Chinese frigate Yingtan

	; Yingtan as a museum ship in Qingdao.
Name:	Yingtan; (鹰潭);
Namesake:	Yingtan
Builder:	Hudong Shipyard, Shanghai;
Laid down:	1970
Launched:	1971
Commissioned:	December 1974
Decommissioned:	1994
Identification:	Pennant number: 531
Status:	Museum ship at the Chinese Navy Museum, Qingdao
General characteristics
Class & type:	Type 053K frigate
Displacement:	1,700 standard; 2,000 full load;
Length:	103.2 m (339 ft)
Beam:	10.2 m (33 ft)
Draft:	3.1 m (10 ft)
Propulsion:	2 x SEMT Pielstick 12PA6 diesels; 16,000 shaft horsepower (12,000 kW); 2 shafts;
Speed:	26 knots
Range:	4,000 nmi (7,400 km; 4,600 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement:	185
Sensors and ; processing systems:	Radar Type 381 air search; Square Tie surface search; Fin Curve navigation; Sun Visor 8 fire control; 2 x Fog Lamp fire control; Type 341 fire control; ; Sonar Pegas-2M active hull-mounted; Tamir 2 active hull-mounted; ;
Electronic warfare ; & decoys:	2 x Jug Pair ESM
Armament:	2 × 3.9 in (100 mm)/56 (twin) guns; 4 × 37 mm/63 twin guns; 2 x HQ-61 SAM twin launchers; 2 x BMB-2 depth charge projectors; 2 x depth charge racks; 2 x RBU-1200 ASW rocket launchers;

Yingtan (531) was the sole Type 053K (NATO reporting name: Jiangdong) frigate constructed by the People's Republic of China for the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN).^[2] She was equipped with HQ-61 surface-to-air missiles (SAM) and the Type 381 radar, making her the first PLAN ship equipped with either surface-to-air missiles or modern air search radar.^[1]

Yingtan formally entered service in 1974, but was only named on 1 August 1986. She participated in the Johnson South Reef Skirmish in 1988. The frigate retired in 1994 and became a museum ship at the Chinese Navy Museum in Qingdao.^[2]

A sister ship was being constructed at the Qiuxin Shipyard by 1979^[1] but was not completed.

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Coordinates: 36°03′17″N 120°19′16″E / 36.0546303°N 120.3210161°E / 36.0546303; 120.3210161

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Career (China)
Yingtan as a museum ship in Qingdao.
Name:	Yingtan (鹰潭)
Namesake:	Yingtan
Builder:	Hudong Shipyard, Shanghai^[1]
Laid down:	1970^[1]
Launched:	1971^[2]
Commissioned:	December 1974^[2]
Decommissioned:	1994^[2]
Identification:	Pennant number: 531
Status:	Museum ship at the Chinese Navy Museum, Qingdao
General characteristics
Class & type:	Type 053K frigate
Displacement:	1,700 standard^[1] 2,000 full load^[1]
Length:	103.2 m (339 ft)^[1]
Beam:	10.2 m (33 ft)^[1]
Draft:	3.1 m (10 ft)^[1]
Propulsion:	2 x SEMT Pielstick 12PA6 diesels; 16,000 shaft horsepower (12,000 kW)^[1] 2 shafts^[1]
Speed:	26 knots^[1]
Range:	4,000 nmi (7,400 km; 4,600 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)^[1]
Complement:	185^[1]
Sensors and processing systems:	Radar Type 381 air search^[1] Square Tie surface search^[1] Fin Curve navigation^[1] Sun Visor 8 fire control^[1] 2 x Fog Lamp fire control^[1] Type 341 fire control^[1] Sonar Pegas-2M active hull-mounted^[1] Tamir 2 active hull-mounted^[1]
Electronic warfare & decoys:	2 x Jug Pair ESM^[1]
Armament:	2 × 3.9 in (100 mm)/56 (twin) guns^[1] 4 × 37 mm/63 twin guns^[1] 2 x HQ-61 SAM twin launchers^[1] 2 x BMB-2 depth charge projectors^[1] 2 x depth charge racks^[1] 2 x RBU-1200 ASW rocket launchers^[1]