The ''Anshan''-class destroyers were the

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's (PLAN) first

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s. They were ex-

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s purchased in the 1950s. The Chinese later added

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s and removed some of the

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s, and redesignated as Type 6607. All four ships of the class had been stricken by 1992.

Design

The class has a

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of with

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of , a beam of , with a draught of , and their displacement were standard and at full load. The ships was powered by two sets of Tosi geared steam turbines with three drum boilers, with total power output of distributed in two shafts. ''Anshan'' class has a maximum speed of , with range of while cruising at or at . The ships has a complement of 205 personnel, including 15 officers. The class were initially armed with four /50 caliber B13 Pattern 1936 guns in four turrets, two /55 34-K guns in two turrets, four 37 mm/63 70-K guns in single-mounts, one Oerlikon 20 mm/70 autocannon, and two triple-tube torpedo tubes. In 1971-1974, all ships were modernized by replacing the two torpedo tubes with two twin

surface-to-surface missile launchers, the four Soviet single-mount 37 mm/63 70-K guns were replaced with four Chinese twin-mount 37 mm/63 Type 61 guns, and removal of the 76 mm guns and 20 mm autocannon. The ships also equipped with two projectors and two racks for

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s and can carry up to 60

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s. The ships electronics and sensors consisted of ''Mina'' fire-control system, Gius-2 (

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: "Cross Bird") air-search radar, "High Sieve" air/surface-search radar, "Square Tie" surface-search radar, "Ball End" and "Fin Curve" navigational radar, and Pegas-2M active sonar.

History

After 1949 the PLAN negotiated with Britain through

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to buy some second-hand ships and boats but unable to do so due to the

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. As a result, the PLAN turned to the Soviet Union to buy four worn-out destroyers. The purchase was made on 4 June 1953, with prices equivalent to 17 tons of gold each at the time. The ''Anshan''-class ships were withdrawn from active service by the 1990s, but retained three ships as training ship (''Taiyuan'') and

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s (''Anshan'' and ''Changchun''). The PLAN retains ownership of the ships through PLAN funded institutions.

Ships in class

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* * * * * {{Anshan-class destroyer Destroyer classes China–Soviet Union relations