168 Guangzhou and 052B guided missile destroyers are the latest generation of general-purpose guided missile destroyers in China. Construction of 65438+ was started at the end of 1999 or the beginning of 2000. It was launched in Jiangnan Shipyard on May 23, 2002, and sea trials began in 2003. In June 2004, 5438+ 10 joined the South China Sea Fleet of the Navy.

168 guided missile destroyer, with the ship name "Guangzhou", domestic code 052B and overseas code "China Hyundai", has a sister ship, namely 169 Wuhan guided missile destroyer.

This ship is the first practical ship type in China Navy's "Large Ocean Destroyer" program. The previous 1 12,13, 167 ships were either insufficient in displacement or experimental, and strictly speaking, they could not be regarded as real second-generation ships.

Project 052B was officially launched in 1997, and the design was finalized in 1999. Won the national special prize for scientific and technological progress in 1999.