055 Large Destroyer Thread II

[Rank Amateur]

That little crane was a bad idea, but I believe there were ideas involving a rotating rail system that seemed far more viable and there's attempts from the USN using a far larger crane on the replenishment vessel to do the same thing.

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So the idea certainly isn't impossible, and its probably being actively worked on. Yeah, you probably need a favorable sea state to do it, but there's plenty of things that naval ships can to do that are impossible in certain sea states.
Edit:

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Says they are trying for a system that can reload in Sea State 5, which should be more than sufficient.

The French are having a go at it, too (I didn't see a mention of maximum sea state, though):

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[no_name]

Might as well have accompanying arsenal ships if you feel the need to reload at sea.

 

[lcloo]

It will be nice to know if China will to develop unmanned long range stealth arsenal ships loaded with air defense missiles and anti-torpedo torpedo, for protection of the fleet. Any expendable drone ships from the size of type 022 to 2,000 tons displacement with a wide variety of munitions with range of 50km to 200km, may be?

I wonder if there is any such project under development?

 

[Dante80]

It will be nice to know if China will to develop unmanned long range stealth arsenal ships loaded with air defense missiles and anti-torpedo torpedo, for protection of the fleet. Any expendable drone ships from the size of type 022 to 2,000 tons displacement with a wide variety of munitions with range of 50km to 200km, may be?

I wonder if there is any such project under development?

This is not the thread for a discussion like this.

Last thing I remember, there was some info

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and others, back in 2017.

It probably went nowhere...and I assume for good reasons (big arsenal ships still don't make much sense in a modern setting, especially when compared with other options like USV connected/distrubuted operations, or even straight up building strike SSGNs).

 

[iBBz]

A 055 concept with a bridge below radar DDG-X like configuration

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[SeriousPLANLover]

I have written a table on the number of major high-seas-combat-capable (HSCC) surface combatants that the PLAN is (and soon will be) operating in this thread just yesterday, unfortunately it has been deleted.

In summary, as of June 2024:

	052C​	052D​	055​	054A​	054B​
In active service	6​	25​	8​	40​	0​
Not in active service (visually confirmed)	N/A​	10​	4​	2​	2​
Not in active service (purported/expected)	N/A​	3​	4​	8​	0​
Total	6​	35 + 3​	12 + 4​	42 + 8​	2 + 0​

This means that by 2030, the PLAN is expected to operate at least 97 HSCC surface combatants.

Any new ships visually confirmed since then?

 

[ACuriousPLAFan]

Any new ships visually confirmed since then?

As of today, no.

 

[charles18]

A 055 concept with a bridge below radar DDG-X like configuration
....

Question:
What advantage / purpose would this have?

 

[HereToSeePics]

Question:
What advantage / purpose would this have?

The higher up the radar is, the further out it can see because less is blocked by the curvature of the earth. This is especially important for detecting small surface vessels and sea skimming missiles.

 

[by78]

A nice magazine scan.