Arleigh Burke (Flight IIA) vs Type 055 (Renhai)
China's Type 055 is larger than the US Navy's standard destroyer: about 180 metres and 12,500 tonnes against 155 metres and 9,200 tons for the Arleigh Burke Flight IIA. Read it with care, because the Type 055 figures are open-source estimates — China does not publish complete official data. Because of its size, some analysts class it closer to a cruiser than a destroyer.
Length to scale
Type 055 (Renhai) is 1.2 times longer than Arleigh Burke (Flight IIA) · Type 055 (Renhai) displaces about 1.4 times as much as Arleigh Burke (Flight IIA)
Displacement balance
Arleigh Burke (Flight IIA)
155 m · 509 ft · 9,200 t
US destroyer; later flights are somewhat heavier.
Type 055 (Renhai) *
180 m · 591 ft · 12,500 t
Chinese destroyer; figures are open-source estimates.
* Open-source estimate. Full-load displacement in approximate metric tonnes (submerged for submarines).
Figures used and how reliable they are
- Arleigh Burke (Flight IIA): 509 ft, 9,200 t. US destroyer; later flights are somewhat heavier.
- Type 055 (Renhai)*: 591 ft, 12,500 t. Chinese destroyer; figures are open-source estimates.
* Type 055 (Renhai): estimated or disputed figure; it does not come from a verifiable official data sheet and should be read as indicative.
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Sources / References
- U.S. Navy Fact Files for carriers, destroyers and submarines.
- Royal Navy, French Navy and Spanish Navy public ship pages.
- IISS, The Military Balance (annual editions).
- Jane's Fighting Ships and Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships (historical ships).