''Jinan'' (152) is a

Type 052C destroyer The Type 052C destroyer (NATO/Office of the Secretary of Defense, OSD Luyang II-class destroyer) is a ship class, class of guided-missile destroyers in the China, Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy Surface Force (PLAN). The Type 052C introduc ...

of the

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(PLAN). She was commissioned on 22 December 2014.

Development and 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. 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.McDevitt: pages 59 The Type 052C propulsion is in the

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(CODOG) arrangement, with two

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DA80

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s and two MTU 20V 956TB92

diesel engine The diesel engine, named after Rudolf Diesel, is an internal combustion engine in which ignition of the fuel is caused by the elevated temperature of the air in the cylinder due to mechanical compression; thus, the diesel engine is a so-call ...

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. A

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or Harbin Z-9 helicopter may operate from the rear

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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

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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

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capabilities of the Type 052C. 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 Type 052D destroyer (NATO/ OSD Luyang III-class destroyer) is a class of guided-missile destroyers in the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy. The Type 052D is a larger variant of the Type 052C; the Type 052D uses a canister-type, instead ...

. 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.

Construction and career

''Jinan'' was launched in January 2012 at the

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. The ship was commissioned on 22 December 2014. On 3 April 2015, ''Jinan'', , and formed the twentieth escort fleet of the People's Liberation Army Navy and set sail from a military port in

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, and went to the

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and Somali waters to take over The nineteenth batch of escort formations performed escort missions. On 7 November 2015, ''Jinan'', ''Qiandaohu'' and ''Yiyang'' held a six-hour joint

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with the

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. This was the first Sino-U.S. joint force in the

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. The exercise was conducted in the Atlantic waters southeast of Mayport,

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. The United States Navy ships involved in the exercise were , and .

Gallery

File:Port bow view of PLANS Jinan (152) leading Yiyang (548), USS Mason (DDG-87), USS Monterey (CG-61), and USS Stout (DDG-55) during passing exercise 151107-N-KE519-226.jpg, ''Jinan'' with

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ships in the

on 3 April 2015. File:Starboard side view of PLANS Jinan (152), Yiyang (548), USS Mason (DDG-87), USS Monterey (CG-61), and USS Stout (DDG-55) in formation during passing exercise 151107-N-KE519-374.jpg, ''Jinan'' with

ships in the

on 3 April 2015. File:Bow view of USS Monterey (CG-61), PLANS Yiyang (548), Jinan (152), and USS Mason (DDG-87) in formation during passing exercise 151107-N-KE519-386.jpg, ''Jinan'' with

ships in the

on 3 April 2015. File:Chinese Naval ship 152.JPG, ''Jinan'' moored in

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on 4 October 2015. File:PLANS Jinan (DDG-152) 20151103 2.JPG, ''Jinan'' off at Mayport,

on 3 November 2015. File:PLANS Jinan (DDG-152) 20151103 3.JPG, ''Jinan'' off at Mayport, Florida on 3 November 2015. File:PLANS Jinan (DDG-152) 20151103.JPG, ''Jinan'' moored at Mayport, Florida on 3 November 2015. File:PLANS Jinan (DDG-152) 20180420.jpg, ''Jinan'' underway 20 April 2018. File:PLANS Jinan (DDG-152) 20200529.jpg, ''Jinan'' underway 29 May 2020. File:PLANS Jinan (DDG-152) 20200622.jpg, ''Jinan'' underway 22 June 2020.

References

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