055 DDG Large Destroyer Thread

[no_name]

hi no_name, what do you mean off-axis cut on the mast? the side facing the lake?

This thing here.

 

[ladioussupp]

Another imaginary picture

 

[Riverman]

Dam, its hard to be first hehe

 

[PanAsian]

Even though the latest side view of the mockup of the type 055 shows that indeed the CIWS is on a raised platform in respect to the main gun..............but to me it still looks lower than i expected it to be! Does anyone else think that?

LOL, I had several posts about the same on the 052D which was roundly deemed a non-issue by other forum members. It's probably safe to say it is also a non-issue on the 055 but rather just visual illusions at play.

 

[no_name]

Looks like a sizable ship to me if you add the bow and helo deck. Those supporting beams are probably 10m apart.

 

[A.Man]

Found on Internet-Just FYI

 

[Insignius]

055 Not in service before 2020?

That's far too slow! Hopefully, the worsening security enviroment in asia will compress this schedule more.

 

[PanAsian]

055 Not in service before 2020?

That's far too slow! Hopefully, the worsening security enviroment in asia will compress this schedule more.

Actually a truly poor security environment for China will not bode well for its capital ships. More useful for them to churn out a dozen upgraded "054B"s or two dozen more heavily armed "056A"s than a pair of 055s.

 

[Jeff Head]

Looks like a sizable ship to me if you add the bow and helo deck. Those supporting beams are probably 10m apart.

Nice picture. Thanks.

All painted up with a lot of scaffolding removed. I will do a full on side view using that pic to match my recen one from the starbpoard bow quarter.

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055 Not in service before 2020?

That's far too slow! Hopefully, the worsening security enviroment in asia will compress this schedule more.

That time frame is not unusual or slow at all.

You have to remember, they have not even started building the first one yet. For a cruiser-sized destroyer like this...with these advancmments, IMHO, you can count on the following schedule for the first in class

- Lay down to launch: 2 years
- Outfitting: 1 year
- Builder Trials: 6 months
- Handover and Naval Trials: 1 year
- Commissioning : She comes into service 4 1/2 years after being laid down

That means if they lay it down early next year, they would commission in the second half of 2019...or about 2020. If they wait longer, it will be longer before she is in service.

They may be able to knock a year off of that total schedule for follow-on vessels (less construction time, less outfitting, and less builder's trials once they have their processes in place and proven), knocking it down to 3 1/2 years ber vessel. If the PLAN builds these at two yards, then they can get to a point where they are pumping them out every 18 months or so.

Now, if they really optimize their processes during construction, outfitting and intial trials, they may be able to get it down to one every year from two yards combined, with one coming out every other year from the yards...but a two year total turn around time on a ship of this nature is going to be a huge stretch. More like every 18 motnhs from the two yards is what I would expect.

I looked at the picture of the spreadsheet, and that is what it is telling me in essence.

Time will tell.

 

[kwaigonegin]

Nice picture. Thanks.

All painted up with a lot of scaffolding removed. I will do a full on side view using that pic to match my recen one from the starbpoard bow quarter.

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That time frame is not unusual or slow at all.

You have to remember, they have not even started building the first one yet. For a cruiser-sized destroyer like this...with these advancmments, IMHO, you can count on the following schedule for the first in class

- Lay down to launch: 2 years
- Outfitting: 1 year
- Builder Trials: 6 months
- Handover and Naval Trials: 1 year
- Commissioning : She comes into service 4 1/2 years after being laid down

That means if they lay it down early next year, they would commission in the second half of 2019...or about 2020. If they wait longer, it will be longer before she is in service.

They may be able to knock a year off of that total schedule for follow-on vessels (less construction time, less outfitting, and less builder's trials once they have their processes in place and proven), knocking it down to 3 1/2 years ber vessel. If the PLAN builds these at two yards, then they can get to a point where they are pumping them out every 18 months or so.

Now, if they really optimize their processes during construction, outfitting and intial trials, they may be able to get it down to one every year from two yards combined, with one coming out every other year from the yards...but a two year total turn around time on a ship of this nature is going to be a huge stretch. More like every 18 motnhs from the two yards is what I would expect.

I looked at the picture of the spreadsheet, and that is what it is telling me in essence.

Time will tell.

Jeff,

I got a suggestion for your pic.. put a Smart-L type radar on the aft superstructure. There is a chance it may be there to complement the X-band APARs.