The Type 052C destroyer (NATO/
OSD Luyang II-class destroyer) is a
class
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of
guided-missile destroyers in the
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People's Liberation Army Navy Surface Force (PLAN). The Type 052C introduced both fixed
active electronically scanned array
An active electronically scanned array (AESA) is a type of phased array antenna, which is a computer-controlled array antenna in which the beam of radio waves can be electronically steered to point in different directions without moving the an ...
(AESA)
radar
Radar is a detection system that uses radio waves to determine the distance (''ranging''), angle, and radial velocity of objects relative to the site. It can be used to detect aircraft, ships, spacecraft, guided missiles, motor vehicles, w ...
and
vertically launched surface-to-air missile
A surface-to-air missile (SAM), also known as a ground-to-air missile (GTAM) or surface-to-air guided weapon (SAGW), is a missile designed to be launched from the ground to destroy aircraft or other missiles. It is one type of anti-aircraft syst ...
s into PLAN service,
[McDevitt: pages 59-60] making it the first Chinese warship with area air defence capability.
, six of these destroyers had been built and were operational.
Program
The first two ships, and , were laid down at the
Jiangnan Shipyard in
Shanghai
Shanghai (; , , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ) is one of the four direct-administered municipalities of the People's Republic of China (PRC). The city is located on the southern estuary of the Yangtze River, with the Huangpu River flow ...
in 2002, and entered service in 2004 and 2005 respectively.
No new ships were laid down until 2010;
[Li: page 44] the pause may have been due to the relocation of the shipyard.
[McDevitt: pages 59]
Design
The Type 052C appears to share the same basic hull design as the
Type 052B destroyer
The Type 052B (NATO/ OSD Luyang I-class destroyer 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 195McDevit ...
, which in turn is based on the
Type 051B destroyer
The Type 051B destroyer (NATO reporting name: Luhai class) is a class of destroyer built by the People's Republic of China. It consists of only one ship, ''Shenzhen'' (167). When ''Shenzhen'' was commissioned into the People's Liberation Army N ...
. 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
![Anti-ship missile launchers on CNS Haikou (DDG-171)](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3f/Anti-ship_missile_launchers_on_CNS_Haikou_%28DDG-171%29.jpg)
The Type 052C carries 48 H
HQ-9
The HQ-9 () is a long-range semi-active radar homing (SARH) surface-to-air missile (SAM) developed by the People's Republic of China. The naval variant is the HHQ-9 ().
Description
The HQ-9 is a derivative of the Russian S-300. Justin Bronk d ...
naval
surface-to-air missile
A surface-to-air missile (SAM), also known as a ground-to-air missile (GTAM) or surface-to-air guided weapon (SAGW), is a missile designed to be launched from the ground to destroy aircraft or other missiles. It is one type of anti-aircraft syst ...
s (SAM),
each with a range of .
[United States Department of Defense: Annual Report To Congress 2019, page 70] The SAMs are
cold launch
A vertical launching system (VLS) is an advanced system for holding and firing missiles on mobile naval platforms, such as surface ships and submarines. Each vertical launch system consists of a number of ''cells'', which can hold one or mor ...
ed
from eight revolver-type
vertical launchers, with six missiles per launcher.
Eight
YJ-62
The YJ-62 () is a People's Republic of China, Chinese subsonic anti-ship missile, anti-ship cruise missile. It is manufactured by the China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation Third Academy.
Description
In a September 2014 article publish ...
anti-ship missile
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s are carried in two quad-canister launchers just forward of the hangar.
Each missile has a range of .
Guns
The main gun is a
PJ-87. The gun suffered from jamming and may have influenced the decision to adopt a different weapon for the
Type 052D destroyer.
The weapon has a rate of fire of 25 rounds per minute.
Close-in defence is provided by two seven-barrel
Type 730 CIWS
The Type 730 is a Chinese seven-barrelled 30 mm Gatling gun/Rotary cannon CIWS. It has a PLA Navy designation H/PJ12. It is mounted in an enclosed automatic turret and directed by radar, and electro-optical tracking systems. The maximum rat ...
, 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
torpedo tube
A torpedo tube is a cylindrical device for launching torpedoes.
There are two main types of torpedo tube: underwater tubes fitted to submarines and some surface ships, and deck-mounted units (also referred to as torpedo launchers) installed aboa ...
s are carried; these are copies or derivatives of the
Whitehead Alenia Sistemi Subacquei B515/ILAS-3.
This launcher may fire the
Yu-7 ASW torpedo.
Radar
![Bridge of CNS Changchun (DDG-150)](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a5/Bridge_of_CNS_Changchun_%28DDG-150%29.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
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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
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capabilities of the Type 052C.
Propulsion
The Type 052C propulsion is in the
combined diesel or gas (CODOG) arrangement, with two
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DA80
gas turbines and two
MTU 20V 956TB92
diesel engine
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s.
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
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
*
List of naval ship classes in service
*
Guided-missile destroyer
References
Bibliography
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External links
Type 052C on Naval-TechnologyChinese Defense Today (Sinodefense) page on 052C DestroyerChinese Defense Today (Sinodefense) page on the YJ-62 (C-602) Anti-Ship Missile
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