Chinese frigate Yantai (538)

	Yantai entering Hong Kong on 28 November 2019
History
China
Name:	Yantai
Namesake:	Yantai; (烟台);
Builder:	Huangpu, Shanghai
Launched:	August 2010
Commissioned:	June 2011
Homeport:	Lüshunkou
Identification:	Pennant number: 538
Status:	Active
General characteristics
Class and type:	Type 054A frigate
Displacement:	4,053 tonnes (full)
Length:	134.1 m (440 ft)
Beam:	16 m (52 ft)
Propulsion:	CODAD, 4 × Shaanxi 16 PA6 STC diesels, 5700 kW (7600+ hp @ 1084 rpm) each
Speed:	27 knots estimated
Range:	8,025 nautical miles (9,235 mi; 14,862 km) estimated
Complement:	165
Sensors and ; processing systems:	Type 382 Radar; Type 344 Radar (Mineral-ME Band Stand) OTH target acquisition and SSM fire control radar; 4 × Type 345 Radar(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 11A/B, to be upgraded); SNTI-240 SATCOM; AKD5000S Ku band SATCOM;
Electronic warfare ; & decoys:	Type 922-1 radar warning receiver; HZ-100 ECM & ELINT system; Kashtan-3 missile jamming system;
Armament:	1 × 32-cell VLS; HQ-16 SAM; Yu-8 anti submarine rocket launcher; 2 × 4 C-803 anti-ship / land attack cruise missiles; 1 × PJ26 76 mm dual purpose gun; 2 × Type 730 7-barrel 30 mm CIWS guns or Type 1130; 2 × 3 324mm Yu-7 ASW torpedo launchers; 2 × 6 Type 87 240mm anti-submarine rocket launcher (36 rockets carried); 2 × Type 726-4 18-tube decoy rocket launchers;
Aircraft carried:	1 Kamov Ka-28 'Helix' or Harbin Z-9C
Aviation facilities:	hangar

Yantai (538) is a Type 054A frigate of the People's Liberation Army Navy. She was commissioned in June 2011.

Development and design

The Type 054A carries HQ-16 medium-range air defence missiles and anti-submarine missiles in a vertical launching system (VLS) system. The HQ-16 has a range of up to 50 km, with superior range and engagement angles to the Type 054's HQ-7. The Type 054A's VLS uses a hot launch method; a shared common exhaust system is sited between the two rows of rectangular launching tubes.[1]

The four AK-630 close-in weapon systems (CIWS) of the Type 054 were replaced with two Type 730 CIWS on the Type 054A. The autonomous Type 730 provides improved reaction time against close-in threats.[2]

Construction and career

Yantai was launched in August 2010 at the China State Shipbuilding Corporation in Shanghai. Commissioned in June 2011.

Gallery

Yantai underway on 25 July 2013.
Yantai underway on 27 December 2014.
Commander Harry Marsh of USS Stethem aboard Yantai on 28 July 2015.
Yantai underway on 28 January 2016.
Yantai underway on 26 December 2016.
Yantai underway on 20 April 2018.

References

舰载武器SHIPBORNE WEAPONS 2013 AUGUST ISSUE
"Archived copy". Archived from the original on 7 January 2007. Retrieved 27 March 2009.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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[1] 舰载武器SHIPBORNE WEAPONS 2013 AUGUST ISSUE

[2] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 7 January 2007. Retrieved 27 March 2009.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)