shipyard in Shanghai in 2002, and entered service in 2004 and 2005 respectively. No further ships were laid down until 2010;Li: page 44 the pause may have been due to the relocation of the shipyard.McDevitt: pages 59 By 2019, six were operational.
Design
The Type 052C appears to share the same basic hull design as the Type 052B destroyer, which in turn is based on the Type 051B destroyer. Stealth features are incorporated.
The Type 052C uses predominantly Chinese systems derived from earlier foreign technology; the preceding Type 052 and Type 052B destroyers used a mixture of Russian and Chinese systems.
= Missiles =
File:PLANS Changchun (150), Penang Strait, Penang.jpg
File:Anti-ship missile launchers on CNS Haikou (DDG-171).jpg
The Type 052C carries 48 HHQ-9 naval surface-to-air missiles (SAM), each with a slant range of {{convert|110|nmi}}.{{sfn|McDevitt|2017|p=60}} The SAMs are cold launched{{cite news |last=Bussert |first=James C. |url=https://www.afcea.org/content/china-destroyer-consolidates-innovations-other-ship-advances |title=China Destroyer Consolidates Innovations, Other Ship Advances |date=1 December 2013 |newspaper=Afcea International |publisher=AFCEA |access-date=22 May 2019}} from eight revolver-type vertical launchers, with six missiles per launcher.
Eight YJ-62 anti-ship missiles are carried in two quad-canister launchers just forward of the hangar. Each missile has a range of {{convert|250|nmi}}.{{sfn|McDevitt|2017|p=60}}
= Guns =
The main gun is a {{convert|100|mm|in|abbr=on|0}} PJ-87. The gun suffered from jamming and may have influenced the decision to adopt a different weapon for the Type 052D destroyer.{{cite report |last=O'Rourke |first=Ronald |date=21 March 2013 |title=CRS Report for CongressPrepared for Members and Committees of Congress China Naval Modernization: Implications for U.S. Navy Capabilities—Background and Issues for Congress |url=http://www.au.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/crs/rl33153.pdf |page=28 |work=RL33153 |publisher=Congressional Research Service |access-date=24 May 2019 |archive-date=29 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170829054907/http://www.au.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/crs/rl33153.pdf |url-status=dead }} The weapon has a rate of fire of 25 rounds per minute.
Close-in defence is provided by two seven-barrel {{convert|30|mm|in|abbr=on|1}} Type 730 CIWS, one mounted forward of the bridge and one atop the hangar. Each gun has a maximum rate of fire of 4200 rounds per minute.
= Anti-submarine systems =
Two triple {{convert|324|mm|in|abbr=on|0}} torpedo tubes are carried; these are copies or derivatives of the Whitehead Alenia Sistemi Subacquei B515/ILAS-3.{{cite web |url= https://www.janes.com/images/assets/911/72911/Undersea_dragon_Chinese_ASW_capabilities_advance.pdf |title=Undersea dragon: Chinese ASW capabilities advance |publisher=Jane's |date=2017 |access-date=24 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170908082727/https://www.janes.com/images/assets/911/72911/Undersea_dragon_Chinese_ASW_capabilities_advance.pdf |archive-date=8 September 2017}} This launcher may fire the Yu-7 ASW torpedo.
= Radar =
File:Bridge of CNS Changchun (DDG-150).jpg
The Type 052C is the first PLAN warship to mount the G-band Type 346 AESA radar. The four phased array antennas are mounted on the taller forward superstructure. The Type 346 is used for air search, and provides fire control for the HHQ-9. The combination of AESA radar and VLS SAMs produces a marked increase in anti-aircraft firepower over previous Chinese warships.
= Aircraft =
A Kamov Ka-28 or Harbin Z-9 helicopter may operate from the rear hangar and flight deck.McDevitt: pages 61 The Ka-28 is equipped with a search radar and dipping sonar and can also employ sonobuoys, torpedoes, depth charges, or mines.United States Navy Office of Naval Intelligence: The PLA Navy, pages 20-21 The Z-9 is a variant of the Airbus Helicopters AS365 Dauphin. The naval variant of the Z-9, the Z-9C, is equipped with the KLC-1 search radar, dipping sonar, and is typically armed with a single, lightweight torpedo.United States Navy Office of Naval Intelligence: The PLA Navy, pages 20 Either helicopter significantly improves the anti-submarine capabilities of the Type 052C.
