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Amphibious fleet also got some new vessels to replace the retired one in 2015 ------------------ three improved 072A Tank landing ships were commissioned in May, October 2015 and |Jan 2016 LST 981 / 982 / 916 ---------- the second Zubr-class -- LCAC 3326 ----------- the Type 726...

more Electronic Intelligence ships and Survey ships PLANS 852 854 855 874...etc... ------------------ -------------------------

other new Auxiliary fleet ships in 2015 ======================= PLANS 868 Semi-Submersible Heavy Lift Vessel ， commissioned on 10th July... ---------------------- several Transportation ships ---- PLANS NanYun830 / 831 etc. ------------------ New ICE Breaker ---- PLANS Haibin722...

PLAN's Auxiliary fleet also got some kind of burst in 2015... ------- one 20000 tons Fleet Replenishment Ship.. She joined in PLAN on 28th Dec PLANS 960 DongPingHu two more were hand overed to PLAN, but the official cememony was not held yet..so we might have to put them into year 2016...

in 2015, around 5-6 Type 056 corvettes joined in PLAN... 501 信阳 2015-3-7 502 黄石 2015-5-6 503 宿州 2015-2-11 504 宿迁 2015-7-20 505 秦皇岛 2015-10-16 506 曲靖 2015-X-X also in this year, 7 more type 056/056A were Launched...so far, 31 ships of this class have been confirmed... the lastest one...

it happened as we said ....the #10 type 052D destroyer is launched today... but it was the 9th vessel of this class which touched the water, the #9 052D is still on the slipway in antoher shipyard waiting her moment...

also in this year... the number of commissioned Type 054A Frigate might set a new record. Four have joined in the PLAN fleets and two more have arrived the new home port, the official ceremony might be held before the year end of 2015... we are waiting for the official statements on the...

PLAN summary of year 2015 ..... ----------------- in this year, PLAN got three more 6000 tons class Destroyers-- 1 type 052C and 2 type 052D DDGs 1. the last of 6 Type 052C DDG was commissioned on 6th Feb...Pennant number : PLAN 153 XiAn 2. the second 052D joined in PLAN on 17th Aug...

today, one of the China top Shipyards launched three new PLAN vessels from the same Dry-Dock . this shipyard is barely 5-600m away from my office, I just spared some time watching the launch operation at noon... ------------------------ the forth 071 LPD was towed out of the dock first ---...

shipyards allover China also launched/delivered quite some other support/auxiliary vessels in 2014. because their Commission ceremony were not reported normally in public ,so I won't share these events here with the unofficial info but some vague term... ----------------- more Mine-hunter/...

the number of launched 056 light Frigates is little less than the number commissioned in 2014... some new modification was spotted as well on the 23rd 056/056A class...the higher main mast would help to improve the performance for some sensor. ------------------------- three Replenishment...

update on the newly Launched military vessels by China shipyards in 2014 ----------------- source : HSH forum yesterday - just before the last day of 2014, the JN shipyard launched the 6th 052D destroyer. in this year, three 052D were launched in Mar, Aug and Dec....the construction time of...

6. 6000-ton class No.894 李四光 Weapon Test Vessel commissioned in this Sep. this is the forth Weapon Test Vessel in PLAN fleet... 7. Minesweeper- the 10th and 11th vessel of the 2nd Gen home made Minesweeper joined fleet in Jan and Oct... No.845 青州 No.846 禹城 8...

the 17th and 18th of 056 are ASW varient- Type 056A ...the commission ceremony FFG 593 三门峡 FFG 594 株洲 ---------------- the major difference on this varient is the installed Active Towed Array Sonar and added Multifunction Anti-submarine Rocket Launcher and rocket-assisted...

5. so far, Ten Type 056/056A Light Frigate/Corvette commissioned whithin 2014 FFG 587 揭阳 FFG 586 吉安 FFG 589 清远 FFG 588 泉州 FFG 592 泸州 FFG 590 威海 FFG 591 抚顺 FFG 595 潮州 FFG 593 三门峡 FFG 594 株洲 eight Type 056 commission ceremony(chronological order )...

another year has almost gone, let's see what PLAN got in this year(2014)... 1. one 6000-ton 052D destroyer(DDG 172 昆明) joined the Southern Sea Fleet in Apr 2014 2. the fifth 052C destroyer(DDG 152 济南) joined the Eastern Sea Fleet in Jun 2014 3. another and the sixth 052C (DDG 153...

so far ,we could ID four major class Nuclear Sub project , 091 SSN 092 SSBN 093 SSN 094 SSBN ...and some sub-varients improved 091 (091G SSN or 091MLU(mid-life upgrade)) improved 092 (092G SSBN or 092MLU) improved 093 (093A SSN) ---------------------- I might be able to post some images of...

the 1st Gen Hot Launch VLS on 054A Class Frigate can carry two kinds of missiles --Hq16 SAM and Yu8 Anti-Submarine Missile(but this VLS has limited size,both in length and diameter) the 2nd Gen Generalized VLS could launch more kinds of missiles. so far this VLS on New 052D class Destroyer...

yes, this is the new generation(2nd Gen) Generalized Vertical Launching System , PLAN are operating two kinds of homemade VLS besides the imported S300RIF sys... Cold launch: HQ9 Long range SAM Hot Launch: HQ16 Middle range SAM and Yu8 anti-submarine missile (similar to RUM-139 VL-ASROC)...

that's the same as "Dressing Ship"-- full dress (挂满旗) on important state occasions PLAN code stipulate : for a Destroyer . full dress means: around 67 flags would be hung. the flag size would be No.2(No.1-5 means five flag sizes , No.1 is the largest one ). the national flag should be...