New replensihment ship 888 entering service

crobato

crobato

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No not with a warship like this. This ship is a considerable expenditure considering the islands can be supplied from any cargo ship or even a trawler. Not to mention there is barely anyone in those islands, and if you have a more significant population, it is just better to deliver things through a regular container.
 
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adeptitus

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The ship was probably built to replace the Dayun Class:
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They transferred one of the Dayun class ships to Fishery law enforcement agency, so they built a replacement for it. Both classes have aft helo decks but no hanger.
 
bigstick61

bigstick61

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It makes more sense to resupply islands via ship. It does cost less, as strange as that may seem to some. That is why 95% of goods are transported by ship and not by other means. This ship seems made for this role. If the islands could support large facilities with cranes for moving containers, they probably would have built a container ship for this purpose.
 
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joshuatree

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crobato said:
No not with a warship like this. This ship is a considerable expenditure considering the islands can be supplied from any cargo ship or even a trawler. Not to mention there is barely anyone in those islands, and if you have a more significant population, it is just better to deliver things through a regular container.
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bigstick61 said:
It makes more sense to resupply islands via ship. It does cost less, as strange as that may seem to some. That is why 95% of goods are transported by ship and not by other means. This ship seems made for this role. If the islands could support large facilities with cranes for moving containers, they probably would have built a container ship for this purpose.
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I concur, regular containers would be the most economical and standardized but these islands don't have any port facilities anywhere near capable of offloading containers. That would explain the extra boat cranes on the 888. And who knows, maybe they are planning for a larger presence on the islands?
 
crobato

crobato

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Go take a look at the islands. This is Woody Island. Note the air strip is the one dominating the feature of this island. They didn't build this airstrip for nothing.

At the side of the island there is a ship. If this is a resupply ship, they don't need the 888 when they already have one. Note the whole ship can park right there on the side and there is no need for the little boats to go down to the island. It looks like to me any bulk carrier can do the job.
 

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joshuatree

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crobato said:
Go take a look at the islands. This is Woody Island. Note the air strip is the one dominating the feature of this island. They didn't build this airstrip for nothing.

At the side of the island there is a ship. If this is a resupply ship, they don't need the 888 when they already have one. Note the whole ship can park right there on the side and there is no need for the little boats to go down to the island. It looks like to me any bulk carrier can do the job.
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But is every island that has a manned presence this developed?
 
crobato

crobato

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Most islands aren't inhabited. There is one other island that is big and it also has a place where a big ship can park in it. Those small tugboats used on the 888 are certainly not about supplying small islands.
 
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joshuatree

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But if this ship is more for resupplying subs as you've suggested, why no fuel and store rigs for underway replenishment? It's mentioned this ship replaces the Dayun class. Wasn't that class used specifically for island hopping replenishment?
 
crobato

crobato

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Why? As you see there is no connection between the small boats and island supply. Any ship can go to the islands that matter. There isn't any specific design why this ship has to be an exclusive island supplier. Its such a waste of resources, especially when you only have two islands that are inhabited. Read previous comments. It has the fuel and resupply rigs.
 
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joshuatree

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crobato said:
Why? As you see there is no connection between the small boats and island supply. Any ship can go to the islands that matter. There isn't any specific design why this ship has to be an exclusive island supplier. Its such a waste of resources, especially when you only have two islands that are inhabited. Read previous comments. It has the fuel and resupply rigs.
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I'm not here to argue that the 888's design is the only one that can serve the function of supplying the islands. However, the profile description in sinodefence states this ship is built for supplying the islands and does not have fuel and stores rigs. I'm just basing my info off of that.
 
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