Chinese destroyer Lhasa

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Lhasa underway on 16 June 2022
History
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NameLhasa
Namesake
Builder Jiangnan Shipyard, Shanghai
Launched28 April 2018
Commissioned7 March 2021
Identification Pennant number: 102
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

Lhasa (102) is a Type 055 destroyer of the People's Liberation Army Navy. She was commissioned on 7 March 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-class cruiser. [4] [7]

Construction and career

Lhasa was the second ship of the class and laid down and launched on 28 April 2018 at the Jiangnan Shipyard in Shanghai. On 27 January 2021, she was spotted at Hainan Island with hull number 102. The ship commissioned on 7 March 2021 and assigned to the North Sea Fleet. [8] [9] Tibetan newspaper Lhasa Daily reported that Vice Mayor of Lhasa travelled to the Qingdao military base to visit the officers and sailors of Lhasa. [8]

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References

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  8. 1 2 Vavasseur, Xavier (2021-03-07). "China's 2nd Type 055 Destroyer 'Lhasa' 拉萨 Commissioned with PLAN". Naval News. Retrieved 2021-03-12.[ permanent dead link ]
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