Luhai class destroyer

The Type 051B Luhai-class is a class of destroyer built by the People's Republic of China. It consists of only one ship, No.167 Shenzhen. When Shenzhen was commissioned into the People's Liberation Army Navy in 1999, it was the largest surface combatant that China had ever built. It resembles in many ways an enlarged version of the Luhu class destroyer, and is one of the first PLAN ships with slope-side hull to reduce radar signature.

At first, analysts speculated that the ship would be equipped with VLS system in the forward section for air-defense SAMs. However when the ship was finally revealed, many were disappointed by its out-dated air-defense capability. The PLAN was unhapppy with the design and no further ships of this class was built.

Specifications

* Unit cost - > 2 billion renminbi yuan per ship by 1980's price
* Ships - DDG 167 Shenzhen
* Propulsion - 2 Ukraine GT25000 gas-turbines and 2 MTU 12V 1163TB83 diesels in CODOG config
* Length - 153 meter
* Beam - 16.5 meters
* Draft - 6 meters
* Displacement - 6,100 tons (standard); 6,600 tons (full load)
* Speed - 30 knots
* Crew - 250 (40 officers)
* Combat data system - ZKJ-4A-3 Information processing system designed by the 709th Institute (Reported speed: 10MBPS)
* Radar
** Type 381C Rice Shield 3-D air search radar
** Type 360S air/surface search radar
** Type 344 fire-control radar (for 100 mm gun & SSMs)
* Armament
** 4 x quad YJ-83 (C-803) SSM box launchers
** 1 x 8-cell HQ-7A SAM with automatic loader
** 1 x dual 100 mm/56 caliber gun
** 4 x Type 76A dual 37 mm AA guns
** 2 x triple 324 mm ASW torpedo tubes
** 2 x Type 75 240 mm 12-tube ASW rocket launchers
* Helicopter - 2 medium helicopters (Ka-28 or Z-9C)

External links

* Sino Defense Today