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Guided missile destroyer Changsha (DDG 173)

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Classification

Ship class:
Luyang 3-class destroyer (Type 052D)
Type:
Guided missile destroyer

Basic information

Namesake:
Provincial capital of Hunan, Changsha
Operator:
People's Liberation Army Navy (Chinese Navy)People's Liberation Army Navy (Chinese Navy)
Country of build:
Builder:
Jiangnan Shipyard
Launched:
Commissioned (service):
Status:
Active

Ship measurements

Displacement:
7,500 t
Length:
157 m
Beam:
17 m
Draft:
6 m

Machine

Propulsion system:
CODOG
Propulsion:
  • 2 * QC-280 gas turbines (28 MW / 38000 hp, each)
  • 2 * MTU-20 V956 TB92 diesel engines (3.82 MW / 10250 hp, each)
  • 2 * shafts / 2 controllable pitch propellers (CPP)
Speed:
30 knots
Range:
4,500 nmi (8,300 km; 5,200 mi) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph)

Personnel

Complement:
280

Combat assets

Electronics:
  • Type 346 multi-function, dual-band (S and C-bands) active electronically scanned array radar (AESA)
  • Type 518 L-band long range air surveillance radar
  • Type 366 surface search and targetting radar
  • Type 349A fire control radar
  • Variable depth sonar
  • Towed array sonar
Armament:
  • 1 * 130 mm gun
  • 64 cell VLS (GJB 5860-2006 standard)
  • HHQ-9 SAM
  • YJ-18 SSM
  • CY-5 ASW
  • Early units: Type 730 close-in weapon system (CIWS)
  • Later units: Type 1130 CIWS
Aircraft:
  • 1 * Harbin Z-20 helicopter

Changsha (173) is a Type 052D destroyer of the People's Liberation Army Navy. She was commissioned on 12 August 2015.

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