New guided missile frigate commissioned in East China Sea Fleet
(Source: China Military Online) 2014-01-08
The
ceremony for naming and presenting flag to the guided missile frigate
Ji’an is held in Shanghai, Jan. 8, 2014. (Navy.81.cn / Dai Zongfeng)
SHANGHAI,January 8 (ChinaMil) -- A commissioning, naming and
flag-presenting ceremony for the new-type guided missile frigate “Ji’an”
was held at a naval port in Shanghai on Wednesday morning. This is the
first new-type guided missile frigate that is officially commissioned to
a maritime garrison command of the East China Sea Fleet under the Navy
of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLAN).
The guided
missile frigate Ji’an (hull No.586) belongs to a new-generation of light
guided missile frigate developed independently by China. After
commissioned to a maritime garrison command of the East China Sea Fleet,
the warship will mainly undertake such missions as maritime patrol,
ship escort. Besides, it can also conduct anti-submarine and
anti-surface operations individually or coordinating with other forces.
Ji’an City is famous for Jinggangshan Mountain, the birthplace of the
Chinese Workers and Peasants’ Red Army, and one of the first-generation
guided missile frigates of the PLAN was also named Ji’an (hull No. 518).
The No. 518 frigate had served for 35 years with the total voyage of
more than 200,000 sea miles before it retired in 2012.
Gu
Xiangbing, deputy commander of the East China Sea Fleet under the PLAN,
presented the army flag and issued the naming certificate to the ship.
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