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Freedom-class littoral combat shiplarger figure on 1 of 2
Type 054A frigatelarger figure on 1 of 2
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Measured figures
Length
Single source378 ft (115 m)[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | Freedom-class littoral combat ship | Type 054A frigate |
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| Builders | Marinette Marine[source] | Hudong-Zhonghua Shipyard Huangpu Shipyard[source] |
| Operators | United States Navy[source] | People's Liberation Army Navy China Coast Guard Pakistan Navy[source] |
| Preceded by | N/A[source] | Type 054 frigate[source] |
| Succeeded by | Constellation class[source] |
134 m (440 ft)[source]
Unspecified
Single source180人[source]Unspecified
core crew, 65 with mission crew (Blue and Gold crews)
Single source50 core crew, 65 with mission crew (Blue and Gold crews).[source]
Electrical: 4 Isotta Fraschini V1708 diesel engines, Hitzinger generator units each
Single sourceElectrical: 4 Isotta Fraschini V1708 diesel engines, Hitzinger generator units, 1,100 hp (800 kW) each[source]
2 × Rolls-Royce MT30 48,000 hp (36 MW) gas turbines 2 × Colt-Pielstick 16PA6B 9,100 hp (6.8 MW) diesel engines 4 Rolls-Royce/Kamewa 153SII/153BII waterjets[source]
CODAD , 4 × SEMT Pielstick 16 PA 6V 280 STC diesels, 20.7 MW (28,200 hp) total, 2 shafts[source]
21 days (
Single source21 days (336 hours)[source]
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Type 054B frigate[source] |
| Cost | $362 million[source] | US$348 million (est. 2015)[source] |
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| Built | 2005–present[source] | 2005–present[source] |
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| In commission | 2008–present[source] | 2008–present[source] |
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| Planned | 16[source] | 50[source] |
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| Completed | 16[source] | — |
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| Active | 10[source] | 46[source] |
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| Retired | — |
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| Type | Littoral combat ship[source] | Frigate[source] |
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| Boats & landing craft carried | 36 ft (11 m) RHIB, 39 ft (12 m) high-speed boats[source] | — |
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| Sensors & processing systems | EADS North America TRS-3D air and surface search radar, TRS-4D from LCS 17 Lockheed Martin COMBATSS-21 combat management system AN/SQR-20 Multi-Function Towed Array (As part of ASW mission module)[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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| Electronic warfare & decoys | Argon ST WBR-2000 ESM system Terma A/S SKWS decoy system[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] |
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| Armament | 1 × BAE Systems Mk 110 57 mm gun , 400 rounds in turret and two ready service magazines with 240 rounds each. 1 × Mk 49 launcher with 21 × RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Surface-to-Air Missiles 4 × 0.50 in (12.7 mm) machine guns 2 × 30 mm Mk44 Bushmaster II guns (part of SUW module) 24 × AGM-114L Hellfire missiles (planned part of SUW module) 1 × Lockheed Martin 150 kW High Energy Laser Other weapons as part of mission-specific modules[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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| Aircraft carried | 1 × MH-60R/S Seahawk 2 × MQ-8B Fire Scouts or 1 × MQ-8C Fire Scout[source] | 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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| Country of origin | United States[source] | People's Republic of China[source] People's Republic of China[source] |
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| Subclasses | — | Tughril class (Pakistan) Type 818 Cutter (China Coast Guard)[source] |
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| Aviation facilities | — | hangar[source] |
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