Type 051 destroyer
Ships of Class

Type 051 destroyer

Section Title: Ships of Class
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Number	Pennant number	Name	Builder	Launched	Commissioned	Decommissioned	Fleet	Status

1	105	济南 / Jinan	Dalian	30 July 1970	31 December 1971	November 2007	North Sea Fleet	Type 051. Converted to type 051G1 (Luda II) standard between 1984 and 1987. Preserved as a museum ship.

2	106	西安 / Xi'an	Dalian	?? September 1970	26 November 1974	29 September 2007	North Sea Fleet	Type 051. Transferred to the PLA Naval University of Engineering as training ship on 22 October 2007, and laid up.

3	160	广州 / Guangzhou	Guangzhou	28 April 1971	6 January 1977	South Sea Fleet	Type 051. Suffered an explosion on 9 March 1978 and sank.

4	107	银川 / Yinchuan	Dalian	?? May 1972	28 June 1976	18 October 2012	North Sea Fleet	Type 051. Preserved as a museum ship.

5	161	长沙 / Changsha	Guangzhou	28 June 1973	31 December 1975	28 August 2008	South Sea Fleet	Type 051. Transferred to North Sea Fleet as target ship.

6	131	南京 / Nanjing	Zhonghua	11 December 1973	6 January 1977	26 September 2012	East Sea Fleet	Type 051. Preserved as a museum ship.

7	162	南宁 / Nanning	Guangzhou	27 October 1976	23 March 1979	September 2012	South Sea Fleet	Type 051. Decommissioned

8	108	西宁 / Xining	Dalian	16 October 1978	29 February 1980	25 September 2013	North Sea Fleet	Type 051D. Preserve as a museum ship.

9	132	合肥 / Hefei	Zhonghua	?? November 1978	?? March 1980	20 October 2012	East Sea Fleet	Type 051D. Converted to type 051Z standard in 1987.

10	163	南昌 / Nanchang	Guangzhou	22 December 1979	5 November 1982	8 September 2016	South Sea Fleet	Preserved as military tourist attraction in Nanchang, Jiangxi.

11	109	开封 / Kaifeng	Dalian	3 November 1979	25 December 1982	North Sea Fleet	Type 051D. Converted to type 051DT (Luda IV) standard between 1989 and 1990. Mid-life update in 1999. Active.

12	133	重庆 / Chongqing	Dalian	31 October 1980	30 December 1983	26 September 2014	East Sea Fleet	Type 051D. Preserved as a museum ship at Binhai Aircraft Carrier Theme Park in Tianjin

13	110	大连 / Dalian	Zhonghua	20 August 1981	26 December 1984	North Sea Fleet	Type 051D. Mid-life update to type 051DT (Luda IV) standard in 2002. Active.

14	134	遵义 / Zunyi	Dalian	25 November 1983	28 December 1984	4 December 2018	East Sea Fleet	Type 051D. Decommissioned

15	164	桂林 / Guilin	Guangzhou	20 June 1984	10 July 1987	March 2018	South Sea Fleet	Type 051D. Transferred to North Sea Fleet in 2004. Decommissioned

16	165	湛江 / Zhanjiang	Dalian	1 August 1988	30 December 1989	South Sea Fleet	Type 051G1. Mid-life update in 2003. Active.

17	166	珠海/ Zhuhai	Dalian	18 October 1990	21 November 1991	South Sea Fleet	Type 051G2. Mid-life update in 2003. Active.

Sentence(s)

Type 051G1, Zhanjiang (165) was launched on Aug 1, 1988 and entered service on December 30, 1989 in the South Sea Fleet.

final_sentence: Type 051G1, Zhanjiang (165) was launched on Aug 1, 1988 and entered service on December 30, 1989 in the South Sea Fleet.