Anshan-class destroyer

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The Anshan-class destroyers were the People's Liberation Army Navy's (PLAN) first destroyers. They were ex-Soviet Template:Sclasss 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. All four ships of the class had been stricken by 1992.Template:Sfn

Design

The class has a length of Template:Convert with length between perpendiculars of Template:Convert,Template:Sfn a beam of Template:Convert, with a draught of Template:Convert, and their displacement were Template:Convert standard and Template:Convert at full load.Template:Sfn The ships was powered by two sets of Tosi geared steam turbines with three drum boilers, with total power output of Template:Convert distributed in two shafts. Anshan class has a maximum speed of Template:Convert, with range of Template:Convert while cruising at Template:Convert or Template:Convert at Template:Convert. The ships has a complement of 205 personnel, including 15 officers.Template:Sfn

The class were initially armed with four [[130 mm/50 B13 Pattern 1936|Template:Convert/50 caliber B13 Pattern 1936 gun]]s in four turrets, two [[76.2 mm anti-aircraft gun Model 1935 (34-K)|Template:Convert/55 34-K gun]]s in two turrets, four 37 mm/63 70-K guns in single-mounts, one Oerlikon 20 mm/70 autocannon, and two triple-tube Template:Convert torpedo tubes.Template:Sfn In 1971-1974, all ships were modernized by replacing the two torpedo tubes with two twin HY-2 surface-to-surface missile launchers, the four Soviet single-mount 37 mm/63 70-K guns were replaced with four Chinese twin-mount 37 mm/63 Type 61 guns, and removal of the 76 mm guns and 20 mm autocannon.Template:Sfn The ships also equipped with two projectors and two racks for depth charges and can carry up to 60 naval mines.Template:Sfn

The ships electronics and sensors consisted of Mina fire-control system, Gius-2 (NATO code: "Cross Bird") air-search radar, "High Sieve" air/surface-search radar, "Square Tie" surface-search radar, "Ball End" and "Fin Curve" navigational radar, and Pegas-2M active sonar.Template:Sfn

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 Soviet Union to buy four worn-out destroyers. The purchase was made on 4 June 1953, with prices equivalent to 17 tons of gold each at the time.

The Anshan-class ships were withdrawn from active service by the 1990s, but retained three ships as training ship (Taiyuan) and museum ships (Anshan and Changchun). The PLAN retains ownership of the ships through PLAN funded institutions.

Ships in class

Pennant No.	Name	Former Name	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Commissioned	Status
101	Anshan (鞍山)	ex-Rekordny (Рекордный)	Shipyard No. 202 (Dalzavod), Vladivostok	25 September 1936 / July 1937	6 April 1939	24 October 1954	Museum ship in Qingdao from April 1992.
102	Fushun (撫順)	ex-Rezky (Резкий)		5 May 1936 / 20 August 1938	29 April 1940	24 October 1954	Scrapped 1989.
103	Changchun (长春)	ex-Reshitelny (Решительный)	Shipyard No. 199, Komsomolsk-on-Amur	23 August 1936 / 23 August 1937	30 April 1940	6 July 1955	Museum ship in Rushan from 1990.
104	Taiyuan (太原)	ex-Retivy (Ретивый)		23 August 1936 / 29 July 1937	27 September 1939	6 July 1955	Stationary training ship for Dalian Naval Academy from September 1991.