• Military Menu                       

• Introduction
• Systems
• Facilities
• Agencies
• Industry
• Operations
• Countries
• Hot Documents
• News
• Reports
• Policy
• Budget
• Congress
• Links

• WMD
• Intelligence
• Homeland Security
• Space

Type 051 Luda - Operational Service

As the first guided missile destroyer independently developed by China, Jinan had the most important task of testing. It completed more than 2,000 equipment test tasks in more than 30 years of service and obtained more than 3 million valuable data for subsequent ships. The improvement and stereotyped production provide a reliable theoretical basis and valuable practical experience, and are known as the “opening pioneer of national defense modern equipment experiment”. On January 15, 1983, the Central Military Commission collectively won the first class for the Jinan.

In May 1980, the 051 destroyer participated in the launch test and measurement of the Dongfeng 5 intercontinental missile, salvage recovery and escort missions.

The first Luda II, 105 Jinan was launched in Dalian Shipyard in 1969. It was officially incorporated into China's first destroyer unit in 1971. It was displayed in the China Naval Museum after being retired in 2007. Its successful service had a milestone significance for the People's Navy: it marked the development of China's ship from the imitation to the independent development, gradually rid of the dependence on foreign equipment technology, embarked on an independent and strong The road to the army.

As the first self-designed guided missile destroyer in China, the Jinan was highly cared for by the party and state leaders. Zhu De, Ye Jianying, Deng Xiaoping, Xiao Jinguang, Liu Huaqing and other older generation leaders visited the ship several times. On August 2, 1979, Deng Xiaoping reviewed the naval forces on the Jinan and wrote a glorious inscription for the Navy to "build a strong navy with modern combat capabilities", which pointed out a new direction for the navy's modernization.

The equipment test was a pioneer, and the ship had been rated as an advanced unit of national law and law for three times. It has been rated as an advanced unit for the disabled and disabled in the country twice. It has been rated as an advanced unit of the military and civilians in the whole army and an advanced collective of Xuefeng. It has won many military and civilian personnel in Qingdao. Co-constructed the Innovation Award and the advanced unit of Qingdao Respecting Teachers.

From November 18th to 19th, 1985, the 051 type destroyer 133 "Chongqing" (standard displacement 3250 tons) single ship was monitoring the Soviet Navy "Kirov" class "Fronchi" (port number 050) ) Nuclear-powered cruiser (standard displacement of 23,750 tons) and Soviet Navy "modern" class "Meticulous" (port number 672) destroyer (standard displacement of 7,900 tons).

One unit of this class, DD110 Dalian attached to the North China Sea Fleet, was a showcase ship which handled tasks related to foreign affairs. In the eight years between 1986 and 1993, the "Dalian" completed 22 diplomatic missions and received heads of state, military leaders, and warships from 18 countries. Another unit of this class, No. 160 [name unknown], was lost in an explosion in August 1978.

Type 051 guided missile destroyer Nanchang was officially decommissioned as of 08 September 2016, after serving in the Chinese Navy for almost 34 years. Nanchang was China's last active Type 051 destroyer. Type 051 destroyers were China's first generation of domestically-manufactured missile destroyers. The first Type 051 destroyer was commissioned on Dec. 31, 1971, and was later named Jinan. The commissioning of Jinan marked a historic moment for China, as that was when the country became capable of controlling its surrounding seas. Nanchang began to serve in the navy in 1982. Two years later, it sailed and anchored, for the first time, at the southernmost shoal of Zengmu Reef in the South China Sea during a 35-day patrol mission to the Nansha Islands, Navy Today reported. The Type 051 destroyers have since been serving as coastal defense in the Nansha Islands. The decommissioned destroyer was sent back to Nanchang, Jiangxi province, where it became a major tourist attraction at a local military-themed park.

The two Soviet warships sailed to the Vladivostok base of the Soviet Pacific Fleet, passing by the East China Sea. The 133 Chongqing ship followed closely the two Soviet giant ships until the two Soviet naval ships reached Vladivostok, and the 133 Chongqing ship returned. They flew over the scene of a naval confrontation photographer Chai Tian Sanxiong photographed, become weak Chinese navy naval superpower facing no weakness provocative symbol of a group of photos.

In May 2019, officers and men of a destroyer detachment in the northern theater were neatly lined up at a military port in Lushun to hold a decommissioning ceremony for 4 domestic 051-type missile destroyers. These four destroyers are Kaifeng Ship, Dalian Ship, Zunyi Ship and Guilin Ship. They have served for more than 30 years and have trajectories all over the country's vast seas.

In May 2019, the destroyer flotilla of the navy under the PLA Northern Theater Command held a grand retirement ceremony for four homemade first-generation missile destroyers including the guided-missile destroyers Kaifeng (Hull 109), Dalian (Hull 110), Zunyi (Hull 134) and Guilin (Hull 164) at a military port in Lyushun, Liaoning Province, China. All of the four destroyers had been in service for more than 30 years, leaving footprints in the vast territorial waters of China.

The destroyer Dalian (Hull 110), which had been in service for 34 years, was once awarded the Collective Second-Class Merit. The destroyer Zunyi (Hull 134), which had been in service for 34 years, used to fight in the frontier and served as a “sharp sword” defending China’s territorial waters. The destroyer Guilin (Hull 164), which had been in service for 31 years, had been the “undefeatable winner” in various combat readiness exercises and training tasks. he destroyer Kaifeng (Hull 109), which had been in service for 35 years, was the first of its kind to be equipped with an anti-aircraft missile, thus being considered a pioneer in modernized upgrading.

One unit of this class, DD110 Dalian attached to the North China Sea Fleet, was a showcase ship which handled tasks related to foreign affairs. In the eight years between 1986 and 1993, the "Dalian" completed 22 diplomatic missions and received heads of state, military leaders, and warships from 18 countries. Another unit of this class, No. 160 [name unknown], was lost in an explosion in August 1978.

By May 2020 the Chinese military’s last Type 051 guided-missile destroyer Zhuhai (Hull 166) was about to retire and scheduled to settle down in Zhuhai, Guangdong Province of China. The designated receiving unit was arranging for its handover and applying for a provincial themed patriotism education base for it. The destroyer Zhuhai (Hull 166) was commissioned to the South China Sea Fleet under the PLA Navy in 1992. The vessel is a Type 051G2 destroyer with a length of 128.6m, a width of 12.8m, and a draft of 4.6m. The ship’s standard displacement is 3,250t, and full-load displacement 3,670t.

As a diplomatic flagship of the PLA Navy, destroyer Zhuhai (Hull 166) undertook many foreign visit missions in the 1990s and therefore became a flagship destroyer of frequent occurrence at that time. In August 1995, destroyer Zhuhai visited Indonesia to participate in the Indonesian International Fleet Review (IFR); from February 20 to May 28, 1997, a fleet composed of guided-missile destroyers Zhuhai (Hull 116) and Harbin (Hull 112) visited the United States, Chile, Peru, Mexico and other South American countries, and then came to Australia, completing the first round-the-world voyage since the establishment of the PLA Navy.

Over decades, they had effectively fulfilled their sacred duties to safeguard China’s national unity and maritime rights and interests, and made outstanding contributions to the modernization of the Chinese Navy. This model of missile destroyers is the first-generation large and medium-sized warship independently designed and built by China. Their service in the military was of epoch-making significance, marking the rise of China’s modern industry and naval forces. Their decommissioning also had epoch-making importance, indicating that China had quickened its pace of building a strong and modernized military.