Chinese frigate Ma'anshan
Type 054 frigate of the PLA Navy
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Ma'anshan (525) is a Type 054 frigate of the People's Liberation Army Navy. She was commissioned on 18 February 2005.
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- Ma'anshan
- (马鞍山)
Ma'anshan on 10 March 2010 | |
| History | |
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| Name | Ma'anshan |
| Namesake |
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| Builder | Hudong–Zhonghua Shipbuilding, Shanghai |
| Laid down | December 1999 |
| Launched | 11 September 2003 |
| Commissioned | 18 February 2005 |
| Home port | Zhoushan |
| Identification | Pennant number: 525 |
| Status | Active |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Type 054 frigate |
| Displacement | 3,900 tons |
| Length | 134 m (440 ft) |
| Beam | 16 m (52 ft) |
| Draught | 5 m (16 ft) |
| Propulsion | Combined diesel and diesel (CODAD), 4× SEMT Pielstick 16 PA6 STC diesels, 5700 kW (7600+ hp @ 1084 rpm) each |
| Speed | 27 kn (50 km/h) estimated |
| Range | 8,025 nautical miles (14,900 km) estimated |
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| Armament | |
| Aircraft carried | 1 Kamov Ka-28 'Helix' or Harbin Z-9C |
| Aviation facilities | hangar |
Development and design
The Type 054 has a stealthy hull design with sloped surfaces, radar absorbent materials, and a reduced superstructure clutter.
The main anti-ship armament were YJ-83 sea-skimming anti-ship cruise missiles in two four-cell launchers. It retained the HQ-7 SAM, an improved version of the French Crotale, from the preceding Type 053H3; the HQ-7 had a ready-to-fire 8-cell launcher, with 16 stored in the automatic reloader. Short range defence was improved with four AK-630 CIWS turrets. A 100 mm main gun, also based on a French design, was mounted.
Construction and career
Ma'anshan was launched on 11 September 2003 at the Hudong-Zhonghua Shipyard in Shanghai. Commissioned on 18 February 2005.[1]
On November 28, 2012, Ma'anshan, Zhoushan, Hangzhou, Ningbo and Poyanghu integrated supply ship formed a naval open sea training fleet, passing through the Miyako Strait in batches and entering the waters of the Western Pacific to carry out routine training.[2]
On September 25, 2013, Ma'anshan and Changzhou conducted an anti-submarine exercise organized by the East China Sea Fleet in the South China Sea. During the exercise, Ma'anshan and Changzhou ship-borne helicopters dropped several war mines and successfully destroyed the target.
In April 2014, Ma'anshan and other destroyers of the PLA Navy's East China Sea Fleet conducted formation anti-submarine and anti-missile training.
During mid 2019, Ma'anshan was docked for overhaul.[3]
Gallery
Ma'anshan underway on 13 December 2015.
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