The last costings I saw were:
Type-055 is 6 billion RMB
Type-052D is 3.5 billion RMB
You can see the Type-055 is a lot more expensive
052C/052D Class Destroyers
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The last costings I saw were:
Type-055 is 6 billion RMB
Type-052D is 3.5 billion RMB
You can see the Type-055 is a lot more expensive
Can we get an update to this chart? It's been a while so we should have more info now and I've seen some talk saying the 2nd batch of 055 is only 6 and not 8?
manqiangrexue
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I seem to remember from a long while back that an 055 is 6B RMB but and 052D was 5B RMB... Don't know what's right and what's wrong or outdated...
A Type-055 costing only 20% more than a Type-052D doesn't sound correct
052D DDG-128 Ganzi getting moved around by tugboats. Posted by @欧阳振我86468 on Weibo.
One of the latest batch 052D units, DDG-177 is confirmed to be named after the city of Tongchuan in Shaanxi. Posted by @追风少年小白鲨 on Weibo.
Table updated as of 2 December 2025:
| DDG | In Active Service | Sea Trials/Fitting Out/Under Construction (Visually Confirmed) | Purported/Claimed (Unconfirmed) |
| 055 | 8 | 6 | 2 |
| 052D/DG | 32 | 6 | 5 |
| Total | 40 | 12 | 7 |
Given the latest information available, I'd still put the latest batch of 055 DDGs at 6 units confirmed + 2 units unconfirmed for the time being.
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Total is 59.
According to wiki the Arleigh Burke equivalent is 74 active, 12 under construction/fitting out/trials, with a further 10 authorized, for a total of 96.
A gap of 37 destroyers in total.
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First flight is not that far from end of their designed service life, even after extension.
Plus, of course,6 052c,2 051c and remaining 9 upgraded units amount to at least something...
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Still they need to find mariner to man them, they are cutting ships in the fleet for the rest to sail.
Presently the US Navy is a snake eating his tail. Smaller ship need less crew, Constellation class would have helped in number in that case.
We can see a difference of more than 50 crew members between 052d and 055, about 15% minimum. Dont know if China run in the same problems. We can look also where these ships are build, keeping busy multiple shipyards bring larger production and competances.
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