Type 051B destroyer

Class overview
DDG 167 Shenzhen in Apra Harbor, Guam
Operators:	People's Liberation Army Navy
Preceded by:	Type 052
Succeeded by:	Type 051C
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
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

The Type 051B Luhai-class is a class of destroyer built by the People's Republic of China. It consists of only one ship, No.167 Shenzhen. When Shenzhen was commissioned into the People's Liberation Army Navy in 1998, it was then, the largest surface combatant that China had ever built. It resembles in many ways an enlarged version of the Luhu-class destroyer, and is one of the first PLAN ships with a slope-sided hull to reduce radar signature.

History

Shenzhen was laid down by Dalian Shipyard in Northeastern China in May 1996. The Shenzhen made the switch from the Luhu-class' Diesel-Gas-Turbines to Gas Turbine engines. Some sources claim that the ship is powered by 2 Ukrainian AM50 Gas Turbine Engines while others claim that the ship may be powered by two indigenous steam turbine engines. The Luhai-class is 2,000 tons larger than the Type 052 destroyer, Luhu-class. The launch was in 1997 although official revelation of the ship's existence did not come until the year following its commissioning. The chief designer of this class is academic, Mr. Pan Jingfu (潘镜芙), who is also the designer of the predecessor and follow-up of this class of ship.

Analysts speculated that the ship would be equipped with VLS system in the forward section for air-defense SAMs. However, when the ship was finally revealed, many were disappointed by its out-dated air-defense capability. They were still armed with the 8-cell HQ-7 SAM launcher. These SAMs lack effectiveness against sea skimming missiles with multiple approach angles. The PLAN was unhappy with the design and no further ships of this class was built.

The sole Type 051B destroyer 167 Shenzhen participated in the PLA Navy’s first goodwill visit to Africa in 2000, the first visit to Europe in 2001 and the first visit to Japan in 2007. In 2004, the ship received its mid-life modernization refit, with its original 100mm main gun and the HQ-7 air defense missile system being replaced by improved models.

Type 051B destroyer 167 Shenzhen visited Kochi, India for four days in August 2009, after deployment in the Gulf of Aden on anti-piracy operations.

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Ship classes of the Chinese Navy

Submarines


Nuclear ballistic missile	Type 094 Jin class · Type 092 Xia class

Nuclear attack	Type 093 Shang class · Type 091 Han class

Conventional ballistic missile	Modified Project 629 Golf class⁺

Conventional attack	Type 041 Yuan class · Type 039/039A/039G Song class · Type 035 Ming class · Type 033 Romeo class⁺ · Project 636 Kilo II class · Project 877EKM Kilo I class

Principal
surface
combatants

Aircraft carriers	Future Chinese carrier^* · Project 1143.6 Kuznetsov class^*

Destroyers	Type 052C Luyang II (Lanzhou) class · Type 052B Luyang I (Guangzhou) class · Type 052 Luhu class · Type 051C Luzhou class · Type 051B Luhai class · Type 051DT Luda IV class · Type 051G1/G2 Luda III class · Type 051 Luda II class · Type 051 Luda I class · Project 956EM Sovremenny II class · Project 956 Sovremenny I class Anshan class destroyer⁺

Frigates	Type 054A Jiangkai II class · Type 054 Jiangkai I (Ma'anshan) class · Type 053H3 Jiangwei II class · Type 053H2G Jiangwei I class · Type 053H1G Jianghu V class · Type 053HT-H Jianghu IV class · Type 053H2 Jianghu III class · Type 053H1 Jianghu II class · Type 053 Jianghu I class

Coastal
warfare
vessels

Missile boats	Type 022 Houbei class · Type 037-II Houjian class · Type 037-IG Houxin class · Type 021 Houdong class · Type 021 Huangfeng (Soviet Osa-I) class · Type 021 Hola class · China Cat (C 14) class · Type 024 Heku/Hegu/Houku/Hougu class

Torpedo boats	Type 025 Huchuan class · P4 class

Gunboats	Type 062-I Shanghai III class · Type 062 Shanghai II class · Type 062 Shanghai I class · Type 206 Huludao class · Shantou class⁺ · Beihai class⁺ · Huangpu class⁺ · Yulin class⁺

Submarine chasers	Type 037-IS Haiqing class · Type 037-I Haijiu class · Type 062-I Haizhui class · Type 037 Hainan class · Kronshtadt class

Amphibious
warfare
vessels

Landing platforms	Type 071 Yuzhao class amphibious transport dock

Landing ships	Type 072 Yukan class LST · Type072-II Yuting I class LST · Type 072-III Yuting II class LST · Type 079 Yuliang class LSM · Type 074 Yuhai (Wuhu-A) class LSM · Type 073 I/II/III class LSM · Type 073 IV Yunshu class LSM

Landing craft	Yubei class LCU · Type 722-II Jingsha II class LCAC · Type 724 LCAC · Type 271 Yupen class LCU · Type 067 Yunnan class LCU · Type 068/069 Yuch'in class LCM · Zubr class LCAC^*

Minesweepers,
Minelayers

Type 081 Wochi class minehunter · Type 082-II Wozang class minehunter · Type 918 Wolei class minelayer · Type 010 class oceangoing minesweeper · T-43 class oceangoing minesweeper⁺ ·

Type 082 Wosao class minesweeper · Type 062 Fushun class coastal minesweeper⁺ · Type 312 Futi class minesweeper / minesweeping drone

= Under construction or procurement
+ = Retired
Ships of the Chinese Navy · People's Liberation Army