5月19日，中国海军导弹护卫舰丹东号退役仪式在南部战区某军港举行。南部战区海军某护卫舰支队官兵整齐列队，向服役36年的丹东舰做最后的告别。
BEIJING, May 21 -- The decommissioning ceremony for the Chinese naval guided-missile frigate Dandong (Hull 543) was held at a military port in the PLA Southern Theater Command on May 19. The service members assigned to a frigate flotilla of the Navy under the PLA Southern Theater Command lined up to bid the final farewell to frigate Dandong, which had served in the PLA Navy for 36 years.
据悉，丹东舰是20世纪80年代我国自主设计建造的某型导弹护卫舰。自入列以来，出色完成了战备巡逻、海上维权、出国访问等一系列重大任务，参加各类演习演练数百次，为维护祖国海洋权益和领土主权、安全作出了突出贡献。去年初，丹东舰执行某海域战备巡逻任务时，创造了该型舰艇103天海上战备记录。
The frigate Dandong was independently designed and built by China in the 1980s. Since being commissioned, it has completed major tasks of combat readiness patrol, maritime rights protection and overseas visits, and has participated in various kinds of drills and exercises for hundreds of times, making outstanding contributions to protecting China’s maritime rights and interests and safeguarding China’s territorial sovereignty and security. Early last year, the frigate Dandong created a record of keeping combat readiness at sea for consecutive 103 days when performing combat readiness patrol in a particular sea area.
退役后，丹东舰将移交至辽宁省丹东市，作为当地的爱国主义教育基地，继续为祖国的国防教育事业发挥余热。
After decommissioning, the frigate Dandong will be handed over to Dandong City, Liaoning Province, serving as a patriotism and national defense education base in the city.
