The Chinese PLA Navy

054A Frigate 538 Yantai

Type: 054A Frigate Number of hulls built: Many Standard Displacement: 3,600 tons Maximum Displacement: 4,100 tons Length: 135.00m Beam: 16.00m Draft: 5.00m Speed: 27knots Range: 4,000nm at 18knots 2 x Sextuple Depth Charges 76mm Main Battery 32 x HQ-16 Anti-Aircraft Missile 2 x Type 730 Close-In Weapons Systems 8 x YJ-83 Anti-Ship Missiles 4 x 18-barrel Type 726-4 Decoy/Chaff Launchers 2 x Triple 324mm Torpedo Tubes Z-9 / Ka-28 Helicopter