Naval Chronicles of Great Powers—Chinese Navy Training Ships and Weapons Test Ships

Naval Chronicles of Great Powers—Chinese Navy

Training ship

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The two Type 052 destroyers are China’s attempt at a new type of guided missile destroyer. The two ships are the 112 Harbin ship and the 113 Qingdao ship. The full load displacement is 4,800 tons. The /6 combat command system, with these advanced subsystems, can quickly train the Navy to form combat effectiveness, which is why the Type 052 destroyer was converted into a training ship after it was retired.

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The two 053H1G frigates are the 562 Jiangmen and 563 Zhaoqing ships. These two ships have appeared in the Navy New Year’s greeting video. They currently belong to the training ship detachment of the Dalian Naval Academy. From the appearance point of view, the maintenance is quite good. 

The ship is equipped with All types of subsystems that are in good condition and ready to fight at any time. Ship 563, as the youngest frigate of this class, performs various tasks almost all year round. During the many years of voyages, we have tracked and monitored foreign aircraft carriers and ships close to China’s territorial waters many times. The ships, officers, and soldiers have devoted themselves to China.

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The three 091G attack nuclear submarines are an improved model of China’s first attack nuclear submarine, which has solved the problem of the availability of Chinese nuclear submarines. At present, these three nuclear submarines are mainly responsible for stationing in Qingdao, guarding Gyeonggi, and training submarine crews in the second line. No longer responsible for the mission of protecting China’s strategic nuclear submarine patrols, the noisy underwater 091 has been replaced by the more advanced 093.

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1 Type 927 training ship, No. 83 Qi Jiguang, affiliated with the Dalian Naval Academy of the Chinese Navy. It has a full-load displacement of more than 9,000 tons and a wind resistance rating of 12. It can accompany aircraft carriers and destroyers for relevant training tasks. 

It is equipped with multiple sets of ship control simulators. And the electromechanical control simulation device but also equipped with a full set of diving equipment. The ship is equipped with medical facilities and can also serve as a medical ship in an emergency.

One 86-wave breaking sail training ship is the first sail training ship in the true sense in China. It is a three-masted fast sailing ship. The sail training ship has a great effect on the cultivation of the comprehensive quality of the national navy officers and soldiers and the inheritance of naval culture. It can help naval soldiers who have just joined the army quickly master various types of navigation knowledge.

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1 Type 0891A national defense mobilization ship, No. 82 Shichang ship, originated from the Chinese national hero Deng Shichang, is the first mobilization ship in China, affiliated to the Dalian Naval Academy of the Navy, and undertakes sailing practice training, medical treatment, aviation training, and reserve service for naval students Missions such as personnel training, transportation of military and civilian supplies, national defense summer camps and friendly visits.

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1 Type 679 training ship, 81 Zheng He ship, named after the greatest navigator in Chinese history and even world history, is China’s first generation training ship, affiliated to Dalian Naval Academy, equipped with naval guns, anti-submarine rocket depth bombs, the teaching command center, and the teaching color TV closed-circuit system, once accompanied the fleet to visit the United States for the first time.

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1 Type 073IIY landing ship, our Navy’s only coastal training ship. Its main function is to cooperate with the naval training base to complete sea adaptability training tasks and to be responsible for the operational tasks of basic professional soldiers on the ship’s surface, such as navigation, cables, and observation. For the training ship, some deficiencies have been improved, the tail compartment has been enlarged, the system has been upgraded, and the living facilities have been improved.

Weapon Test Ship

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The four Type 910 test ships are China’s latest comprehensive test ships, independently developed and built. Compared with the previous Type 909, they are larger in size and can simultaneously conduct tests and appraisals of various weapon systems such as naval guns, missiles, radars, and electronic jamming.

 The focus of the four test ships is also different. For example, the 893 Zhan Tianyou ship mainly tests Haihongqi 10, cruise missiles, and anti-ship missiles, while the 894 Li Siguang ship focuses on hydrophone equipment and new concept weapons.

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The two Type 909 test ships were designed and built in the last century to test a series of shipborne weapons, such as the newly developed vertical launch system, air defense missiles, phased array radars, and near-anti-aircraft guns. A large number of tests of various types of naval guns were completed in the early stage. After that, it solved the test task of the new shipboard electronic weapon system. 

In addition to testing various types of weapons, the Type 909 test ship also undertook the test ship command system and various types of data collection and processing systems. It can be said that it is the pillar of the rapid rise of the Chinese Navy.

Naval Chronicles of Great Powers—Chinese Navy

1 Type 072III weapon test ship is the famous 936 Haiyangshan. On this type of ship, the People’s Liberation Army focused on testing the first engineering electromagnetic gun. The huge and straight front deck of the Haiyangshan can easily accommodate electromagnetic guns. 

Equipped with a large number of auxiliary equipment, and thanks to the huge internal space of the prototype 072III tank landing ship and the new helicopter take-off and landing platform at the tail, the 936 Haiyangshan ship can carry more materials and detection equipment and can complete the test more comprehensively during the period Task.

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1 Type 032 conventional power test submarine is a new type of ballistic missile conventional power submarine designed and built by China, with an underwater displacement of 6,628 tons. It is the world’s largest conventional tonnage submarine. It mainly tests various types of ballistic missiles, heavy torpedoes, and cruise missiles. It is designed with a double-layer hull, equipped with vertical silos of different specifications and 533mm torpedo tubes. 

It has successively tested the Julang-2/2A submarine-launched intercontinental missile, the Eagle-18/A submarine-launched missile, and the Longjian-10B /20A submarine-launched cruise missiles/new thermodynamic torpedoes, etc.

Naval Chronicles of Great Powers—Chinese Navy

Two 053H1G frigates, namely the 558 Beihai ship and the 559 Foshan ship, of which the 558 ships escorted China’s first Kilo-class 877EKM conventional submarine back home, setting a record for the People’s Navy to enter the Indian Ocean with a single ship, and at the same time refreshing the ship’s long-distance The limit of sailing is no problem, and the 559 ships have made great contributions to guarding China’s Mischief Reef.