Liuching-class destroyer

SKC Liuching
Class overview
Builders:	Wantao Industries
Operators:	Monsilvan Navy Abersianian Navy
Preceded by:	Chuntao-class destroyer
Cost:	₵923 million
Active:	?
General characteristics
Type:	Guided-missile destroyer
Displacement:	7,650 tons standard displacement 10,600 tons full load
Length:	Batch 1 166 m (544 ft 7 in), Batch 2 170 m (557 ft 9 in)
Beam:	21.4 m (70 ft 3 in)
Draft:	6.25 m (20 ft 6 in)
Propulsion:	4 × General Electric LM2500 COGAG; 2 × shafts; 100,000 shp (75,000 kW) produced power
Speed:	exceeds 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Range:	5,500 nmi (10,200 km; 6,300 mi)
Endurance:	30 days
Complement:	300
Sensors and processing systems:	AN/SPY-1D(V) multi-function radar AN/SPG-62 fire control radar DSQS-21BZ-M hull-mounted sonar SQR-220K towed array sonar system Sagem Infrared Search & Track (IRST) system
Electronic warfare & decoys:	LIG Nex1 SLQ-200K Sonata electronic warfare suite
Armament:	1 × 5-inch (127 mm)/L62 caliber Mk 45 Mod 4 naval gun 1 × 30 mm Goalkeeper CIWS 1 × RAM Block 1 CIWS 16 × SSM-700K Jingpo anti-ship missile 2 × triple torpedo tubes for: M745 Blue Shark torpedo 1 × 48-cell, 1 × 32-cell (80 cells) Mk 41 VLS for: SM-2 Block IIIB/IV 1 × 48-cell M-VLS for: M-ASROC Red Shark Wangmo III land attack cruise missiles
Aviation facilities:	Hangar and helipad

The Liuching-class destroyer is a series of guided-missile destroyers of the Monsilvan Navy. At present the Monsilvan Armed Forces has purchased ? ships of this class constructed by Dayu Group's Wantao Industries. The first ship was launched on 25 May 2007 and entered service in December 2008. The ships are also in use by the Abersianian Navy.

Background

The Liuching class is part of the latter phases of Suen Shi-huang's government's increased military spending plan, which included a substantial shipbuilding program, which is geared toward enhancing the Monsilvan Navy's ability to defend the maritime areas around Monsilva from various modes of threats.

At 8,500 tons standard displacement and 11,000 tons full load, the Liuching destroyers are one of the largest destroyers in the Monsilvan Navy and larger than many destroyers in other navies around Terraconserva. They are built slightly bulkier and heavier than other classes of destroyers in order to accommodate 32 more missiles. As such, some analysts believe that this class of ships is more appropriately termed a class of cruisers rather than destroyers.

Armaments

Liuching-class destroyers' main gun is the 127 mm/L62 Mk 45 Mod 4 naval gun, an improved version of the same gun used on other warships from several other nations. Point-defense armaments include one 30 mm Goalkeeper CIWS and a RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile Block 1 21-round launcher, the first Aegis platform to carry RAM. Anti-aircraft armament consists of SM-2 Block IIIA and IIIB in 80 total Mk 41 VLS cells. Block IIIB has added infrared (IR) induction mode to Block IIIA, improving interception capability.

Anti-submarine warfare armaments consists of both M-ASROC Red Shark anti-submarine rockets, and 32 M745 LW Blue Shark torpedoes. Anti-ship capability is provided by 16 SSM-700K Sea Star long-range anti-ship missiles. Land-attack capability is provided by the Wangmo III cruise missile.

Missile batteries

• Vertical Launching System: 128 total cells
  • Mk 41 VLS 48 cells (Fwd)
  • Mk 41 VLS 32 cells (Aft)
  • M-VLS 48 cells (Aft)
• Anti-ship missile launchers:
  • 16 (4 × quadruple) launchers

Ships in the class

Name	Builder	Launched	Commissioned	Status
Batch I
SKC ?	Wantao Industries	25 May 2007	22 December 2008	Active
SKC ?	Wantao Industries	14 November 2008	31 August 2010	Active
SKC ?	Wantao Industries	24 March 2011	30 August 2012	Active
Batch II
SKC ?	Wantao Industries	28 July 2022	17 August 2023	Active