Chinese frigate Yiyang

Yiyang (548) is a Type 054A frigate of the People's Liberation Army Navy.

The Type 054A's VLS uses a hot launch method; a shared common exhaust system is sited between the two rows of rectangular launching tubes.

The autonomous Type 730 provides improved reaction time against close-in threats.

[2] Yiyang was launched on 17 November 2009 at the China State Shipbuilding Corporation in Shanghai.

In November 2015, Yiyang along with Qiandaohu and Jinan made the first ever port call by PLAN ships to the Eastern Coast of the United States when they docked at Mayport Harbor, Florida, for a goodwill visit.