=Propulsion=
The Type 052C propulsion is in the combined diesel or gas (CODOG) arrangement, with two Ukrainian DA80 gas turbines and two MTU 20V 956TB92 diesel engines.
The DA80s had blade problems and may have contributed to the last two Type 052Cs sitting pierside at the shipyard for two years without being accepted by the PLAN.
The MTU 20V 956TB92 engines were license-produced by Shaanxi Diesel Engine Works.
Ships of class
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!Hull no. !Name !Builder !Launched !Commissioned !Fleet !Status |
| 170{{Cite report |author=United States Navy Office of Naval Intelligence |author-link=Office of Naval Intelligence |date=2018 |title=PLA Navy Identification Guide |url=https://www.oni.navy.mil/Publications/China/ |access-date=29 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190430032321/https://www.oni.navy.mil/Publications/China/ |archive-date=30 April 2019 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}
| Jiangnan Shipyard, Shanghai{{cite book |editor-last=Saunders |editor-first=Stephan |title=Jane's Fighting Ships 2009-2010 |publisher=Jane's Information Group |date=2009 |page=137 |isbn=978-0710628886}} |
| 171
| 海口 / Haikou |
| 150
| 长春 / Changchun | Jiangnan Shipyard, ChangxingdaoJane's Fighting Ships, 2023-24 Edition, ISBN 978-0-7106-3428 3, page 142. |
| 151
| 郑州 / Zhengzhou |
| 152
| 济南 / Jinan |
| 153
| 西安 / Xi'an |
Gallery
File:Chinese missile destroyer Zhengzhou after the China-Russia "Maritime Cooperation 2014" joint military exercise.jpg|Type 052C Zhengzhou (151)
File:Maritime Interdiction Operations at RIMPAC 2016 160718-N-CA112-002.jpg|Xi'an (153) and Z-9 at RIMPAC 2016
File:PLANS Changchun (DDG-150) 20180420.jpg|Changchun (150) in the East China Sea
See also
References
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Bibliography
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- {{cite journal |last1=Li |first1=Nan |title=Why Is the Surface Fleet Gaining Importance? |url=https://digital-commons.usnwc.edu/cmsi-red-books/13/ |journal=CSMI Red Book |date=July 2017 |volume=14 |pages=43–54 |publisher=United States Naval War College |isbn=978-1-935352-45-7 |access-date=22 May 2019 }}
- {{cite journal |last1=McDevitt |first1=Michael |title=The Modern PLA Navy Destroyer Force |url=https://digital-commons.usnwc.edu/cmsi-red-books/13/ |journal=CSMI Red Book |date=July 2017 |volume=14 |pages=55–65 |publisher=United States Naval War College |isbn=978-1-935352-45-7 |access-date=22 May 2019 }}
- {{Cite report |author=United States Navy Office of Naval Intelligence |author-link=Office of Naval Intelligence |date=2015 |title=The PLA Navy: New Capabilities and Missions for the 21st Century |url=https://www.oni.navy.mil/Portals/12/Intel%20agencies/China_Media/2015_PLA_NAVY_PUB_Print_Low_Res.pdf?ver=2015-12-02-081233-733 |access-date=22 May 2019 }}
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External links
{{Commons category|Type 052C destroyer}}
- [http://www.naval-technology.com/projects/luyangclassmissilede/ Type 052C on Naval-Technology]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070116130251/http://www.sinodefence.com/navy/surface/type052cluyangii.asp Chinese Defense Today (Sinodefense) page on 052C Destroyer]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070821073830/http://www.sinodefence.com/navy/navalmissile/yj62.asp Chinese Defense Today (Sinodefense) page on the YJ-62 (C-602) Anti-Ship Missile]
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