PEOPLE`S LIBERATION ARMY NAVY (PEOPLE`S REPUBLIC OF CHINA)
| 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 |
|
Displacement standard, t |
570 |
|
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, t |
diesel 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 equipment | none |
|
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.
© Ivan Gogin, 2015