page_title: List of naval ship classes in service
section_title: Destroyers
hierarchical_section_title: List of naval ship classes in service / Destroyers
caption_attribution_description: 中文（中国大陆）‎: 停靠在江南造船厂边的“昆明”号导弹驱逐舰
context_page_description: The list of naval ship classes in service includes all combatant surface classes in service currently with navies or armed forces and auxiliaries in the world. Ships are grouped by type, and listed alphabetically within.
  List of submarine classes in service
  List of auxiliary ship classes in service
context_section_description: 051 type destroyer (NATO codename Luda)
  Builders:   China (Luda Naval Facility in Dalian; Zhonghua Shipyard in Shanghai; Guangzhou Shipyard in Guangzhou)
  Type:  Surface warfare guided missile destroyer
  Displacement:  3,670 tons
  Aircraft:  2 Z-9 helicopters
  Armament:  6 C-801 SSM; 8 Crotale SAM; 4 × 130 mm guns; 8 × 57 or 37 mm guns; 8 × 25 mm guns; 6 × 324 mm torpedo tubes; depth charges; anti-submarine mortars
  Powerplant:  2 boilers; 2 steam turbines; 2 shafts; 72,000 hp total power
  Speed:  32 knots
  Range:  2,970 nmi at 18 knots
  Ships in class:  17
  Operator:   People's Liberation Army Navy
  Commissioned:  1971
  Status:  9 in active service, 1 scrapped, 5 retired as of 2012; 1 modified to Luda II standard; 2 modified to Luda III standard, 2 modified to Luda IV standard
  052 type destroyer (NATO codename Luhu)
  Builders:   People's Republic of China (Jiangnan Shipyard in Shanghai)
  Type:  Multi-role guided missile destroyer
  Displacement:  4,800 tons
  Aircraft:  2 Z-9 Haitun helicopters
  Armament:  16 C-802 SSM; 8 HQ-7 SAM + reloads; 1 dual-100 mm gun; 2 × 30mm Type 730 CIWS(after 2011 refit); 6 × 533 mm torpedo tubes
  Powerplant: CODOG arrangement; 2 MTU diesels plus 2 LM2500 gas turbines; 2 shafts; 53,600 shp total power
  Speed:  30 knots
  Range:  5,000 nmi at 15 knots
  Ships in class:  2
  Operator:   People's Liberation Army Navy
  Commissioned:  1993
  Status:  In active service
  051B type destroyer (NATO codename Luhai)
  Builders:   People's Republic of China (Dalian Shipyard in Dalian)
  Type:  Multi-role guided missile destroyer
  Displacement:  6,100 tons
  Aircraft:  1 Z-9C Haitun helicopter
  Armament:  16 YJ-83 SSM; 1 octuple launcher for 8 HQ-7 SAM ready to fire + 24 reloads; 1 dual-100 mm gun; 4 dual-37 mm AA guns
  Powerplant:  2 steam turbines; 48,600 shp (36.2 MW) total power
  Speed:  30 knots (56 km/h)
  Range:  13,000 nmi (24,000 km) at 14 knots (26 km/h)
  Ships in class:  1
  Operator:   People's Liberation Army Navy
  Commissioned:  1999
  Status:  In active service
  052B type destroyer (NATO codename Luyang I)
  Builders:   People's Republic of China (Jiangnan Shipyard in Shanghai)
  Type:  Multi-role guided missile destroyer
  Displacement:  5,850 tons
  Aircraft:  1 Kamov Ka-28 helicopter
  Armament:  16 × YJ-83 SSM, 48 × SA-N-12 SAM, 1 × 100 mm gun, 2 × 30 mm Type 730 CIWS, 2 × Triple 324 mm ASW torpedo tubes,  2 × Type 75, 12-barrel 240 mm antisubmarine rocket launchers, 4 × 18-barrel multiple rocket launcher
  Powerplant:  2 Ukraine DN80 gas-turbines and 2 MTU Friedrichshafen 12V 1163TB83 diesels
  Speed:  30 knots
  Ships in class:  2
  Operator:   People's Liberation Army Navy
  Commissioned:  July 2004
  Status:  In active service
  051C type destroyer (NATO codename Luzhou)
  Builders:   People's Republic of China (Dalian Shipyard in Dalian)
  Type:  Air defense guided missile destroyer
  Displacement:  7,100 tons
  Aircraft:  1 Kamov Ka-28 helicopter
  Armament:  8 YJ-83, 48 vertically launched S-300FM (SA-N-20) SAM, 1 × 100 mm gun; 2 × 30 mm Type 730 CIWS; 4 × 18 barrel multiple rocket launcher, 2 triple 324 mm ASW torpedo tubes
  Powerplant:  2 indigenous steam turbines
  Speed:  30 knots
  Ships in class:  2
  Operator:   People's Liberation Army Navy
  Commissioned:  2006
  Status:  In active service
  052C type destroyer (NATO codename Luyang II)
  Builders:   People's Republic of China (Jiangnan Shipyard in Shanghai)
  Type:  Air defense guided missile destroyer
  Displacement:  6,500 tons
  Aircraft:  1 -2 Kamov Ka-28 helicopter
  Armament:  8 large Anti-ship missile in 2 × quad cells, possibly YJ-62 (C-602), 48 vertically launched HHQ-9 SAM, 1 × 100 mm gun; 2 × 30 mm Type 730 CIWS; 4 × 18 barrel Multiple rocket launcher, 2 triple 324 mm ASW torpedo tubes
  Powerplant:  2 Ukraine DN80 gas-turbines and 2 MTU Friedrichshafen 12V 1163TB83 diesels
  Speed:  30 knots
  Ships in class:  6
  Operator:   People's Liberation Army Navy
  Commissioned:  July 2004
  Status:  In active service
  052D type destroyer (NATO codename Luyang III)
  Builders:   People's Republic of China (Jiangnan Shipyard in Shanghai)
  Type:  Air defense guided missile destroyer
  Displacement:  7,500 tons
  Aircraft:  1 -2 Kamov Ka-28
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