Chinese Navy Type 052D destroyer "Kunming" 172 Kunming is the lead ship of the class and was laid down on 16 February 2012 at the Jiangnan Shipyard in Shanghai. She was launched on 29 August 2012 and commissioned on 21 March 2014.[7] On 26 October 2015, a United States Navy destroyer approached within 12 nautical miles (22 km; 14 mi) of Chinese islands and reefs in the South China Sea. Kunming was sent to surveil the American ship.