Li Zichuan-class destroyer

Li Zichuan-class destroyer

File:Li Zichuan-class destroyer Batch I.png The ZNS Li Zichuan, the name ship of its class.
Class overview
Operators:	Zhenia
Preceded by:	Kim Shimin-class destroyer
Subclasses:	Ji Hyunseok-class cruiser
Built:	2016-present
In commission:	2018-present
Planned:	32
Building:	3
Completed:	5 (+3 Han Jisung-class)
General characteristics Li Zichuan-class
Type:	Guided missile destroyer
Displacement:	12,130 metric tons full load
Length:	166.7 m (at waterline, full load) 180.0 m (max)
Beam:	23.2 m
Draught:	5.89 m (from waterline to hull) 7.84 m (including sonar bulge)
Propulsion:	All-electric propulsion 2 x Hanshin Motors GTM-4500 Gas Turbines, each providing 35 MW of thrust 2 x Li-Jien Dynamics LE-90 Generators, providing 5.1 MW of thrust 2 x propellers driven by electric motors Total: 80.2 MW of thrust
Speed:	31 knots
Range:	13,000 km at 18 knots
Complement:	256
Sensors and processing systems:	4-sided AESA radar system Li-Jien Dynamics Phased Array Integrated Mast (PAIM)
Electronic warfare & decoys:	Li-Jien Dynamics Integrated Electronic Warfare System (IEWS)
Armament:	Guns 1 x 127 mm/L56 naval gun 2 x 30 mm dual Gatling gun (on SkyGuard CIWS) 4 x 12.7 mm RWS Missile capacity 48 x forward VLS cells 64 x aft VLS cells 16 x central VLS cells (for anti-ship missiles)
Aircraft carried:	2 x MH-60R medium lift helicopters and 1 x MQ-8B unmanned helicopter
Aviation facilities:	Helicopter deck and hangar

The Li Zichuan-class destroyers are a line of guided missile destroyers built by Zhenia aimed for service in the Republic of Zhenia Defense Forces. An enlarged and modernized derivative of the existing Kim Shimin-class, it has been designed to serve as the flagship of smaller flotillas within fleets.

See Also

• Kim Shimin-class destroyer, its direct predecessor
• Hansan-class frigate