''Shijiazhuang'' (116) is second ship of

Type 051C destroyer The Type 051C destroyer (NATO reporting name: Luzhou class) is a long-range air-defence guided-missile destroyer built by China in its ongoing effort to create a true blue water navy. The ship uses the hull design of the older Type 051B (Luhai ...

of the

People's Liberation Army Navy The People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN; ), also known as the People's Navy, Chinese Navy, or PLA Navy, is the maritime service branch of the People's Liberation Army. The PLAN traces its lineage to naval units fighting during the Chinese ...

. She was commissioned on 22 January 2007.

Development and design

The Type 051C destroyers were constructed at Dalian Shipyard and was revealed in 2004. They uses the advanced Russian S-300FM air defence missile system with

track-via-missile Track-via-missile or TVM refers to a missile guidance technique which combines features of semi-active radar homing (SARH) and radio command guidance. This avoids the problems with terminal accuracy normally seen by command guided missiles, espec ...

homing guided by a single Tombstone radar. The missile has a maximum range of 150 km and an operating altitude of 10 m - 27 km. The anti-ship abilities possessed by the ''Luzhou'' class includes 8 indigenous

YJ-83 The YJ-83 (; NATO reporting name: CSS-N-8 Saccade) is a Chinese subsonic anti-ship cruise missile. It is manufactured by the China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation Third Academy.Gromley et al.: page 101 Description The YJ-83 uses mi ...

(C-803)

Anti-ship missile An anti-ship missile (AShM) is a guided missile that is designed for use against ships and large boats. Most anti-ship missiles are of the sea skimming variety, and many use a combination of inertial guidance and active radar homing. A good ...

s. This

anti-ship missile An anti-ship missile (AShM) is a guided missile that is designed for use against ships and large boats. Most anti-ship missiles are of the sea skimming variety, and many use a combination of inertial guidance and active radar homing. A good ...

has a range of 150+ km and approaches its target in sea skimming mode at a speed of Mach 1.5. As a secondary role, the missile can also be used against land targets. The ship uses two

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 ...

guns for air defence. The Type 730 is a highly effective

CIWS A close-in weapon system (CIWS ) is a point-defense weapon system for detecting and destroying short-range incoming missiles and enemy aircraft which have penetrated the outer defenses, typically mounted on a naval ship. Nearly all classes of la ...

that is also installed on the Type 052B (''Guangzhou'' class) and Type 052C/052D destroyers, and the

Type 054A The Type 054A (NATO/Office of the Secretary of Defense, OSD Jiangkai II) is a Ship class, class of guided-missile frigate from the People's Republic of China. It is a development of the Type 054 frigate; compared to its predecessor, the Type 054 ...

(''Jiangkai'' II class) frigates. The ship also has 100 mm gun based on a

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for use against surface targets.

Construction and career

''Shijiazhuang'' was launched on 26 January 2005 at the

Dalian Shipyard Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Company (DSIC), located in Dalian, Liaoning province, China. It is part of China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (CSIC), which has since been merged into China State Shipbuilding Corporation to form China's lar ...

Dalian Dalian () is a major sub-provincial port city in Liaoning province, People's Republic of China, and is Liaoning's second largest city (after the provincial capital Shenyang) and the third-most populous city of Northeast China. Located on the ...

. The system installation was completed in late 2005 and commissioned on 1 January 2006. On April 23, 2009, to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy, ''Shijiazhuang'' served as the main review ship. On April 12, 2018, at the maritime parade in the

South China Sea The South China Sea is a marginal sea of the Western Pacific Ocean. It is bounded in the north by the shores of South China (hence the name), in the west by the Indochinese Peninsula, in the east by the islands of Taiwan and northwestern Phil ...

, her No.116 appeared in the Carrier Strike Echelon.

Gallery

File:US Navy 090423-N-1251W-103 Sailors assigned to the guided-missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62) man the rails and render honors to the People's Liberation Army Navy.jpg, ''Shijiazhuang'' coming alongside

USS Fitzgerald USS ''Fitzgerald'' (DDG-62), named for United States Navy officer Lieutenant William Charles Fitzgerald, is an in the US Navy. In the early morning hours of 17 June 2017, the ship was involved in a collision with the container ship , seriousl ...

on 23 April 2009. File:PLANS Shijiazhuang (DDG-116) in Vladivostok 2017.jpg, ''Shijiazhuang'' entering

Vladivostok Vladivostok ( rus, Владивосто́к, a=Владивосток.ogg, p=vɫədʲɪvɐˈstok) is the largest city and the administrative center of Primorsky Krai, Russia. The city is located around the Zolotoy Rog, Golden Horn Bay on the Sea ...

on 18 September 2017. File:PLANS Shijiazhuang (DDG-116) 20190611.jpg, Shijiazhuang underway on 11 June 2019.

References

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