Chinese destroyer Dalian (105)

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NameDalian
Namesake
Builder Dalian Shipyard, Liaoning
Launched3 July 2018
Commissioned23 April 2021
Identification Pennant number: 105
StatusActive
General characteristics
Class and type Type 055 destroyer
Displacement12-13,000 tonnes (full load)
Length180 m (590 ft 7 in)
Beam20 m (65 ft 7 in)
Draught6.6 m (21 ft 8 in)
Installed power
Propulsion
Speed30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Range5,000  nmi (9,300 km)
Complement300+
Sensors and
processing systems
Electronic warfare
& decoys		 Electronic warfare system
Armament
  • 1 × H/PJ-38 130 mm gun
  • 1 × H/PJ-11 CIWS
  • 1 × HQ-10 short-range SAM 24-cell launcher
  • 112 VLS
    • HHQ-9 surface-to-air missiles
    • YJ-18 anti-ship cruise missiles
    • CJ-10 land-attack cruise missiles
    • Missile-launched anti-submarine torpedoes
  • 2 x sets
    • Yu-7 torpedoes
Aircraft carried
Aviation facilities
  • Stern hangar
  • Helicopter landing platform

Dalian (105) is a Type 055 destroyer of the People's Liberation Army Navy. She was commissioned on 23 April 2021.

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Development and design

The People's Liberation Army Navy was interested in a large destroyer from as early as the late-1960s. A development program, code-named "055", initiated in 1976 was cancelled in 1983 after encountering insurmountable technical obstacles from industrial underdevelopment; for example, the required gas turbine power plants could neither be produced domestically, nor imported at acceptable prices. [1] In April 2014, an image emerged of a full-scale mock-up of the Type 055 superstructure - with enclosed integrated mast for radar and other electronics at the Chinese naval electronic testing range in Wuhan. [2] [3]

The Type 055 is expected to undertake expeditionary missions and form the primary escort for Chinese aircraft carriers. [4] [5] The United States classifies these ships as cruisers. [6] The United States Navy defines a cruiser as a large multi-mission surface combatant with flagship capabilities; this suggests the U.S. expects the Type 055 to fulfill a similar role as the Ticonderoga-classcruiser. [4] [7]

Construction and career

Dalian is the third ship of the class and laid down and launched on 8 July 2018 at the Dalian Shipyard in Liaoning. [8] On 23 April 2021, the ship was commissioned [9] by Central Military Commission chairman Xi Jinping at The Yulin Naval Base at in a ceremony that coincided with the 72nd anniversary of the PLAN.

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  7. ↑ "United States Navy Fact File: Cruisers - CG". 9 January 2017. Archived from the original on 6 July 2018. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
  8. ↑ "China launches two Type 055 destroyers simultaneously in Dalian | Jane's 360". 2018-07-04. Archived from the original on 2018-07-04. Retrieved 2021-04-25.
  9. ↑ Vavasseur, Xavier (2021-04-24). "China Commissions a Type 055 DDG, a Type 075 LHD and a Type 094 SSBN in a Single Day". Naval News. Retrieved 2021-04-25.
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