New destroyer Ji'nan commissioned to East China Sea Fleet

Photo shows the commissioning ceremony of the guided missile destroyer Ji'nan held in a naval port in Zhoushan on December 22, 2014.

A simple and grand ceremony marking the commissioning of the guided missile destroyer Ji'nan to the East China Sea Fleet of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) was held at a naval port in Zhoushan of east China's Zhejiang province on the morning of December 22, 2014.

The newly-commissioned guided missile destroyer Ji'nan, together with the guided missile destroyer Changchun and Zhengzhou, are all new-generation guided missile destroyers independently developed by China.

The guided missile destroyer Ji'nan (hull number 152), is equipped with multiple sets of home-made new-type weapons. It is able to attack surface warships and submarines independently or in coordination with other strength of the PLAN. The ship also possesses strong capabilities of conducting long-distance early-warning and detecting as well as regional air-defense operation.

The three generations of warships which inherit the name of Ji'nan witness the constant development of the PLAN.

It is learned that the warship naming methods by the navies of various countries are different, and it is a general practice for the navies of many countries to name the newly commissioned warship after the historically-famous decommissioned warship.