055 DDG Large Destroyer Thread

[Tiberium]

Is that because certain ships have fleet commander system (extra equipment/weight)? It was speculated that 055 will be the flagships of China's several fleets.

Let me explain this a little bit clearer.
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You see, O-5 is a commander, O-6 is a captain. O-7 and above, you can call yourself an admiral. The CO of a destroyer must be a commander; if he wants to go higher, he needs to go through captain, and then become an admiral. How? A captain will not appear in thin air. The only two designation for a captain in Navy is the CO of a CVN or CG; and there are not much ships for them. If US Navy lose all of its cruisers, the promotion path for a commander would be very narrow: they will compete with other 90+ commanders for only 10 CVN CO slots, and that's a long shot. However, right now with 22 CGs still active in duty, the captain slots would be 32, that's generally 1 in 3, and much better chance. So the whole navy bureaucracy knows that, and that's why they are struggling to keep CGs active. It's not about how Ticonderoga is better than Burke; its about the Navy office rank would be in proportion and healthy.

 

[Jeff Head]

Well, I completed my 1/350 scale Type 055 PLAN Large Destroyer:

Type 055 Destroyer in 1/350 scalehttps://www.sinodefenceforum.com/type-055-plan-large-destroyer-in-1-350-scale.t8245/https://www.sinodefenceforum.com/type-055-plan-large-destroyer-in-1-350-scale.t8245/

Here's a couple of pictures of the finished vessel:

 

[antiterror13]

Interesting that the ship Pennant number is 180 ... @Jeff Head could well be correct

 

[Insignius]

Supposedly it will be 101. According to forum rumors.

 

[Deleted member 13312]

Once more for anyone's best guess that the pennant numbers for the Type 055 DDGs will be?

Looks like Type 052D will round out all of the 170s now, so I was wonder about 180 and up? I have seen speculation on 180, 181, 191, etc. but do not know which might be actual.

Any ideas?

On the subject of pennant numbers, is it a first come first serve thing ? Or are the numbers set already ?

 

[mys_721tx]

On the subject of pennant numbers, is it a first come first serve thing ? Or are the numbers set already ?

In the current system, each fleet has a block of numbers.101-130 belong to the North Sea Fleet. 131-159 belong to the East Sea Fleet. 160-199 belong to the South Sea Fleet. 101 was Anshan. If I recall correctly, PLAN has not reused any pennant numbers so far.

Destroyers are named by cities of their home region. The rumor about Nanchang with pennant number 101 is strange on two accounts: Nanchang is in Jiangxi Province, naming her so will make her a ship of the East Sea Fleet. 101, on the other hand, is a North Sea Fleet number.

 

[Jeff Head]

Interesting that the ship Pennant number is 180 ... @Jeff Head could well be correct

Thanks, I decided to put a number on there and had seen 180 about in various depictions on various forums.

I can shange it to 101 o whatever it comes out as as soon as they put one on it.

I just didn't want to wait to complete the model.

@Insignius @Viktor Jav tor Jav

 

[schenkus]

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Does the Z-8 on the flight deck indicate that it might fit the hangar, or is the model not accurate enough to tell you this ?

 

[Jeff Head]

Does the Z-8 on the flight deck indicate that it might fit the hangar, or is the model not accurate enough to tell you this ?

The Type 055 can carry two type Z-19 or Z-8 helicopters.

 

[Jeff Head]

My 1/350 scale Chinese (PLAN) CSG: