Chinese destroyer Ürümqi

Type 025D destroyer of the PLA Navy

Ürümqi underway on 25 February 2019

History
China
Name| Ürümqi
Namesake|

* Ürümqi
* (乌鲁木齐)

Builder| Jiangnan Shipyard, Shanghai
Launched| 7 July 2015
Commissioned| 12 March 2018
Identification| Pennant number: 118
Status| Active
General characteristics
Class and type| Type 052D destroyer
Displacement| 7,500 tons (full load)
Length| 157 m (515 ft)
Beam| 17 m (56 ft)
Draught| 6 m (20 ft)
Propulsion| Combined diesel or gas
Sensors and
processing systems|

* Type 346 radar
* Type 518 radar
* Variable depth sonar
* Towed array sonar

Armament|

* 1 x 130 mm gun
* 1 × HQ-10 short-range SAM 24-cell launcher
* 64 cell GJB 5860-2006 VLS
* HHQ-9 SAM
* YJ-18 SSM
* CY-5 ASW
* Type 730 CIWS

Aircraft carried| Helicopter
Aviation facilities|

* Hangar
* Helipad

Ürümqi (118) is a Type 052D destroyer of the People's Liberation Army Navy. She was commissioned on 5 January 2018.[1]

## Development and design

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The basic ship type and layout of the Type 052D guided-missile destroyer is the same as that of the Type 052C destroyer, but compared to the earlier Type 052C destroyer, the Type 052D superstructure has a larger inclination angle and provides better stealth performance. At the same time, the 052C helicopter hangar is located The left side of the hull axis was changed to the center axis of the ship on Type 052D; a pair of small boat storage compartments were added on both sides of the hangar, similar to the design on the Type 054A frigate.

The close in weapon system is composed of a H/PJ-12 short-range defense weapon system located in front of the bridge and a 24 Hongqi-10 air defense missile system located on the top of the hangar, which is combined to form a ladder interception. The original 100mm naval gun was replaced by a higher height and better stealth model H/PJ45 naval gun. On May 13, 2019, the extended version of the 052DL was exposed. The hull of the 052DL is basically the same as the 052D, but the helicopter deck is lengthened to prepare for the Zhi-20 to board the ship.[2]

The Type 52D is the first Chinese surface combatant to use canister-based universal VLS, as opposed to the concentric type VLS carried aboard earlier vessels. 64 cells are carried; 32 forward and 32 aft.[3] The VLS is reportedly an implementation of the GJB 5860-2006 standard.[4] The VLS may fire the extended-range variant of the HHQ-9 surface-to-air missile, YJ-18 anti-ship cruise missiles,[5] and CY-5 anti-submarine missiles.[6]

## Construction and career

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Ürümqi was launched on 7 July 2015 at the Jiangnan Shipyard in Shanghai. Commissioned on 12 March 2018.[7]

On 22 May 2022, the Ürümqi conducted drills in the East China Sea as a part of the Liaoning Carrier Group; and they were sighted near Miyako Island by the JMSDF. [8]

## References

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1. ^ "3 new Chinese warships - Destroyer 118 Ürümqi (Type 052D), Rizhao 598 frigate (Type 054A) and 965 Hulunhu tanker (Type 901) - all commissioned between 2017/2018, conducted a 3-day live fire drill in the Yellow Sea with other PLAN vessels. China". China Interactive News Map - china.liveuamap.com. Retrieved 2020-11-17.
2. ^ Releases, DP Press. "China Launches 23rd And 24th Type 052D Guided-Missile Destroyers". DefPost. Archived from the original on 2020-12-04. Retrieved 2020-11-14.
3. ^ Li: page 44
4. ^ Wang, Weixing, ed. (4 September 2012). "谜一样的战舰 从052D驱逐舰看中舰艇系统" [A Ship of Mystery: The Shipborne Systems of Type 052D] (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 2012-10-11.
5. ^ China Military Power: Modernizing a Force to Fight and Win (PDF) (Report). United States Defense Intelligence Agency. 2019. p. 70\. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 May 2019. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
6. ^ Wong, Kelvin (2017). Undersea dragon: Chinese ASW capabilities advance (PDF) (Report). Jane's 360. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 October 2018. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
7. ^ "3 new Chinese warships - Destroyer 118 Ürümqi (Type 052D), Rizhao 598 frigate (Type 054A) and 965 Hulunhu tanker (Type 901) - all commissioned between 2017/2018, conducted a 3-day live fire drill in the Yellow Sea with other PLAN vessels. China". China Interactive News Map - china.liveuamap.com. Retrieved 2020-11-17.
8. ^ "Chinese Carrier Strike Group Now Operating in East China Sea". 23 May 2022.

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Type 052 destroyer class and its derivative destroyer classs

| Type 052
Luhu class|

* Harbin
* Qingdao

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Type 052B
Luyang-I class|

* Guangzhou
* Wuhan

Type 052C
Luyang-II class|

* Changchun
* Zhengzhou
* Jinan
* Xi'an
* Lanzhou
* Haikou

Type 052D/DL
Luyang-III class|

* 052D
* Xining
* Ürümqi
* Guiyang
* Chengdu
* Qiqihar
* Taiyuan
* Xiamen
* Nanjing
* Hohhot
* Kunming
* Changsha
* Hefei
* Yinchuan

* 052DL
* Tangshan
* Huainan
* Suzhou
* Zibo
* Nanning

* Preceded by: Type 051

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