Chinese naval ships sail to visit USA, Canada and Philippines

Update on PLAN ships in San Diego

Yesterday...The PLAN sailors recive training from US sailors on fire fighting and damage control techniqes..I will post more pics as I see them.

Chinese, U.S. warships train off San Diego coast

The exercise came as part of a broader plan for the countries to boost maritime safety and communications by training in each other's waters, U.S. Navy spokesman Lt. Robert Lyon said.

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This just came out on Any news from sources inside the PRC? The USN seems to have plently of news and pictures!!



U.S., Chinese Navies Complete SAREX Together
Story Number: NNS060921-13
Release Date: 9/21/2006 3:00:00 PM

By Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Ashley Hickman, Fleet Public Affairs Center, Pacific

SAN DIEGO (NNS) -- The Chinese crew of the People’s Liberation Army (Navy) (PLA(N)) destroyer Qingdao (DDG 113) and U.S. Navy Sailors from the USS Shoup (DDG 86) and Torpedo Weapon Recovery Vessel Swamp Fox (821) conducted a Search and Rescue Exercise (SAREX) off the coast of Southern California Sept. 20.

SAREX is a routine exercise that focuses on understanding the procedures necessary to find and save those who are lost at sea. U.S. Navy ships regularly cooperate with foreign navies around the world in this type of exercise.

“This is the first in a series of bilateral exercises that the U.S. is conducting with the Chinese,” said Commander, Destroyer Squadron 7 Capt. Michael Gilday. “In the past few years, the dialogue between both countries has deepened. Military-to-military contact is an important part of that relationship.”

China and the U.S. Pacific Fleet have participated together in the Hong Kong SAREX several times, most recently in 2003, but had no direct interaction due to the exercise scenario.

During this SAREX in San Diego, damage controlmen and corpsmen from both Shoup and Qingdao combined forces in simulated flooding and medical emergency drills on Swamp Fox to get a better understanding of how each navy operates.

“We demonstrated how we would save the ship not only from fire and flooding, but also from medical casualties,” said Senior Chief Hospital Corpsman Cindy Cruzan, independent duty corpsman aboard Shoup. “It was very exciting. The Chinese Sailors did a very good job and were very professional. It was difficult with the language barrier, but through demonstration and a lot of acting out, we were able to accomplish what we intended, which was demonstrate our abilities to save the ship.”

This joint SAREX directly contributes to military maritime objectives of improved air and maritime safety, and underscores the Pacific Fleet’s commitment to supporting ongoing cooperative efforts in the Pacific region.

“Both navies have a good understanding of each other’s seamanship and airmanship operations,” said Gilday. “I am confident if our navies were in the position to conduct a joint search and rescue operation in the real world, we would be able to.”

After the PLA(N) ships complete this goodwill tour with port visits to Canada and the Philippines, the Chinese navy will conduct part two of the SAREX off the coast of China.

From Xinhua, nothing much that is news.

Chinese fleet visits San Diego

Time:2006-09-19 07:56:03

SAN DIEGO, the United States, Sept. 18 (Xinhua) -- Two Chinese warships arrived at a U.S. naval base in San Diego on Monday morning, marking the first visit of the Chinese navy to the U.S. mainland port in nine years.

When the fleet, composed of the missile destroyer Qingdao and auxiliary ship Hongzehu, cruised into San Diego port, hundreds of Chinese naval officers and sailors in white uniforms with blue neckerchiefs stood proudly in line at the rails.

At the receiving ceremony, Rear Admiral Len Hering, commander of U.S. Navy Southwest Region, said more exchanges and cooperation between the U.S. and Chinese navies would help maintain peace in the Pacific region.

"The U.S. navy and Chinese navy, both have the duty to keep peace and stability in this region," Hering said. "We hope this visit will help us better understand each other."

Hering's remarks were echoed by Wang Fushan, rear admiral and deputy commander of the Chinese Navy North Sea Fleet, who was impressed by the hospitality of the U.S. side.

"As soon as we arrived, we received a warm welcome," Wang said, "On behalf of Chinese people and the People's Liberation Army, I would like to extend my heartfelt thanks for your hospitality."

"Also, our officers and sailors are deeply impressed by the professional level that the U.S. navy has shown," he added.

Several hundred Chinese and Chinese-Americans cheered and waved the national flags of the two nations on Monday morning on a pier at San Diego Naval Base.

The Chinese fleet is scheduled to participate in a joint search-and-rescue drill with the U.S. navy off the California coast, according to the naval officers.

The two warships arrived in San Diego from Hawaii, and it was the second time ever and the first time since 1997 that Chinese naval warships had visited the San Diego base, a major base of the U.S. navy's Pacific Fleet.

In recent years, relations between the two armed forces have been improving with exchanges of high-level military visits.

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More pics of the PLAN sailors training with the USN sailors.

Hi all...

I am new to the forum and had a question about the supply ships.

Its number is 881 and I was wondering what class it is. The closeset one i see is the Taikang class. However the number on the website is 575. Thats why I have some doubt.

How many does this class have and where can i find info on them?

I see that they are close by in Victoria today.... so i thought i would look that info up.

DoorGunner said:

Its number is 881 and I was wondering what class it is. The closeset one i see is the Taikang class. However the number on the website is 575. Thats why I have some doubt.

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I believe the 881 is called Hongzehu.

are there more in this class?? or is it just a single entity>?

DoorGunner said:

are there more in this class?? or is it just a single entity>?

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Doorgunner. You need to search out those answers yourself. The answer to your question is readily available on this web site. If you go to the main page of this website you will see in the left side bar links. Click on navy and start searching.



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Victoria it is