First China-developed Guided-missile Destroyer CNS Jinan Starts Service on Dec 12, 1971

CNS Jinan, the first guided-missile destroyer developed by China, starts service in the PLA Navy on Dec 12, 1971. [Photo/sasac.gov.cn]

First China-developed guided-missile destroyer CNS Jinan starts service on Dec 12, 1971

The first China-developed guided-missile destroyer CNS Jinan started service in the People's Liberation Army Navy on Dec 12, 1971.

The destroyer's features included fast navigational speed and a long cruising range. Installed with advanced equipment like tri-ship-to-ship missile launchers, high-parameter and robust power plants and destroyer-dedicated radar, the vessel had strong fire power.

Manufactured on a trial basis by China State Shipbuilding Corporation Limited, the destroyer was contributed to by more than 260 ship yards in 22 provincial regions in China.

A multi-functional destroyer, Jinan was China's first middle-sized surface ship of the People's Liberation Army Navy and proof that the country was able to self-develop such destroyers.

Jinan was decommissioned on Nov 13, 2007 and is now displayed at the Chinese Navy Museum in Qingdao, Shandong Province.

(Executive editor: Zhang Tianyuan)