NAVYPEDIA

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
长征24号 [Changzheng 24]			Bohai, Huludao		2014	2019	building (2019)

Technical data

Displacement standard, t
Displacement normal, t	17000 / 19000
Length, m	150.0
Breadth, m	20.0
Draught, m
No of shafts	1
Machinery	2 sets geared steam turbines, 2 nuclear reactors
Power, h. p.
Max speed, kts	20 / 32
Fuel, t	nuclear
Endurance, nm(kts)	practically unlimited
Armament	16 - 24 Ji Lang-2 SLBM (16 -24 JL-2), 6 - 533 TT (bow, 12)
Electronic equipment	type 359 radar, H/SQG-4 sonar suite (TSM2233 Eledone, TSM-2255, SQB-2 sonars), H/SQC-207 sonar, Type 921-A (SRW209) ECM suite, CCS
Complement	140
Diving depth operational, m	600

Project history

Third generation of Chinese SSBNs, more quieter than predecessors, with 16 or 24 JL-2 or JL-3 SLBMs.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.

© Ivan Gogin, 2019