| Chinese destroyer Xi'an (106) | |
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| File:Chinese guided missile destroyer XIAN (DDG 106).JPEG Type 051 destroyer | |
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| Namesake: | Xi'an |
| Builder: | Luda Shipyard, Liaoning |
| Launched: | September 1970 |
| Commissioned: | 28 November 1974 |
| Decommissioned: | 29 September 2007 |
| Identification: | Pennant number: 106 |
| Status: | Museum ship at Wuhan Science and Technology Museum, Wuhan |
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| Class & type: | Type 051 destroyer |
| Displacement: | 3,670 tons |
| Length: | 132 m (433 ft 1 in) |
| Beam: | 12.8 m (42 ft 0 in) |
| Draught: | 4.6 m (15 ft 1 in) |
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| Speed: | 32 knots (59 km/h) |
| Range: | 2,970 miles |
| Complement: | 280 |
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Xi'an (106) is a Type 051 destroyer of the People's Liberation Army Navy.
Development and design[]
The PLAN began designing a warship armed with guided missiles in 1960 based on the Soviet Neustrashimy, with features from the Kotlin-class destroyer, but the Sino-Soviet split stopped work. Work resumed in 1965[1] with nine ships being ordered.[1][2] Construction started in 1968, with trials beginning in 1971. The ships nominally entered service in the early 1970s, but few were fully operational before 1985; workmanship was poor due to the Cultural Revolution.[1]
Construction of the second batch began in 1977,[3] with the last commissioning in 1991.[4] The second batch may have been ordered due to the Cultural Revolution disrupting development of a successor class.[1] These ships may be designated Type 051D.[3] The PLAN initiated an abortive modernization program for the first batch in 1982. The ships would be reconstructed with British weapons and sensors acquired from British Aerospace. The Falklands War made the prospective upgrades less impressive and cost effective, and the project was cancelled in 1984. A 1986 upgrade project using American power plants, weapons, sensors, and computers was cancelled because of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests.[1]
Construction and career[]
Xi'an was launched in September 1970 at the Luda Shipyard in Shanghai. Commissioned on 28 November 1974.
She was decommissioned on 29 September 2007 and towed to Wuhan Science and Technology Museum, Wuhan to serve as a museum ship.[5]
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Coordinates: 30°34′46″N 114°17′45″E / 30.5794460°N 114.2958960°E
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