Abukuma-class destroyer escort vs Type 054A frigate

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Abukuma-class destroyer escort — licensed reference photograph

AWarships

Abukuma-class destroyer escort

Destroyer escort

Credit

Luck-one [CC BY-SA ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0 )] · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Resized · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source ↗ · Modified

Type 054A frigate — licensed reference photograph

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Type 054A frigate

Frigate

Credit

日本防衛省・統合幕僚監部 · CC BY 4.0 · Resized · CC BY 4.0 · Source ↗ · Modified

First system

Second system

At a glance

Side by side

Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

Abukuma-class destroyer escortLength

109 m

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Type 054A frigateLength

134 m

Length source ↗

Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

Abukuma-class destroyer escortlarger figure on 0 of 2

None

Type 054A frigatelarger figure on 2 of 2

Length+23%
Beam+23%

Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.

Measured figures

Head to head

20 of 28 rows sourced on both sides

109m

134m

Length+23%

All recorded figures & sources

109 m

Length

Single source

357 ft (109 m)^[source]

134 m

Length

Single source

Configuration

Details

Abukuma-class destroyer escort and Type 054A frigate configuration
Specification	Abukuma-class destroyer escort	Type 054A frigate
Power	CODOG , two shafts 2 × Kawasaki - RR SM1A gas turbines 26,650 hp (19,870 kW) 2 × Mitsubishi S12U MTK diesels 6,000 hp (4,500 kW)^[source]	CODAD , 4 × SEMT Pielstick 16 PA 6V 280 STC diesels, 20.7 MW (28,200 hp) total, 2 shafts^[source]
Builders	Mitsui Engineering and Shipbuilding Company Limited Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd.^[source]	Hudong-Zhonghua Shipyard Huangpu Shipyard^[source]
Operators	Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force^[source]	People's Liberation Army Navy China Coast Guard Pakistan Navy^[source]
Preceded by	Yūbari class

Succeeded by	Mogami class^[source]	Type 054B frigate^[source]

Built	1988–1991^[source]	2005–present^[source]

In commission	1989–present^[source]	2008–present^[source]

Planned	11^[source]	50^[source]

Completed	6^[source]	—

Canceled	5^[source]	—

Active	6^[source]	46^[source]

Type	Destroyer escort^[source]	Frigate^[source]

Sensors & processing systems	OPS-14 air search radar OPS-20 marine radar OPS-28C low-altitude surveillance/surface surveillance FCS-2 fire control system Sonar: OQS-8^[source]	Type 382 Radar Type 344 Radar (Mineral-ME Band Stand ) target acquisition and SSM fire control radar 4 × MR-90 Front Dome SAM fire control radars MR-36A surface search radar, I-band Type 347G 76 mm gun fire control radar 2 × Racal RM-1290 navigation radars, I-band MGK-335 medium frequency active/passive sonar system H/SJG-206 towed array sonar ZKJ-4B/6 (developed from Thomson-CSF TAVITAC) combat data system HN-900 Data link (Chinese equivalent of Link 11 A/B, to be upgraded) SNTI-240 SATCOM AKD5000S Ku band SATCOM^[source]

Electronic warfare & decoys	NEC NOLR-6B ESM + OLR-3 Jamming^[source]	2 × Type 726-4 18-tube decoy rocket launchers Type 922-1 radar warning receiver HZ-100 ECM & ELINT system Kashtan-3 missile jamming system^[source]

Armament	8 × Harpoon missiles ASROC octuple launcher 1 × Otobreda 76 mm gun 1 × Phalanx 20 mm CIWS 2 × HOS-301 triple 324 mm (12.8 in) torpedo tubes 2 x Mk.137 SRBOC chaff launcher^[source]	1 × 32-cell H/AKJ-16 VLS HHQ-16 SAM Yu-8 anti-submarine missile 2 × 4 YJ-83 anti-ship missiles 1 × H/PJ-26 76 mm naval gun (Type 054A and Type 054A+) or 1 x H/PJ-87 100 mm naval gun (Type 054AG) 2 × 30 mm Type 730 7-barrel gun-based CIWS or Type 1130 11-barrel gun-based CIWS 2 × 3 324 mm Yu-7 torpedo launchers 2 × 6 Type 87 240mm anti-submarine rocket launcher^[source]