Type 051B destroyer

	Shenzhen (167) in 2003
Class overview
Operators	People's Liberation Army Navy Surface Force
Preceded by	Type 052 "Luhu" class
Succeeded by	Sovremenny class
Cost	2 billion renminbi yuan per ship by 1980s price
Built	1996–1999
In service	1999–present
Completed	1
Active	1
General characteristics
Type	Guided-missile destroyer
Displacement	6,100 tonnes (6,000 long tons; 6,700 short tons) tons
Length	153 metres (502 ft)
Beam	16.5 metres (54 ft)
Draught	6 metres (20 ft)
Propulsion	2 Steam turbines; 94,000 shp (70,100 kW);
Speed	31 knots (57 km/h; 36 mph)
Range	4,000 miles (6,400 km)
Complement	250 (40 officers)
Sensors and ; processing systems	Combat data system - ZKJ-6 Information processing system designed by the 709th Institute (Reported speed: 10 Mbit/s); Data link: HN-900 (Chinese equivalent of Link 11 A/B, to be upgraded); Communication: SNTI-240 SATCOM; Sea Eagle 3-D air search radar; Type 360S air/surface search radar; Type 344 fire-control radar (for 100 mm gun & SSMs); Hull mounted sonar; Towed array sonar;
Armament	16 YJ-12 anti-ship missiles; 32 cell H/AJK16 VLS HQ-16; 1 dual Type 79A 100mm naval gun; 2 Type 1130 CIWS; 6 torpedo tubes; 2 anti-submarine rocket systems; Before 2015-16 refit:; 16 HQ-7 surface-to-air missiles (replaced by 32 VLS HQ-16); 4 x 37mm AA guns (replaced by 2 x Type 1130 CIWS); 16 x YJ-83 anti-ship missile (replaced by 16 x YJ-12);
Aircraft carried	2 helicopters: (Kamov Ka-28 or Harbin Z-9C)
Aviation facilities	Hangar accommodating 2 helicopters; Landing platform for one helicopter; Helicopter landing system;

The Type 051B destroyer (NATO reporting name: Luhai class) is a class of destroyer built by the People's Republic of China. It consists of only one ship, Shenzhen (167). When Shenzhen was commissioned into the People's Liberation Army Navy Surface Force in 1998, it was then the largest surface combatant that China had ever built. It resembles in many ways an enlarged version of the Luhu-class destroyer, and is one of the first PLAN ships with a slope-sided hull to reduce radar signature. The Type 051B was succeeded by the domestic Type 052B destroyer, discounting the 4 Soviet-built Sovremenny-class destroyer that China purchased in the interim.

Class overview
Shenzhen (167) in 2003
Operators	People's Liberation Army Navy Surface Force
Preceded by	Type 052 "Luhu" class
Succeeded by	Sovremenny class
Cost	2 billion renminbi yuan per ship by 1980s price
Built	1996–1999
In service	1999–present
Completed	1
Active	1
General characteristics
Type	Guided-missile destroyer
Displacement	6,100 tonnes (6,000 long tons; 6,700 short tons) tons
Length	153 metres (502 ft)
Beam	16.5 metres (54 ft)
Draught	6 metres (20 ft)
Propulsion	2 Steam turbines 94,000 shp (70,100 kW)
Speed	31 knots (57 km/h; 36 mph)
Range	4,000 miles (6,400 km)
Complement	250 (40 officers)
Sensors and processing systems	Combat data system - ZKJ-6 Information processing system designed by the 709th Institute (Reported speed: 10 Mbit/s) Data link: HN-900 (Chinese equivalent of Link 11 A/B, to be upgraded) Communication: SNTI-240 SATCOM Sea Eagle 3-D air search radar Type 360S air/surface search radar Type 344 fire-control radar (for 100 mm gun & SSMs) Hull mounted sonar Towed array sonar
Armament	16 YJ-12 anti-ship missiles 32 cell H/AJK16 VLS HQ-16 1 dual Type 79A 100mm naval gun 2 Type 1130 CIWS 6 torpedo tubes 2 anti-submarine rocket systems Before 2015-16 refit: 16 HQ-7 surface-to-air missiles (replaced by 32 VLS HQ-16) 4 x 37mm AA guns (replaced by 2 x Type 1130 CIWS) 16 x YJ-83 anti-ship missile (replaced by 16 x YJ-12)
Aircraft carried	2 helicopters: (Kamov Ka-28 or Harbin Z-9C)
Aviation facilities	Hangar accommodating 2 helicopters Landing platform for one helicopter Helicopter landing system