Chinese frigate Ma'anshan

The Type 054 has a stealthy hull design with sloped surfaces, radar absorbent materials, and a reduced superstructure clutter. The main anti-ship armament were YJ-83 sea-skimming anti-ship cruise missiles in two four-cell launchers. It retained the HQ-7 SAM, an improved version of the French Crotale, from the preceding Type 053H3; the HQ-7 had a ready-to-fire 8-cell launcher, with 16 stored in the automatic reloader. Short range defence was improved with four AK-630 CIWS turrets. A 100 mm main gun, also based on a French design, was mounted. == Construction and career ==

''Ma'anshan'' was launched on 11 September 2003 at the Hudong-Zhonghua Shipyard in Shanghai. Commissioned on 18 February 2005. On November 28, 2012, ''Ma'anshan'', Zhoushan, Hangzhou, Ningbo and Poyanghu integrated supply ship formed a naval open sea training fleet, passing through the Miyako Strait in batches and entering the waters of the Western Pacific to carry out routine training. On September 25, 2013, ''Ma'anshan and Changzhou conducted an anti-submarine exercise organized by the East China Sea Fleet in the South China Sea. During the exercise, Ma'anshan'' and Changzhou ship-borne helicopters dropped several war mines and successfully destroyed the target. In April 2014, ''Ma'anshan'' and other destroyers of the PLA Navy's East China Sea Fleet conducted formation anti-submarine and anti-missile training. During mid 2019, ''Ma'anshan'' was docked for overhaul. == Gallery ==

File:PLANS Ma'anshan (FFG-525) 20151213.jpg|''Ma'anshan'' underway on 13 December 2015. == References ==