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 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

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^[which?] 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, it was 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 were 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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Ships of Class

Number	Pennant Number	Name	Builder	Launched	Commissioned	Fleet	Status
1	167	深圳 / Shenzhen	Dalian	October 1997	February 1999	South Sea Fleet	Active

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Ship classes of the People's Liberation Army Navy
(Ships • Active Ships)

Submarines
(list)

Nuclear ballistic missile	Type 096 Tang class Type 094 Jin class Type 092 Xia class

Nuclear attack	Type 095 ??? class Type 093 Shang class Type 091 Han class

Conventional ballistic missile	Modified Project 629 Golf class: Type 6631/031⁺

Conventional attack	Type 043 Qing class Type 041 Yuan class Type 039/039A/039G Song class ES5C⁺/D⁺/E⁺/F⁺ and Type 035⁺/035A⁺/035G⁺/035B⁺/035ET⁺/035G Ming class Modified Project 633 Romeo class: ES5A⁺/B⁺ and Type 6633⁺/033⁺/033G⁺/033G1⁺Wuhan 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 052D^* 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⁺

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 053H1Q Jianghu IV class Type 053H2 Jianghu III class Type 053H1 Jianghu II class Type 053H Jianghu I class

Coastal
warfare
vessels

Corvettes	Type 056 Jiangdao class

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 C 14 China Cat 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 Project 122bis Kronshtadt class

Amphibious
warfare
vessels

Landing platforms	Type 071 Yuzhao class amphibious transport dock

Landing ships	Type 072 Yukan class LST Type 072-II Yuting I class LST Type 072-III Yuting II class LST Type 072A LST Type 079 Yuliang class LSM⁺ Type 079II Yuliang class LSM Type 074 Yuhai (Wuhu-A) class LSM Type 074A Yubei class LSM Type 073-I Yudao class LSM⁺ Type 073-II LSM⁺ Type 073-IIY LSM Type 073-III LSM Type 073 IV Yunshu class LSM

Air-cushioned Landing Craft	Type 726Yuyi class LCAC Type 722-II Jinsha II class LCAC Type 722-I Jinsha I class LCAC Type 716-II Dagu B class LCAC Type 716-I Dagu A class LCAC⁺ Type 724 LCAC Type 711 LCAC⁺ Songling LCAC⁺ Project 1232.2 Zubr class LCAC^*

Landing craft	Type 271 Yupen class LCU⁺ Type 271II LCU⁺ Type 271IID LCU⁺ Type 271III LCU Type 271IIIA LCU Type 067 Yunnan class LCU Type 363/363A/55 LCM⁺ Type 066/066K/066A Yuzhai class LCM⁺ Type 068/069 Yuch'in class LCM

Auxiliary
vessels

Underway replenishment	Type 903 Fuchi (Qiandaohu) class Fusu (Qinghaihu) class Fuqing class

Logistics / Tankers	Fulin class Shengli class Fuzhou class Guangzhou class Fujian class Fubei class Fuchang class

Fleet Support	Danlin class Dandao class Hongqi class Leizhou class

Hospital	Type 920 Daishandao class

Icebreaker	Yanbing class Yanha class

Submarine support	Type 925 Dajiang class Dalang-II class Dalang-III class Dazhou class Type 648 Dadong class Yudong class Dazhi class Dazhou class Daliang class

Submersible	Jiaolong class submersible Osprey class submersible Type 7103 DSRV Sea Pole class bathyscaphe Harmony class bathyscaphe Mobile diving bell QSZ-II submersible

Unmanned underwater vehicle	8A4 ROUV RECON-IV ROUV 7B8 ROUV Goldfish class ROUV HR-01 ROUV HR-02 ROUV JH-01 ROUV SJT-5 ROUV SJT-10 ROUV SJT-40 ROUV Sea Dragon-I ROUV Sea Dragon-II ROUV Arctic class ARV Explorer AUV WZODA AUV CR-01 AUV CR-01A AUV CR-02 AUV Intelligent Water class AUV Submerged Dragon 1 AUV

Electronic tracking	Shiyan class

Training	Shichang class Zhenghe class Dahua class

Space Event	Yuanwang Class Dadie class Type 625C Type 645 Type 643 Type 813 Dongdiao 232 Shiyan class

Survey	Ganzhu class Yenlai class Yannan class

Tugs	Tuzhong class Daozha class Gromovoy class Hujiu class Roslavl class

Mine warfare
vessels

Type 081 Wochi class minehunter/minesweeper
Type 918 Wolei class minelayer
Type 057K minesweeper
Type 010 class oceangoing minesweeper
T-43 class oceangoing minesweeper⁺
Type 058 minesweeper⁺
Type 7102 minesweeper⁺
Type 082 Wosao class minehunter/minesweeper
Type 082II Wozang class minehunter/minesweeper
Type 529 mine hunting/sweeping boat/drone
Type 062 Fushun class coastal minesweeper⁺
Type 312 Futi class minesweeper / minesweeping drone

* = Under construction or procurement
+ = Retired

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