KUNMING (D-172)
Posted: Tue Sep 22, 2015 8:31 pm
The warship with the pennant number 172 is the PLAN KUNMING (D-172) a modern missile guided destroyer.
Built as a Type 052 guided missile destroyer by Changxingdao-Jiangnan Shipyard in Changxing, China for the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN).
28 August 2012 launched as the PLAN KUNMING (D-172) she was the lead ship of her class. The NATO code name is Luyang III class.
Displacement 7,500 tons fully loaded, dim. 156 x 18 x 6.5m. (draught).
Powered CODOG by two Qc-280 gas turbine engines each generates 28MW and two MTU 20V 956TB92 diesel engines each generates 6 MW, twin shafts, speed 30 knots.
Armament: 1 – H/PJ-38 130mm gun, 64 VLS CY-5 series ASW missiles, CJ-10 LACM, YJ-18 or YJ-83 anti-ship missiles, HHQ-9 series long range SAM, DK-10A (possible quad-packed) medium range SAM, 2 – 30mm remote controlled gun, 1 – H/PJ-12 CIWS, 1 – HHQ-10 short range SAM in 24-cell launcher, 6 – torpedo tubes, 4 – 18-tube decoy rocket launcher.
Crew 280.
Has a helicopter landing platform, with a hangar on the aft deck, carried 1 helicopter.
21 March 2014 commissioned.
After completing a unit of the South Sea Fleet of the Chinese Navy.
China 2015 1.50 yuan sg?, scott?
Source: Wikipedia and various internet sites.
Built as a Type 052 guided missile destroyer by Changxingdao-Jiangnan Shipyard in Changxing, China for the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN).
28 August 2012 launched as the PLAN KUNMING (D-172) she was the lead ship of her class. The NATO code name is Luyang III class.
Displacement 7,500 tons fully loaded, dim. 156 x 18 x 6.5m. (draught).
Powered CODOG by two Qc-280 gas turbine engines each generates 28MW and two MTU 20V 956TB92 diesel engines each generates 6 MW, twin shafts, speed 30 knots.
Armament: 1 – H/PJ-38 130mm gun, 64 VLS CY-5 series ASW missiles, CJ-10 LACM, YJ-18 or YJ-83 anti-ship missiles, HHQ-9 series long range SAM, DK-10A (possible quad-packed) medium range SAM, 2 – 30mm remote controlled gun, 1 – H/PJ-12 CIWS, 1 – HHQ-10 short range SAM in 24-cell launcher, 6 – torpedo tubes, 4 – 18-tube decoy rocket launcher.
Crew 280.
Has a helicopter landing platform, with a hangar on the aft deck, carried 1 helicopter.
21 March 2014 commissioned.
After completing a unit of the South Sea Fleet of the Chinese Navy.
China 2015 1.50 yuan sg?, scott?
Source: Wikipedia and various internet sites.