Anshan class destroyer
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The Anshan-class destroyers were the People's Liberation Army Navy
People's Liberation Army Navy
The People's Liberation Army Navy is the naval branch of the People's Liberation Army , the military of the People's Republic of China. Until the early 1990s, the navy performed a subordinate role to the PLA Land Forces. Since then, it has undergone rapid modernisation...
's (PLAN) first destroyers. They were ex-Soviet s purchased in the 1950s. The Chinese
People's Republic of China
China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...
later added HY-2 anti-ship missiles and removed some of the torpedo tubes.
The Anshans were withdrawn from active service by the 1990s, but retained as training and museum ship
Museum ship
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s. The PLAN retains ownership through PLAN funded institutions.
Ship List
- Anshan (# 101) ex-Rekordny,
- Museum ship in QingdaoQingdao' also known in the West by its postal map spelling Tsingtao, is a major city with a population of over 8.715 million in eastern Shandong province, Eastern China. Its built up area, made of 7 urban districts plus Jimo city, is home to about 4,346,000 inhabitants in 2010.It borders Yantai to the...
from 1992.- Fushun (# 102) ex-Rezkiy,
- Scrapped 1980s
- Changchun (#103) ex-Reshitelny,
- Decommissioned 1990, museum ship in Rushan.
- Taiyuan (#104) ex-Chin Lin, ex-Retivy,
- Stationary training ship at the Dalian Naval Insititute.