NAVYPEDIA

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
瑞金 [Ruijin]			USA	1940s	1940s	1940s // early 1950s	sunk 18.5.1954
兴国 [Xingguo]			USA	1940s	1940s	1940s // early 1950s	discarded 1960s
遵義 [Zunyi]			USA	1940s	1940s	1940s // early 1950s	discarded 1960s
邯郸 [Handan]			USA	1940s	1940s	1940s // early 1950s	discarded 1960s
淮阳 [Huaiyang]			USA	1940s	1940s	1940s // early 1950s	discarded 1960s
盐城 [Yancheng]			USA	1940s	1940s	1940s // early 1950s	discarded 1960s

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	570
Displacement full, t	704
Length, m	55.0
Breadth, m	10.0
Draught, m	3.00
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 General Motors diesels
Power, h. p.	500
Max speed, kts	12
Fuel, t	diesel oil
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armament	3 x 1 - 76/50 Mk 20 or (1 x 1 - 105/22 M101, 2 x 1 - 76/50 Mk 20), 2 x 2 - 37/83 Dopp LC/30, 4 x 2 - 25/60 96-shiki
Electronic equipment	none
Complement	100+

Project history

Former USN AKL class small coastal freighters, purchased by merchant company and converted by PLAN to coastal gunboats.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

Ruijin was sunk 18.5.1954 by Nationalist P-47 fighters.

© Ivan Gogin, 2015