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Friday, 25 October 2024

Communist Chinese frigate Hui An (1944) (Rui Jin -1980s)

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Former Japanese escort destroyer Shisaka of the Ukuru-class, simplified Mikura-design. Number 5257, laid down on 21 August 1944 by Hitachi, Sakurajima, Japan, launched on 31 October 1944, completed on 15 December 1944, ceded to Nationalist China and renamed Huai An, at the end of the civil war in hands of Communist China retaining her name, repaired after being damaged during bombing in 1950, rearmed in 1955, renamed Rui Jin and serving as training ship before she was broken up in begin 1980s. 

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