Yueyang underway during RIMAPC 2014
History
China
NameYueyang
Namesake
BuilderHuangpu Shipyard, Shanghai
Laid downJune 2010
Launched10 May 2012
Commissioned3 May 2013
IdentificationPennant number: 575
StatusActive
General characteristics
Class and typeType 054A frigate
Displacement4,053 tonnes (full)
Length134.1 m (440 ft)
Beam16 m (52 ft)
PropulsionCODAD, 4 × Shaanxi 16 PA6 STC diesels, 5700 kW (7600+ hp @ 1084 rpm) each
Speed27 knots estimated
Range8,025 nautical miles (9,235 mi; 14,862 km) estimated
Complement165
Sensors and
processing systems
Electronic warfare
& decoys
Armament
  • 1 × 32-cell VLS
  • 2 × 4 C-803 anti-ship / land attack cruise missiles
  • 1 × PJ26 76 mm dual purpose gun
  • 2 × Type 730 7-barrel 30 mm CIWS guns or Type 1130
  • 2 × 3 324mm Yu-7 ASW torpedo launchers
  • 2 × 6 Type 87 240mm anti-submarine rocket launcher (36 rockets carried)
  • 2 × Type 726-4 18-tube decoy rocket launchers
Aircraft carried1 Kamov Ka-28 'Helix' or Harbin Z-9C
Aviation facilitieshangar

Yueyang (575) is a Type 054A frigate of the People's Liberation Army Navy. She was commissioned on 3 May 2013.

Development and design

The Type 054A carries HQ-16 medium-range air defence missiles and anti-submarine missiles in a vertical launching system (VLS) system. The HQ-16 has a range of up to 50 km, with superior range and engagement angles to the Type 054's HQ-7. The Type 054A's VLS uses a hot launch method; a shared common exhaust system is sited between the two rows of rectangular launching tubes.[1]

The four AK-630 close-in weapon systems (CIWS) of the Type 054 were replaced with two Type 730 CIWS on the Type 054A. The autonomous Type 730 provides improved reaction time against close-in threats.[2]

Construction and career

Yueyang was laid down in June 2010 and launched on 10 May 2012 at the Hudong-Zhonghua Shipyard in Shanghai. Commissioned on 3 May 2013.

In mid-January 2014, the formation of Hengshui, Liuzhou, Yueyang and Sanya completed several offensive and defensive exercises in the training waters.[3]

On June 9, 2014, Yueyang, Haikou and Qiandaohu participated in the RIMPAC 2014. The Chinese participating fleet set sail from the Sanya Military Port After crossing the Vietnam Sea and the Bashi Strait, sailing more than 2,100 nautical miles, arrived in the waters north of Guam on June 14. The ships of Singapore and Brunei joined together to form a multi-national task force to Hawaii.[4] On June 24, a multi-national task force arrived at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, the United States.[5] During the period, Yueyang and others participated in a 38-day joint military exercise involving 22 navies and visited the United States. On September 3, after 87 days and nights, sailing 19,271 nautical miles, the Chinese navy fleet that participated in the RIMPAC 2014 and performed a visiting mission returned to a military port in Sanya.[6]

On March 31, 2016, USS Chancellorsville was intercepted and monitored by the Yueyang near the waters of Huangyan Island in the South China Sea.

References

  1. ↑ 舰载武器SHIPBORNE WEAPONS 2013 AUGUST ISSUE
  2. ↑ "Chinese Navy". Archived from the original on 7 January 2007. Retrieved 27 March 2009.
  3. ↑ "南海舰队某驱逐舰支队4艘舰艇组织攻防演练(图)-中新网". www.chinanews.com. Retrieved 2021-05-05.
  4. ↑ "中国海军参加环太军演舰艇编队与美、新舰艇在预定海域会合-高清大图-新华网". 2014-12-02. Archived from the original on 2014-12-02. Retrieved 2021-05-06.
  5. ↑ "中国海军参加"环太平洋－2014"演习舰艇编队抵达美夏威夷珍珠港-新华网". 2014-12-02. Archived from the original on 2014-12-02. Retrieved 2021-05-06.
  6. ↑ "中国海军参加"环太平洋－2014"演习舰艇编队返回三亚-新华网". 2014-12-02. Archived from the original on 2014-12-02. Retrieved 2021-05-06.


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