Type 052 destroyer

	Qingdao at Haifa port, Israel in 2012
Class overview
Builders	Jiangnan Shipyard
Operators	People's Liberation Army Navy Surface Force
Preceded by	Type 051
Succeeded by	Type 052B (based on hull family); Type 051B (based on commissioning date);
Built	1990 – 1996
In service	1994 – present
Completed	2
Active	1
Retired	1
General characteristics
Type	Guided-missile destroyer
Displacement	4,674 tons
Length	144 m (472 ft 5 in)
Beam	16 m (52 ft 6 in)
Draught	5.1 m (16 ft 9 in)
Propulsion	2 x General Electric LM2500 gas turbines (55,000 shp (41,000 kW)) (112); 2 x Zorya-Mashproekt DA80 gas turbines (48,600 shp (36,200 kW)) (113); 2 x MTU 12V 1163 TB83 diesels (8,840 shp (6,600 kW));
Speed	31 kn (57 km/h; 36 mph)
Range	5,000 nmi (9,300 km; 5,800 mi) at 15 kn
Complement	266
Sensors &; processing systems	Type 517B air search radar; Type 363S air/surface search radar; Type 364 surface search radar; Type 344 fire control radar; Type 345 fire control radar; DUBV 23 hull mounted sonar; Linear towed array sonar;
Electronic warfare; & decoys	Rapids (ESM); Scimitar (ECM);
Armament	4 × 4 YJ-83 anti-ship missiles; 1 × 8-cell HQ-7 SAM; 1 × twin 100 mm/56 H/PJ-33B gun; 2 x Type 730 CIWS; 2 x triple 324 mm Whitehead B515 torpedo tubes carrying Yu-7; 2 x 12-tube FQF 2500 ASW rocket launchers;
Aircraft carried	2 helicopters: Harbin Z-9C
Aviation facilities	Landing platform; Hangar; DCN Samahe 110N helicopter landing system;

The Type 052 (NATO/OSD Luhu-class destroyer) is a class of destroyers developed in the People's Republic of China (PRC) for the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN). The Type 052 was an intermediate between the obsolescent Type 051 and the modern Type 052B destroyers. They were the first PLAN destroyers powered by gas turbines, and the first PLAN ships with modern combat direction systems (CDS). They were also part of the first generation of PLAN warships armed with surface-to-air missiles in the form of the short-range Crotale (called HQ-7 in Chinese service).

The Type 052 used subsystems imported from the United States and the European Union. The embargo after the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre ended the supply of and support for those subsystems, limiting production to two ships and likely affecting their operating efficiency due to system integration issues. Afterward, China turned to Russia and Ukraine for technology.