Luhai Type 051B destroyer


DDG 167 Shenzhen in Apra Harbor, Guam
Class overview
Operators:  People's Liberation Army Navy
Preceded by: Type 052
Succeeded by: Type 051C and Type 052B
Cost: 2 billion renminbi yuan per ship by 1980s price
In service: 1998
Completed: 1
Active: 1
General characteristics
Displacement: 6,100 tons
Length: 153 m
Beam: 16.5 m
Draught: 6 m
Propulsion: 2 Gas or Steam turbines
Speed: 31 knots (57 km/h; 36 mph)
Range: 14,000 miles
Complement: 250 (40 officers)
Sensors and
processing systems:
Combat data system - ZKJ-6 Information processing system designed by the 709th Institute (Reported speed: 10 Mbit/s)
Data link: HN-900 (Chinese equivalent of Link 11 A/B, to be upgraded)
Communication: SNTI-240 SATCOM
Rice Shield 3-D air search radar
Type 360S air/surface search radar
Type 344 fire-control radar (for 100 mm gun & SSMs)
Armament: 16 anti-ship missiles
16 HQ-7 surface-to-air missiles (8 ready to fire + reload)
1 dual 100mm gun
4 dual-37mm anti-aircraft guns
6 torpedo tubes
2 anti-submarine rocket systems
Aircraft carried: 2 helicopters: (Kamov Ka-28 or Harbin Z-9C)
Aviation facilities: Hangar accommodating 2 helicopters
Landing platform for one helicopter
Helicopter landing system