Anshan-class destroyer

Retired Anshan-class destroyer Taiyuan at Laohutan, Dalian
Class overview
Builders:	Komsomolsk Dockyard, USSR
Operators:	People's Liberation Army Navy
Preceded by:	Gnevny-class destroyer
Succeeded by:	Type 051 Luda class
Built:	1936-42
In commission:	1955-1980's (China)
Completed:	4
Retired:	4
Scrapped:	1
Preserved:	3
General characteristics
Type:	Destroyer
Displacement:	2,040 tons full load
Length:	112.9 m (370 ft)
Beam:	10.2 m (33 ft)
Draught:	3.8 m (12 ft)
Propulsion:	2 shaft geared steam turbines,
Speed:	38 knots (70 km/h)
Range:	2,600 nautical miles (4,820 km) at 20 knots (37 km/h)
Complement:	197
Armament:	4 × HY-2 SSM, 4 × 130 mm gun 8 × 37 mm gun, torpedoes, mines

The Anshan-class destroyers were the People's Liberation Army Navy's (PLAN) first destroyers. They were ex-Soviet Gnevny-class destroyers purchased in the 1950s. The Chinese later added HY-2 anti-ship missiles and removed some of the torpedo tubes, and redesignated as Type 6607.

History

After 1949 the PLAN negotiated with Britain through Hong Kong to buy some second-hand ships and boats but unable to do so due to the Korean War. As a result, the PLAN turned to the USSR to buy 4 worn-out destroyers with 17 tons of gold.^[1]

The Anshan-class ships were withdrawn from active service by the 1990s, but retained as training (# 104) and museum ships (# 101). The PLAN retains ownership through PLAN funded institutions.^[2]

Ship List

• Anshan (# 101) ex-Rekordny,

Museum ship in Qingdao from 1992.

• Fushun (# 102) ex-Rezkiy,

Scrapped 1980s

• Changchun (#103) ex-Reshitelny,

Decommissioned 1990, museum ship in Rushan.

• Taiyuan (#104) ex-Chin Lin, ex-Retivy,

Stationary training ship for the Dalian Naval Academy.

References

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Bibliography

• Yakubov, Vladimir; Worth, Richard (2008). "The Soviet Project 7/7U Destroyers". In Jordan, John; Dent, Stephen. Warship 2008. London: Conway. pp. 99–114. ISBN 978-1-84486-062-3.