about the "only one ship in the dry dock"
Type 076 LHD/LHA discussion
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by78
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Here's an earlier example of leaving dry dock for sea trials. The structures in the green circles look like retracted ramps to me. I have no idea what functions they serve. They could be (temporary) openings/loading ramps for easy access to the interior of the ship for workers and equipment.
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by78
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How is that a tanker on the left side of the image? What makes you think that's a tanker?
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by78
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I seriously doubt that there is a second ship in the dry dock. Whatever you see in the lower right hand corner of the dry dock is unlikely to be a ship, at least not a conventional ocean-going ship. It could be module or some components being temporarily stored there, or it could be a floating dry dock.
Satellite image from about 11 days ago:
Some more images from late last year:
Here's an earlier example of leaving dry dock for sea trials. The structures in the green circles look like retracted ramps to me. I have no idea what functions they serve. They could be (temporary) openings/loading ramps for easy access to the interior of the ship for workers and equipment.
I don't understand what similarities they have with the structure in the green circle.
I think at this stage we cannot definitively identify what the hull may or may not be, due to the pictures being unclear and a lack of obvious chronology yet.
The lack of any credible rumours saying anything to identify any modules or hulls that we've seen, doesn't help us either.
I think it is worthwhile for us to continue observing these drydocks, but appropriate caution should be done with acknowledgement that there's no reason to confidently declare anything as 076 or naval just yet.
I also personally feel that pictures and discussion shouldn't be shared too much outside of the forum until we know what is going on, simply due to outsiders often being unable to treat things with nuance and context.
The lack of any credible rumours saying anything to identify any modules or hulls that we've seen, doesn't help us either.
I think it is worthwhile for us to continue observing these drydocks, but appropriate caution should be done with acknowledgement that there's no reason to confidently declare anything as 076 or naval just yet.
I also personally feel that pictures and discussion shouldn't be shared too much outside of the forum until we know what is going on, simply due to outsiders often being unable to treat things with nuance and context.
by78
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Here's about our mystery ship. It clearly states that a keel laying ceremony for an LNG carrier took place on Jan 5th at Hudong's shipyard's dry dock on Changxing Island. The accompanying photograph clearly shows a banner hanging from one of the modules that clearly states that the ship is an LNG carrier.
For more information about Hudong's dry dock on Changxing Island, see here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, and here.
For more information what keel laying ceremony means, see :
I don't know what could be more clear or conclusive than this. I suspect those who say this is the Type 076 on Chinese social media platforms are the same people who insist carrier Fujian is nuclear powered.
For more information about Hudong's dry dock on Changxing Island, see here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, and here.
For more information what keel laying ceremony means, see :
I don't know what could be more clear or conclusive than this. I suspect those who say this is the Type 076 on Chinese social media platforms are the same people who insist carrier Fujian is nuclear powered.
I don't doubt about a keel laying ceremony for an LNG carrier - but this is not inside of this drydock; as I pointet before - that's outside next to the dry dock.
Why?
The mysterious ship in the dock has been under construction for a long time. The keel was laid weeks ago.
Why?
The mysterious ship in the dock has been under construction for a long time. The keel was laid weeks ago.
by78
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Facepalm. Use your eyes. Here, let me help you. Below is an image from an earlier post of mine. You can literally see the keel blocks under the module, which means it's inside the dry dock.
This is literally the third time I'm having to explain what a keel laying is in modern shipbuilding. Could you please read the green text below? This is really simple stuff. Look, see, read, comprehend, and connect the dots. I can't think for you.
Lastly, you see but you don't observe. Below are one satellite image of the dry dock from 12 days ago and a photo taken from an airplane, both of which had been shared in my earlier posts. That mystery ship has already taken up a significant portion of the dry dock space so that it's simply not possible to add a large LNG carrier to the same dry dock. If you disagree, then you need to show me how you propose to fit a large LNG carrier in the dry dock without evicting the mystery ship.
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