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Jinan underway on 7 November 2015
History
China
Name	Jinan
Namesake	Jinan (济南)
Builder	Jiangnan Shipyard, Shanghai
Laid down	December 2011
Launched	January 2012
Commissioned	22 December 2014
Homeport	Zhoushan
Identification	Pennant number: 152
Status	Active
General characteristics
Class and type	Type 052C destroyer
Displacement	7,000 tons
Length	155 m (508 ft 6 in)
Beam	17 m (55 ft 9 in)
Draught	6 m (19 ft 8 in)
Propulsion	Combined diesel or gas 2 x DA80 gas turbines (35.7 MW each) 2 x MTU 20V 956TB92 diesels (6 MW each)
Speed	29 knots (54 km/h; 33 mph)
Range	4,500 nautical miles (8,300 km; 5,200 mi) at 15 knots
Complement	280
Sensors and processing systems	Type 346 radar (air search, fire control) Type 517 radar (air search) Type 364 radar (air and surface search) Type 344 radar (main gun fire control) Type 347G(2) radar (Type 730 fire control) Type 366 radar (YJ-62 fire control) Bow mounted sonar
Electronic warfare & decoys	NRJ-6A
Armament	48 HHQ-9 surface-to-air missiles 8 YJ-62 anti-ship cruise missiles 1 × 100 mm PJ-87 gun 2 × 30mm Type 730 close-in weapons systems 6 x torpedo tubes 4 x multiple rocket launchers (possibly multirole)
Aircraft carried	1 helicopter: Kamov Ka-28 or Harbin Z-9
Aviation facilities	Hangar and helipad

Jinan (152) is a Type 052C destroyer of the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN). She was commissioned on 22 December 2014.

Development and design

The Type 052C appears to share the same basic hull design as the Type 052B destroyer, which in turn is based on the Type 051B destroyer. Stealth features are incorporated. They uses predominantly Chinese systems derived from earlier foreign technology; the preceding Type 052 and Type 052B destroyers used a mixture of Russian and Chinese systems.

The Type 052C propulsion is in the combined diesel or gas (CODOG) arrangement, with two Ukrainian DA80 gas turbines and two MTU 20V 956TB92 diesel engines. The DA80s had blade problems and may have contributed to the last two Type 052Cs sitting pierside at the shipyard for two years without being accepted by the PLAN.

A Kamov Ka-28 or Harbin Z-9 helicopter may operate from the rear hangar and flight deck. The Ka-28 is equipped with a search radar and dipping sonar and can also employ sonobuoys, torpedoes, depth charges, or mines. The Z-9 is a variant of the Airbus Helicopters AS365 Dauphin. The naval variant of the Z-9, the Z-9C, is equipped with the KLC-1 search radar, dipping sonar, and is typically armed with a single, lightweight torpedo. Either helicopter significantly improves the anti-submarine capabilities of the Type 052C.

The main gun is a 100 mm (4 in) PJ-87. The gun suffered from jamming and may have influenced the decision to adopt a different weapon for the Type 052D destroyer. The weapon has a rate of fire of 25 rounds per minute. Close-in defence is provided by two seven-barrel 30 mm (1.2 in) Type 730 CIWS, one mounted forward of the bridge and one atop the hangar. Each gun has a maximum rate of fire of 4200 rounds per minute.

Construction and career

Jinan was launched in January 2012 at the Jiangnan Shipyard in Shanghai. The ship was commissioned on 22 December 2014.

On 3 April 2015, Jinan, Yiyang, and Qiandaohu formed the twentieth escort fleet of the People's Liberation Army Navy and set sail from a military port in Zhoushan City, Zhejiang Province, and went to the Gulf of Aden and Somali waters to take over The nineteenth batch of escort formations performed escort missions. In November 2015, the same ships made the first ever port call by PLAN ships to the Eastern Coast of the United States when they docked at Mayport Harbor, Florida for a goodwill visit.

Gallery

• Jinan with U.S. Navy ships in the Atlantic on 3 April 2015.
• Jinan with U.S. Navy ships in the Atlantic on 3 April 2015.
• Jinan with U.S. Navy ships in the Atlantic on 3 April 2015.
• Jinan moored in Stockholm on 4 October 2015.
• Jinan off at Mayport, Florida on 3 November 2015.
• Jinan off at Mayport, Florida on 3 November 2015.
• Jinan moored at Mayport, Florida on 3 November 2015.
• Jinan underway 20 April 2018.
• Jinan underway 29 May 2020.
• Jinan underway 22 June 2020.

References

1. Saunders, Stephan, ed. (2009). Jane's Fighting Ships 2009–2010. Jane's Information Group. p. 137. ISBN 978-0710628886.
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4. McDevitt: pages 61
5. United States Navy Office of Naval Intelligence: The PLA Navy, pages 20–21
6. United States Navy Office of Naval Intelligence: The PLA Navy, pages 20
7. O'Rourke, Ronald (21 March 2013). CRS Report for CongressPrepared for Members and Committees of Congress China Naval Modernization: Implications for U.S. Navy Capabilities—Background and Issues for Congress (PDF). RL33153 (Report). Congressional Research Service. p. 28. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 August 2017. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
8. ^ Saunders, Stephan, ed. (2009). Jane's Fighting Ships 2009–2010. Jane's Information Group. p. 137. ISBN 978-0710628886.
9. United States Navy Office of Naval Intelligence (2018). PLA Navy Identification Guide (Report). Archived from the original on 30 April 2019. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
10. "海军第二十批护航编队从舟山起航 ——国防部网站". www.mod.gov.cn. Archived from the original on 2021-04-19. Retrieved 2020-12-13.
11. Lang, Nathan (November 11, 2015). "People's Liberation Army-Navy visits NS Mayport". Florida Times-Union.

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