Type 052D Luyang III-class Guided Missile Destroyer

The Type 052D destroyer (NATO code name Luyang III-class, or Kunming-class after the lead ship) is a class of guided missile destroyers being deployed by the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy. Currently it is being built at two different Chinese ship yards.

After the Type 052C destroyer, two new hulls were spotted under construction at Changxingdao-Jiangnan Shipyard (JNCX) in August 2012. According to the picture, they were armed with a new 130mm main gun and new AESA radar system. Altogether five vessels of this class are now fitting out or under construction, with at least a further two on order or planned, two vessels on sea trial and three vessels active.

Following the completion of twelve Type 052D ships, the PLAN will shift production to the newer Type 055 destroyers.

Specifications

 * Type: Air Defense Destroyer
 * Service Period: 2014-Present
 * Characteristics:
 * Length: 515 feet (156.97 meters) - 525 feet (160.02 meters)
 * Beam: 59 feet 1 inches (18.01 meters)
 * Draft: 21 feet 4 inches (6.5 meters)
 * Displacement: 6,800 tons (Standard); 7,700 tons (Full Load)
 * Crew: 280
 * Propulsion:
 * 2 x QC-280 gas turbines, 76,000 shp (56 MW)
 * 2 x Shaanxi-MTU 20V956 TB92 diesel engines, 16,000 hp (12 MW)
 * 2 x shafts
 * Range: 4,500 nautical miles (8,334 kilometers) at 15 knots (27.78 km/h)
 * Speed: 30+ knots (55.56+ km/h)
 * Sensor Suite:
 * Type 344A Multifunction AESA Radar
 * Type 346A APAR
 * Type 517B Air Search Radar
 * Type 364 Surface Search Radar
 * Type 349 Fire Control Radar
 * Type 366 SSM Fire Control Radar
 * OFC-3 Electro-Optical Fire Control System
 * H/SJD-9 Active/Passive Hull Sonar
 * ESS-1 Medium Frequency Variable Depth Sonar
 * H/SJG-206 Towed Array Sonar
 * Countermeasures:
 * NRJ6A ESM Suite
 * Type 726-4 18-tube decoy launcher
 * Armament:
 * 1 x H/JP-38 130mm/70-caliber naval gun
 * 1 x 64-cell VLS (fires HHQ-9A SAMs, DK-10 SAMs, YJ-18/YJ-83 AShMs, CJ-10 cruise missiles)
 * 1 x 24-cell SAM Launcher (fires HHQ-10 SAMs)
 * 2 x 12.75" triple torpedo tubes (fires Yu-7 and ET52 lightweight torpedoes)
 * 2 x 30mm remote controlled gun
 * 1 x H/PJ-12 30mm CIWS
 * Aircraft Carried: 1 x Harbin Z-9 maritime helicopter
 * Aviation Facilities: Helicopter Landing Platform and Enclosed Hangar

Batch I (157 meter length)

 * PLANS Kunming (172)
 * PLANS Changsha (173)
 * PLANS Hefei (174)
 * PLANS Yinchuan (175)
 * PLANS Xining (117)
 * PLANS Xiamen (154)
 * PLANS Urumqi (118)
 * PLANS Guiyang (119)
 * PLANS Chengdu (120)
 * PLANS Nanjing (155)
 * PLANS Taiyuan (131)
 * PLANS Hohhot (161)
 * PLANS Qiqihar (121) - sea trials

Batch II (160 meter length)

 * PLANS Zibo (156) - fitting out
 * PLANS Ganzhou (162) - fitting out
 * PLANS Huainan - fitting out
 * PLANS Nanning - fitting out
 * PLANS Unnamed - under construction
 * PLANS Unnamed - under construction
 * PLANS Unnamed - under construction
 * PLANS Unnamed - under construction
 * PLANS Unnamed - under construction
 * PLANS Unnamed - under construction
 * PLANS Unnamed - under construction
 * PLANS Unnamed - planned for construction
 * PLANS Unnamed - planned for construction

Related Development

 * Type 052 Luhu-class
 * Type 052B Luyang I-class
 * Type 052C Luyang II-class
 * Type 055 Renhai-class

Comparable Vessels

 * Arleigh Burke-class (United States)
 * Atago-class (Japan)
 * Daring-class (United Kingdom)
 * Hobart-class (Australia)
 * Horizon-class (France/Italy)
 * Kongou-class (Japan)
 * Ontario-class (Canada)
 * Sejong the Great-class (South Korea)
 * Yukinami-class (Japan)
 * Álvaro de Bazán-class (Spain)