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RUIJIN gunboats (early 1950s)


Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
瑞金 [Ruijin]     USA 1940s 1940s 1940s // early 1950s sunk 18.5.1954
兴国 [Xingguo]     USA 1940s 1940s 1940s // early 1950s discarded 1960s
遵義 [Zunyi]     USA 1940s 1940s 1940s // early 1950s discarded 1960s
邯郸 [Handan]     USA 1940s 1940s 1940s // early 1950s discarded 1960s
淮阳 [Huaiyang]     USA 1940s 1940s 1940s // early 1950s discarded 1960s
盐城 [Yancheng]     USA 1940s 1940s 1940s // early 1950s discarded 1960s


Technical data


Displacement standard, t570
Displacement full, t

704
Length, m

55.0
Breadth, m

10.0
Draught, m

3.00
No of shafts

2
Machinery

2 General Motors diesels
Power, h. p.

500
Max speed, kts

12
Fuel, tdiesel oil
Endurance, nm(kts) 
Armament

3 x 1 - 76/50 Mk 20 or (1 x 1 - 105/22 M101, 2 x 1 - 76/50 Mk 20), 2 x 2 - 37/83 Dopp LC/30, 4 x 2 - 25/60 96-shiki
Electronic equipmentnone
Complement

100+


Project history

Former USN AKL class small coastal freighters, purchased by merchant company and converted by PLAN to coastal gunboats.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

Ruijin was sunk 18.5.1954 by Nationalist P-47 fighters.

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