055 DDG Large Destroyer Thread

[weig2000]

The second batch is likely to be the same as the first one, at most with some minor improvements. The 055A, with more significant upgrades, e.g. IEPS, railgun, takes more time. China has the pressure and need to put more 055's into service asap, given the drastically changing strategic environment.

I'm guessing the second batch would be in the 4-8 units range.

 

[asif iqbal]

I doubt it will be of more tonnage like +3000
Tons

maybe some way bigger but not necessarily

 

[by78]

Trump can invade China any minute, especially if Trump does coup and become emperor. As such, China needs 20 Type 055 before the end of 2025. Type 055A is supposed to be in the 15,000 tons range and can kill carriers quite easily.

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[by78]

Updates from Dalian and Jiangnan.

 

[SimaQian]

Photo of type 055 #8 out of the dock.
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Anybody can explain why it takes a long time to commission these ships once they are launched?
There seems little literature out there why it takes two years before they can be commissioned.

 

[Max Demian]

Anybody can explain why it takes a long time to commission these ships once they are launched?
There seems little literature out there why it takes two years before they can be commissioned.

It’s a deliberate decision. They could launch them at a much larger level of completion, but then they would tie up valuable dry dock capacity.

 

[Xizor]

Anybody can explain why it takes a long time to commission these ships once they are launched?
There seems little literature out there why it takes two years before they can be commissioned.

System verifications, checks for defects, acclimatization of crew with the vessel, training of crew for maritime as well as defence. I'd be not confident if China decided to rush the commissioning as it gives ammunition for adversarial nations to bad mouth Chinese PLAN regarding readiness and quality. I am fully in support of a commissioning that takes its due time.

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[by78]

High-resolution images of 101 participating in a recent exercise.

 

[asif iqbal]

Type 055 really has that look

aggressive yet beautiful

the designers did a good job

with 8 x Type 055 they have 896 VLS or in another words around the same as the entire 30 x Type 054A fleet

 

[Sczepan]

China's Type 055 destroyer NANCHANG 101 maneuvering with Type 056 corvette DATONG 580 and Type 052D destroyer CHENGDU 120 in the PLA's Northern Theatre Command during August. NANCHANG is the first of a new class of powerful surface warships

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