Haikou

Haikou at the RIMPAC exercise in 2014
History
China
Name	Haikou
Laid down	30 June 2001
Launched	30 October 2003
Commissioned	26 December 2005
Status	in active service
General characteristics
Displacement	7,000 tons
Length	154 m (505 ft)
Beam	17 m (56 ft)
Draught	6 m (20 ft)
Propulsion	CODOG, 57,000 shp
Speed	30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Armament	48 HHQ-9 long-range surface-to-air missiles 8 YJ-62 anti-ship / land attack cruise missiles 1 × 100 mm dual purpose gun 2 30 mm Type 730 close-in weapons systems 6 torpedo tubes 4 × 18-tube decoy rocket launcher
Aircraft carried	1 helicopter: Kamov Ka-27 or Harbin Z-9C ASW/SAR

Haikou is a Chinese Type 052C destroyer (NATO code name Luyang II class). The ship was laid down in 2002, launched on 30 October 2003, and commissioned in late 2005. The destroyer is active with the People's Republic of China's South Sea Fleet.

History

In December 2008, Haikou, Type 052B destroyer Wuhan, and Type 903 replenishment ship Weishan Hu were deployed to the Gulf of Aden; this was China's first overseas naval deployment in 600 years.^[1][2][3]

On 2 November 2011, Haikou and Type 054A frigate Yuncheng were deployed as tenth Escort Task Group for anti-piracy operation in Somalia and the Gulf of Aden.^[4] The task group was to be relieved by the eleventh task group on 17 March 2012. ^[5]

On 9 March 2014, Haikou was deployed in the search for the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370.