Anshan-class destroyer
1939 class of Chinese destroyers
The Anshan-class destroyers were the People's Liberation Army Navy's (PLAN) first destroyers. They were ex-Soviet Gnevny-class destroyers 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.
Design
The class has a length of 112.8 m (370 ft) with length between perpendiculars of 109 m (358 ft), a beam of 10.2 m (33 ft), with a draught of 4 m (13 ft), and their displacement were 1,660 long tons (1,690 t) standard and 2,040 long tons (2,070 t) at full load. The ships was powered by two sets of Tosi geared steam turbines with three drum boilers, with total power output of 48,000 shaft horsepower (36 MW) distributed in two shafts. Anshan class has a maximum speed of 32 knots (59 km/h), with range of 2,670 nautical miles (4,940 km) while cruising at 19 knots (35 km/h) or 850 nautical miles (1,570 km) at 32 knots (59 km/h). The ships has a complement of 205 personnel, including 15 officers.
The class were initially armed with four 130 mm (5 in)/50 caliber B13 Pattern 1936 guns in four turrets, two 76.2 mm (3 in)/55 34-K guns in two turrets, four 37 mm/63 70-K guns in single-mounts, one Oerlikon 20 mm/70 autocannon, and two triple-tube 533-millimetre (21 in) torpedo tubes. 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.
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