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Buckley-class destroyer escortlarger figure on 0 of 2
Type 054A frigatelarger figure on 2 of 2
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Measured figures
Length
Single source306 ft (93.3 m)[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | Buckley-class destroyer escort | Type 054A frigate |
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| Power | Two Foster-Wheeler Express "D"-type water-tube boilers , two GE steam turbines of 13,500 horsepower (10,100 kW) total, two generators (9,200 kilowatts (12,300 hp) total), 12,000 horsepower (8,900 kW) of electric motors drove the two propeller shafts[source] | CODAD , 4 × SEMT Pielstick 16 PA 6V 280 STC diesels, 20.7 MW (28,200 hp) total, 2 shafts[source] |
| Name | Buckley class[source] | — |
| Builders | Bethlehem Steel Hingham Shipyard , MA Fore River Shipyard , MA San Francisco Shipyard , CA Charleston Navy Yard , SC Consolidated Steel , TX Defoe Shipbuilding , MI Dravo Corporation , PA Norfolk Navy Yard , VA Philadelphia Navy Yard , PA[source] | Hudong-Zhonghua Shipyard Huangpu Shipyard[source] |
| Operators | World War II United States Navy Royal Navy Post-War Chilean Navy Republic of China Navy Colombian National Navy Ecuadorian Navy Republic of Korea Navy Mexican Navy Philippine Navy Royal Navy United States Navy |
134 m (440 ft)[source]
Unspecified
Single source180人[source]Unspecified
Maximum; most ships could attain
Single sourceMaximum; Speed · source measurement 2
Single sourceMaximum; Speed · source measurement 3
Single source24 knots (44 km/h; 28 mph) (most ships could attain 26/27 knots)[source]
Maximum; Speed
Single source27 knots (50 km/h)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
People's Liberation Army Navy China Coast Guard Pakistan Navy[source] |
| Preceded by | Evarts class[source] | Type 054 frigate[source] |
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| Succeeded by | Cannon class[source] | Type 054B frigate[source] |
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| Planned | 154[source] | 50[source] |
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| Completed | 154[source] | — |
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| Type | Destroyer escort[source] | Frigate[source] |
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| Capacity | 350 tons oil (fuel)[source] | — |
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| Sensors & processing systems | Radar: Type SL surface search fixed to mast above yard arm, type SC and SA air search only fitted to certain ships Sonar : Type 128D or Type 144 both in retractable dome. Direction Finding: MF direction finding antenna fitted in front of the bridge and HF/DF Type FH 4 antenna fitted on top of mast[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] |
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| Armament | Main guns: 3 × 3 inch /50 Mk 22 dual-purpose open mount Anti-aircraft guns: 4 × 1.1 inch/75 (28mm) guns or 2 × 40 mm Bofors guns (not included on Captain -class ships) 8 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannon Some of the ships had an extra one or two Oerlikons fitted on top of the superstructure amidships Captain -Class units had additional 20 mm guns Torpedo tubes : 3 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes in a triple mount Hedgehog mortar Up to 200 depth charges[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] |
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| Subclasses | — | Tughril class (Pakistan) Type 818 Cutter (China Coast Guard)[source] |
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| Cost | — | US$348 million (est. 2015)[source] |
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| Built | — | 2005–present[source] |
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| In commission | — | 2008–present[source] |
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| Active | — | 46[source] |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys | — | 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] |
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| Aircraft carried | — | Type 054A: Harbin Z-9 C or Kamov Ka-28 'Helix' Type 054AG: Harbin Z-20 family helicopter including Z-20F anti-submarine version and the Z-20J naval utility version[source] |
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| Aviation facilities | — | hangar[source] |
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| Country of origin | — | People's Republic of China[source] People's Republic of China[source] |
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