The decommissioning ceremony for the Chinese naval guided-missile frigate Dandong (Hull 543) was held at a military port in the PLA Southern Theater Command on May 19.
The service members assigned to a frigate flotilla of the Navy under the PLA Southern Theater Command lined up to bid the final farewell to frigate Dandong, which had served in the PLA Navy for 36 years.
The frigate Dandong was independently designed and built by China in the 1980s. Since being commissioned, it has completed major tasks of combat readiness patrol, maritime rights protection, and overseas visits, and has participated in various kinds of drills and exercises hundreds of times, making outstanding contributions to protecting China’s maritime rights and interests and safeguarding China’s territorial sovereignty and security. Early last year, the frigate Dandong created a record of keeping combat readiness at sea for consecutive 103 days when performing combat readiness patrol in a particular sea area.
After decommissioning, the frigate Dandong will be handed over to Dandong City, Liaoning Province, serving as a museum and education facility in the city.
Dandong 543
| Class and type: | Type 053H1 frigate |
| Displacement: | 1,450 standard1,730 full load |
| Length: | 103.2 m (339 ft) |
| Beam: | 10.7 m (35 ft) |
| Propulsion: | Two type 12 E 390V diesels; 16,000 hp (m) (11.9MW) sustained2 shafts |
| Speed: | 26 knots |
| Range: | 2,700 nmi (5,000 km; 3,100 mi) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph) |
| Complement: | 300 (27 officers) |
| Sensors and processing systems: | Radar System: Surface: Square Tie (Type 254); I-bandAir & Surface: MX 902 Eye Shield (Type 922-1); G-band Navigation: Fin Curve (Type 352); I-band Fire Control: Wok Won director (Type 752A); Square Tie (Type 254), I-band Echo Type 5 (Hull Mounted) |
| Electronic warfare & decoys: | Watchdog; Radar warning |
| Armament: | 2 × Chinese 3.9 in (100 mm) /56 (twin) guns 8 × Chinese 37 mm /63 (6 twin) guns AShM: 2 × 4 C-802 2 × RBU-1200 5-tubed fixed launchers Depth Charge: DCL-003D Mines: Can carry up to 60 Decoys: 2 × loral Hycor SRBOC Mk 366-barreled chaff launcher |
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