how many men & women aboard each vessel?
My guess about 300 roughly.
how many men & women aboard each vessel?
Some nice views of the fly swatter there.
Towed sonar array on a 052D. This space is right below the flight deck.
First time the 'DL' undertook the Gulf mission.
Would it be an "overkill" to send 052DL for just the Gulf mission? perhaps has other objectives ... my guess is to make the sailors more experience and to test many new systems on 052DL? .. maybe