Chinese destroyer Jinan (152)
Jinan underway on 7 November 2015
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Name | Jinan |
Namesake |
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Builder | Jiangnan Shipyard, Shanghai |
Laid down | December 2011 |
Launched | January 2012 |
Commissioned | 22 December 2014 |
Homeport | Zhoushan |
Identification | Pennant number: 152 |
Status | Active |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Type 052C destroyer |
Displacement | 7,000 tons |
Length | 155 m (508 ft 6 in) |
Beam | 17 m (55 ft 9 in) |
Draught | 6 m (19 ft 8 in) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 29 knots (54 km/h; 33 mph) |
Range | 4,500 nautical miles (8,300 km; 5,200 mi) at 15 knots |
Complement | 280 |
Sensors and processing systems |
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Electronic warfare & decoys | NRJ-6A |
Armament |
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Aircraft carried | 1 helicopter: Kamov Ka-28 or Harbin Z-9 |
Aviation facilities | Hangar and helipad |
Jinan (152) is a Type 052C destroyer of the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN). She was commissioned on 22 December 2014.
Development and design
[edit]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.[1] They 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.[2]
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.[3] 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.
A Kamov Ka-28 or Harbin Z-9 helicopter may operate from the rear hangar and flight deck.[4] The Ka-28 is equipped with a search radar and dipping sonar and can also employ sonobuoys, torpedoes, depth charges, or mines.[5] 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.[6] Either helicopter significantly improves the anti-submarine capabilities of the Type 052C.
The main gun is a 100 mm (4 in) PJ-87. The gun suffered from jamming and may have influenced the decision to adopt a different weapon for the Type 052D destroyer.[7] The weapon has a rate of fire of 25 rounds per minute.[8] Close-in defence is provided by two seven-barrel 30 mm (1.2 in) 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.[8]
Construction and career
[edit]Jinan was launched in January 2012 at the Jiangnan Shipyard in Shanghai. The ship was commissioned on 22 December 2014.[9]
On 3 April 2015, Jinan, Yiyang, and Qiandaohu formed the twentieth escort fleet of the People's Liberation Army Navy and set sail from a military port in Zhoushan City, Zhejiang Province, and went to the Gulf of Aden and Somali waters to take over The nineteenth batch of escort formations performed escort missions.[10] In November 2015, the same ships made the first ever port call by PLAN ships to the Eastern Coast of the United States when they docked at Mayport Harbor, Florida for a goodwill visit.[11]
Gallery
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Jinan moored in Stockholm on 4 October 2015.
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Jinan off at Mayport, Florida on 3 November 2015.
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Jinan moored at Mayport, Florida on 3 November 2015.
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Jinan underway 20 April 2018.
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Jinan underway 29 May 2020.
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Jinan underway 22 June 2020.
References
[edit]- ^ Saunders, Stephan, ed. (2009). Jane's Fighting Ships 2009–2010. Jane's Information Group. p. 137. ISBN 978-0710628886.
- ^ McDevitt: pages 59
- ^ Saunders, Stephan, ed. (2009). Jane's Fighting Ships 2009–2010. Jane's Information Group. p. 137. ISBN 978-0710628886.
- ^ McDevitt: pages 61
- ^ United States Navy Office of Naval Intelligence: The PLA Navy, pages 20–21
- ^ United States Navy Office of Naval Intelligence: The PLA Navy, pages 20
- ^ O'Rourke, Ronald (21 March 2013). CRS Report for CongressPrepared for Members and Committees of Congress China Naval Modernization: Implications for U.S. Navy Capabilities—Background and Issues for Congress (PDF). RL33153 (Report). Congressional Research Service. p. 28. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 August 2017. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
- ^ a b Saunders, Stephan, ed. (2009). Jane's Fighting Ships 2009–2010. Jane's Information Group. p. 137. ISBN 978-0710628886.
- ^ United States Navy Office of Naval Intelligence (2018). PLA Navy Identification Guide (Report). Archived from the original on 30 April 2019. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
- ^ "海军第二十批护航编队从舟山起航 ——国防部网站". www.mod.gov.cn. Archived from the original on 2021-04-19. Retrieved 2020-12-13.
- ^ Lang, Nathan (November 11, 2015). "People's Liberation Army-Navy visits NS Mayport". Florida Times-Union.