Type 054A frigate Yueyang (575) Class overview Builders: Hudong-Zhonghua Shipyard Huangpu Shipyard Operators: People's Liberation Army Navy Surface Force Preceded by: Type 054 frigate Subclasses: Type 054A Type 054A+ Cost: ¥ 1.58 billion In commission: 2008-present[1] Building: 2 as of June 2017[2] Active: 25 as of June 2017[3] General characteristics Type: Frigate Displacement: 4,053 tonnes (full) (CCTV report) Length: 134.1 m (440 ft) (CCTV report) Beam: 16 m (52 ft) (CCTV report) Propulsion: CODAD, 4 x Shaanxi 16 PA6 STC diesels, 5700 kW (7600+ hp @ 1084 rpm) each Speed: 27 knots estimated Range: 8,025 nautical miles (9,235 mi; 14,862 km) estimated Complement: 165 Sensors and processing systems: Type 382 Radar (Upgraded from Type 381 Radar "Sea Eagle S/C") 3D air/surface search phased array radar Type 344 Radar (Mineral-ME Band Stand) OTH target acquisition and SSM fire control radar 4 × Type 345 Radar(MR-90 Front Dome) SAM fire control radars MR-36A surface search radar, I-band Type 347G 76 mm gun fire control radar 2 × Racal RM-1290 navigation radars, I-band MGK-335 medium frequency active/passive sonar system H/SJG-206 towed array sonar ZKJ-4B/6 (developed from Thomson-CSF TAVITAC) combat data system HN-900 Data link (Chinese equivalent of Link 11A/B, to be upgraded) SNTI-240 SATCOM AKD5000S Ku band SATCOM Electronic warfare & decoys: Type 922-1 radar warning receiver HZ-100 ECM & ELINT system Kashtan-3 missile jamming system Armament: 1 × 32-cell VLS HQ-16 SAM Yu-8 anti submarine rocket launcher 2 × 4 C-803 anti-ship / land attack cruise missiles 1 × PJ26 76 mm dual purpose gun 2 × Type 730 7-barrel 30 mm CIWS guns or Type 1130 2 × 3 324mm Yu-7 ASW torpedo launchers 2 × 6 Type 87 240mm anti-submarine rocket launcher (36 rockets carried) 2 × Type 726-4 18-tube decoy rocket launchers Aircraft carried: 1 Kamov Ka-28 'Helix' or Harbin Z-9C Aviation facilities: hangar