Chinese ship Zheng He

For other uses, see Zhenghe.

Zheng He

Zheng He (foreground) at Visakhapatnam, India, in 2014
History
China
Name	Zheng He
Namesake	Zheng He [1]
Builder	Qiuxing, Shanghai [2]
Launched	12 July 1986 [2]
Commissioned	27 April 1987 [2]
In service	1987-Present
Identification	Hull number: 81 [2]
Status	Active
General characteristics
Type	Training ship
Displacement	5558 tons (full) [2]
Length	130 m (430 ft) [2]
Beam	16 m (52 ft) [2]
Draft	4.8 m (16 ft) [2]
Propulsion	2 SEMT-Pielstick 6PC2-5L diesels, 2 shafts, 6.73 MW [2]
Speed	15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph) [2]
Range	5,000 nautical miles (9,300 km; 5,800 mi) at 15 kn [2]
Complement	170 [2] Instructors: 30 [2] Cadets: 200 [2]
Armament	2 twin 57 mm [2] 2 twin 30 mm guns [2] 2 FQF 2500 12-tubed ASW mortars [2]

Zheng He is a Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy training ship. Its NATO reporting name is Daxin. The ship is a Naval Academy unit based with the North Sea Fleet. ^[2]

Zheng He was the first domestically designed and built oceangoing training ship. ^[1] Its visit to Pearl Harbor in 1989 was the PLA's first port visit to the United States since 1949. ^[3]

The ship circumnavigated Earth between April to September 2012. ^[4] When the ship left Dalian on 17 April, it was expected to be the first such voyage by a lone Chinese training vessel. ^[1]

References

1. Zhang, Xiaomin (17 April 2012). "Naval training ship going round the globe". China.org.cn. China Daily. Retrieved 22 February 2025.
2. Saunders, Stephan, ed. (2015). Jane's Fighting Ships 2015-2016. Jane's Information Group. p. 159. ISBN   978-0710631435.
3. Deng, Linda (13 October 2015). "PLA navy ship arrives in Pearl Harbor". China Daily. Retrieved 22 February 2025.
4. Allen, Kenneth; Clemens, Morgan (August 2014). "The Recruitment, Education, and Training of PLA Navy Personnel". CSMI Red Book. 12. United States Naval War College: 7. ISBN   978-1-935352-30-3 . Retrieved 22 February 2025.