052C/052D Class Destroyers

ismellcopium said:

So if including these now 39 052Ds now visually confirmed under construction + in service & 14 (or 15?) 055s?

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Tally as of today:

ACuriousPLAFan said:

Tally as of today:

DDG	In Active Service​	Sea Trials/Fitting Out/Under Construction (Visually Confirmed)​	Purported/Claimed (Unconfirmed)​
055	8​	5​	3​
052D/DG	27​	9​	3​

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The 052DG DDG #166 is in service now which I assume is the 27th?

According to Wikipedia china navy uses 25 052d destroyer so 26 or 27? I think this is also a rumors. Does someone have any provement about 26 or 27?

Squadson said:

According to Wikipedia china navy uses 25 052d destroyer so 26 or 27? I think this is also a rumors. Does someone have any provement about 26 or 27?

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That Wikipedia is outdated. It was 25 in service for a while but commissionings are resuming again and one ship was seemingly commissioned in December as it was spotted out in the WESTPAC; I think it's the first ship of Batch 4 (DDG #135) which was the 26th, and I assume the most recently spotted numbered one (DDG #166) is the 27th as it seems to be on the cusp of being commissioned.

antiterror13 said:

I don't see how the existing 13 units 052D can be lengthen by 4m to accommodate Z20 during MLU, perhaps not worth it.

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It's actually quite easy IMO. You just extend the helipad out backwards more by adding a 4m stern section to the end. No rebuild needed.