The first vessel of of the class, Kunming (hull number 172), was commissioned in March 2014. Changsha (hull number 173) , the second Type 052D Destroyer to join the PLAN, was launched just four months after head of the class Kunming but was commissioned much later, in August 2015. Hefei was launched at the Jiangnan-Changxing naval shipyard on July 2nd 2013 and commissioned in December 2015. The Fourth unit, Yinchuan (hull number 175) was commissioned in July this year.



Three Type 052D Destroyers were launched in 2015 and three were launched in 2016.



There first four ships of the class all belong to the PLAN's South Sea Fleet and are homeported in Yulin Naval Base located in the Yalong Bay (city of Sanya) on Hainan island.