The Luda class (Type 051) missile destroyer were the first anti-ship oriented vessel ever designed and built in China, and the first Chinese ship to be fitted with a integrated combat direction system. It was based on the ex-Soviet Kotlin class design. A missile (British English: miss-isle; U.S. English: missl) is, in general, a projectile—that is, something thrown or otherwise propelled. ... USS Lassen, an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer In naval terminology, a destroyer is a fast and manouverable yet long-endurance warship intended to escort larger vessels in a fleet or battle group and defend them against smaller, short-range attackers (originally torpedo boats, later submarines and aircraft). ... Soviet redirects here. ...

Ships

There were as many as 17 units of this class built, categorized into three variants or "flights." Sixteen are still in service with the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN). PLAN Jack The Peoples Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) is the naval arm of the Peoples Liberation Army (PLA), the military of the Peoples Republic of China. ... A Plan is a proposed or intended method of getting from one set of circumstances to another. ...

Luda I

This is the original configuration of the design, albeit with equipment inconsistencies among the units. Three shipyards built the 13 vessels of this group: units #106-110 in Luda, #131-134 in Zhonghua, and #160-185 in Guangzhou. Unit No.160 suffered an explosion in 1978 and was eventually scrapped. Dalian (Simplified Chinese: 大连; Traditional Chinese: 大連; pinyin: Dàlián; Wade-Giles: Ta-lien), formerly Lüda or Luta, is an ice-free seaport and a sub-provincial city in eastern Liaoning Province of the Northeastern Peoples Republic of China (Manchuria). ... This article is on the geographic and cultural entity. ... Location within China Guangzhou (Simplified Chinese: 广州; Traditional Chinese: 廣州; pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Kuang-chou; Jyutping: Gwong2zau1; Yale: GwóngjaÅ«) is the capital of the Guangdong Province in southern China. ...

• Xinan (106)
• Yinchuan (107)
• Xining (108)
• Dalian (110)
• Nanjing (131)
• Hefei (132)
• Chongqing (133)
• Zunyi (134)
• Changsha (161)
• Nanning (162)
• Nanchang (163)
• Guilin (164)
• Zhanjiang (165)

Luda II

Additional 8-cell HQ-7 SAM system along with a helicopter deck and hangar but minus the aft gun mount. A surface-to-air missile (SAM) is a missile designed to be launched from the ground to destroy aircraft. ...

• Jinan (105)
• Kaifeng (109)

Luda III

Features modern and improved electronic suites as well as newer weapons systems. Older Luda units are planned to be upgraded to the Luda III standard.

• Zhuhai (166)

Specifications

• Displacement 3,670 tons (full load) (Luda I & II) 3,730 tons (full load) (Luda III)
• Length 433.1 ft / 132 meters
• Beam 42 ft / 12.8 meters
• Draft 15.1 ft ; 15.3 ft (Luda III)
• Speed ~30+ kts
• Endurance 2,970 miles at 18 kts
• Crew 280 (45 officers)
• Propulsion 2 boilers 2 turbines 72,000 hp(m) (53 MW) 2 shafts
• Armament
  • 6 HY-2 (C-201) (CSS-C-3A Seersucker) SSM (2 triple) launchers active radar homing to 51 nm at 0.9 Mach
  • Crotale SAM octuple launcher (Kaifeng) line of sight guidence to 7 nm at 2.4 Mach
  • Guns
    • 4 - 5.1 in (130 mm)/58 (2 twin) 85' elevation 17 rds/min to 16 nm
    • 8 - 57 mm/70 (4 twin) 85' elevation 120 rds/min to 12 km (6.5 nm) these guns are fitted in some of the class the others have 37 mm
    • 8 - 37 mm/63 (4 twin) 85' elevation 180 rds/min to 4.6 nm
    • 8 - 25 mm/60 (4 twin) 85' elevation 270 rds/min to 1.6 nm anti-aircraft
  • Torpedoes 6 324 mm B515 (2 triple tubes) A 244S anti-submarine active/passive homing to 3.8 nm at 33 kts
  • ASW mortars 2 FQF 2500 12-tubed fixed launchers 120 rockets range 1,200 m
  • Depth Charges 2 or 4 BMB projectors 2 or 4 tracks
  • Mines 38
  • Aircraft 2 Harbin Z-9A (Dauphin) (Type II)