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ACuriousPLAFan

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ismellcopium said:
What's the current status on 903s & 901s? 2 new 903As launched, for total of 11 of class?
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We do know that there are 2x new 903A AORs currently under construction, with one of them confirmed to have been launched and is now fitting out.

There are also rumors that one of the 2x new 903As are meant for the CCG instead of the PLAN. Howrver, this remains rumors at best as of present.

ismellcopium said:
How about the new 901s? Chinese wiki still claims 2 under construction, have there actually been any photos spotted yet of new boats besides the first 2 in service?
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No.
 
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ACuriousPLAFan said:
Turns out there could be 3x 903A AORs under construction right now: 2x at Guangzhou and 1x at Wuhu. Whether any of these three AORs is meant for the CCG instead of the PLAN is still unknown as of present.

Posted by @foolsball on Twitter.

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What's the ship alongside the launched 903A? (Bottom of the pic)
 
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Obviously the PLAN is happy with the 903As, but surprised we haven't seen a new 901 as yet.
 
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Obviously the PLAN is happy with the 903As, but surprised we haven't seen a new 901 as yet.
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Me too, I find it odd that no more 901 are being built especially IMO it makes sense for each CSG to have their own delicated supply ship.
 
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Tomboy said:
Me too, I find it odd that no more 901 are being built especially IMO it makes sense for each CSG to have their own delicated supply ship.
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Not really.

The USN has 11x CSGs, but only procured 4x Supply-class AOEs (of which two of them are placed in inactive reserve), with no direct successor class planned.

In addition, the USN operates large fleet of dry cargo ships (Lewis & Clark AKEs) and replenishment oilers (Henry J Kaiser and John Lewis T-AORs) that would provide at-sea logistical support to their warships worldwide. These AKEs and AORs (which are built with commercial shipbuilding standards and operated with mostly civilian crews) are also representative of the USN pivoting away from large AOEs in favor of distributed and flexible logistic networks with their AORs and AKEs.

It still remains to be seen whether the PLAN will follow suit with such trends WRT their underway resupply and replenishment fleets in the future.
 
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