Type 076 LHD/LHA discussion

ACuriousPLAFan · 2026-02-02T12:17:04-0500

Now that's a sight to behold. Posted by @T汪汪T on Weibo.

Equation · 2026-02-02T16:02:22-0500

lcloo said:
It is too close to Chinese New Year, they either have to start the 3rd sea trial now or will have to wait after the CNY celebration is over. IMO 3rd sea trial will likely be happened after CNY, on either late February or early March.

The PLA don't take time off due to holidays. They are a 24/7 military operating forces.

Tomboy · 2026-02-02T16:11:50-0500

Equation said:
The PLA don't take time off due to holidays. They are a 24/7 military operating forces.

They do, during public holidays there will be essential personnel left behind on duty, but most will be off. Also, this isn't a purely PLA matter, sea trials are typically crewed by technical staff from the design institutes and the shipyard which will almost definitely be on holiday for CNY.

lcloo · 2026-02-02T22:47:45-0500

Equation said:
The PLA don't take time off due to holidays. They are a 24/7 military operating forces.

Technically this ship is still the property of the shipyard Hudong Zhonghua, PLAN will only accept the ship after all sea trials are completed and only then it will become property of PLAN.

Also CNY is not just another holidays.

ACuriousPLAFan · 2026-02-03T05:25:14-0500

076 LHD-51 Sichuan has been moored at the new Hudong-Zhonghua site at Changxing after getting moved from the old site yesterday. Satellite photo posted by @foolsball on Twitter.

Seriously, they need to build that one even larger drydock at Changxing...

Type 076 LHD/LHA discussion

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