Type 051 Luda-class Destroyer

The Type 051 destroyer (NATO code name Luda-class) Guided missile destroyer was the first modern surface warfare oriented vessel ever designed and built in China, and the first Chinese ship to be fitted with an integrated combat direction system. It was usually considered to be based on the Soviet Kotlin-class destroyer design though some other sources say the Neustrashimy-class destroyer, with some features from the Kotlin-class.

Seventeen ships of the Luda-class were built. Of those seventeen ships, one suffered an explosion and sank, one is being used as a target ship, two are being used as training ships, five have become museum ships, two are laid up awaiting disposal, and six are currently active.

Unit Run

• PLANS Jinan (105) - museum ship
• PLANS Xi'an (106) - training ship
• PLANS Guangzhou (160) - suffered an explosion and sank
• PLANS Yinchuan (107) - museum ship
• PLANS Changsha (161) - target ship
• PLANS Nanjing (131) - museum ship
• PLANS Nanning (162) - awaiting disposal
• PLANS Xining (108) - museum ship
• PLANS Hefei (132) - training ship
• PLANS Nanchang (163) - museum ship
• PLANS Kaifeng (109) - active
• PLANS Chongqing (133) - laid up
• PLANS Dalian (110) - active
• PLANS Zunyi (134) - active
• PLANS Guilin (164) - active
• PLANS Zhanjiang (165) - active
• PLANS Zhuhai (166) - active