Type 054A Jiangkai II-class Frigate

The Type 054A (NATO codename Jiangkai II) frigate is a class of Chinese multi-role frigates, the first of which entered service with the People's Liberation Army Navy Surface Force in 2007. The class is planned to comprise 24+ vessels. As of 2016, 22 are in service, one is fitting out, and two are under construction. It is a development of the Type 054 frigate, using the same hull but with improved sensors and weapons.
The Type 054A was first revealed while under construction at the Guangzhou-based Huangpu Shipyard in 2005.
==Specifications==
*Type: Frigate
*Service Period: 2008-Present
*Characteristics:
**Length: 440 feet 134.11 meters)
**Beam: 52 feet (15.85 meters)
**Draft: 16 feet (4.88 meters)
**Displacement: 4,000 tons (Full)
*Crew:
*Propulsion: CODAD, 4 x Shaanxi 16 PA6 STC diesels, 5700 kW (7600+ hp @ 1084 rpm) each
*Range: 8,025 nautical miles (14,862 kilometers)
*Speed: 27+ knots (50+ km/h)
*Sensor Suite:
**Type 382 3D Air/Surface Search Radar
**Type 360 I-Band Surface Search Radar
**Racal RM-1290 I-Band Navigation Radar
**Type 344 OTH Target Acquisition and SSM Fire Control Radar
**Type 345 SAM Fire Control Radar x 4
**Type 347G Gun Fire Control Radar
**MGK-335 medium frequency active/passive sonar system
*Countermeasures
**Type 922-1 radar warning receiver
**HZ-100 ECM & ELINT system
**Kashtan-3 missile jamming system
*Armament:
**1 x 76mm/60-caliber H/PJ26 naval gun
**1 x 32-cell VLS (fires HQ-16 SAMs and ASW Missiles)
**2 x 4-cell C-803 AShM/Cruise Missile Launchers)
**12 x Type 87 240mm anti-submarine rocket launcher (2x6)
**2 x 12.75" triple torpedo tubes (fires Yu-7 lightweight torpedoes)
**2 x Type 726-4 18-tube decoy rocket launchers
**Type 730 7-barrel 30 mm CIWS guns - replaced by Type 1130 11-barrel 30mm CIWS guns
*Aircraft Carried: 1 x Kamov Ka-28 'Helix' or Harbin Z-9 maritime helicopter
*Aviation Facilities: Hangar and Flight Deck
==Unit Run==
===People's Republic of China===
====Batch I====
*PLANS Zhoushan (FFG-529)
*PLANS Xuzhou (FFG-530)
*PLANS Hengyang (FFG-568)
*PLANS Huangshan (FFG-570)
====Batch II====
*PLANS Yulin (FFG-569)
*PLANS Yuncheng (FFG-571)
*PLANS Yiyang (FFG-548)
*PLANS Changzhou (FFG-549)
*PLANS Yantai (FFG-538)
*PLANS Yancheng (FFG-546)
*PLANS Hengshui (FFG-572)
*PLANS Liuzhou (FFG-573)
*PLANS Linyi (FFG-547)
*PLANS Weifang (FFG-550)
*PLANS Sanya (FFG-574)
*PLANS Yueyang (FFG-575)
====Batch III====
*PLANS Daqing (FFG-576)
*PLANS Huanggang (FFG-577)
*PLANS Yangzhou (FFG-578)
*PLANS Handan (FFG-579)
*PLANS Jingzhou (FFG-532)
*PLANS Xiangtan (FFG-531)
*PLANS Binzhou (FFG-515)
*PLANS Xuchang (FFG-536)
*PLANS Wuhu (FFG-539)
*PLANS Rizhao (FFG-598)
====Batch IV====
*PLANS Anyang (FFG-599)
*PLANS Xianning (FFG-500)
*PLANS Nantong (FFG-601)
*PLANS Zaozhuang (FFG-542)
====Batch V====
*PLANS Ziyang (FFG-534)
*PLANS Hebi (FFG-535)
*PLANS Xichang (FFG-540)
*PLANS Anqing (FFG-537)
*PLANS Ji'an (FFG-518)
*PLANS Zhenjiang (FFG-514)
*PLANS Yibin (FFG-552)
*PLANS Jiujiang (FFG-516)
*PLANS Nanping (FFG-517)
*PLANS Huaian (FFG-513)
*PLANS Maoming (FFG-551)
*PLANS Zhaotong (FFG-555)
*PLANS Yingtan (FFG-556)
*PLANS Unnamed
*PLANS Unnamed
*PLANS Unnamed
*PLANS Unnamed
*PLANS Unnamed
*PLANS Unnamed
*PLANS Unnamed
===Pakistan===
*PNS Tughril - under construction
*PNS Tippu Sultan - under construction
*PNS Taimur - under construction
*PNS Shah Jahan - under construction
Jiangkai II-class Frigate, Type 054A
Jiangkai II-class Frigate, Type 054A
Jiangkai II-class Frigate, Type 054A
Jiangkai II-class Frigate, Type 054A
Jiangkai II-class Frigate, Type 054A
Jiangkai II-class Frigate, Type 054A