Anshan as museum ship on 24 August 2017
Class overview
Name	Anshan class
Builders	Shipyard No. 198 (Andre Marti (South)),Nikolayev Shipyard No. 202 (Dalzavod),Vladivostok Shipyard No. 199,Komsomolsk-on-Amur
Operators	People's Liberation Army Navy
Succeeded by	Type 051 destroyer
Built	1936-1942
In commission	1954-1992
Completed	4
Retired	4
Scrapped	1
Preserved	3
General characteristics (after 1970s modernization)
Type	Destroyer /Guided-missile destroyer
Displacement	1,660long tons (1,690 t) standard 2,040long tons (2,070 t) full load
Length	112.8 m (370 ft)
Beam	10.2 m (33 ft)
Draught	4 m (13 ft)
Installed power	48,000 shaft horsepower (36 MW)
Propulsion	2 × geared steam turbines 3 × drum boilers 2 × shafts
Speed	32 knots (59 km/h)
Range	2,670 nautical miles (4,940 km) at 19 knots (35 km/h)
Complement	205
Sensors & processing systems	MinaFCS "Cross Bird" air-search radar "High Sieve" air/surface-search radar "Square Tie" surface-search radar "Ball End" and "Fin Curve" navigational radar Pegas-2Mactive sonar
Armament	2 × twinHY-2SSM launchers 4 ×130 mm (5 in)/50 guns 4 ×twin 37 mm (1.5 in) guns 2 ×depth charge racks and launchers 60 × mines

TheAnshan-class destroyers were thePeople's Liberation Army Navy's (PLAN) firstdestroyers. They were ex-SovietGnevny-class destroyers purchased in the 1950s. TheChinese later addedHY-2anti-ship missiles and removed some of thetorpedo tubes, and redesignated asType 6607. All four ships of the class had been stricken by 1992.^[1]

The class has alength of 112.8 m (370 ft) withlength between perpendiculars of 109 m (358 ft),^[2] a beam of 10.2 m (33 ft), with a draught of 4 m (13 ft), and their displacement were 1,660long tons (1,690 t) standard and 2,040long tons (2,070 t) at full load.^[3] 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.^[3]

The class were initially armed with four130 mm (5 in)/50 caliber B13 Pattern 1936 guns in four turrets, two76.2 mm (3 in)/55 34-K guns in two turrets, four37 mm/63 70-K guns in single-mounts, oneOerlikon 20 mm/70 autocannon, and two triple-tube 533-millimetre (21 in)torpedo tubes.^[1] In 1971–1974, all ships were modernized by replacing the two torpedo tubes with two twinHY-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/63Type 61 guns, and removal of the 76 mm guns and 20 mm autocannon.^[3] The ships also equipped with two projectors and two racks fordepth charges and can carry up to 60naval mines.^[3]

The ships electronics and sensors consisted ofMina 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.^[3]

After 1949 the PLAN negotiated with Britain throughHong Kong to buy some second-hand ships and boats but unable to do so due to theKorean 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.^[4]

TheAnshan-class ships were withdrawn from active service by the 1990s, but retained three ships as training ship (Taiyuan) andmuseum ships (Anshan andChangchun). The PLAN retains ownership of the ships through PLAN funded institutions.^[5]

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