Tuesday, June 18, 2013

Replenishment ship 889, Taihu commissioned today at Qingdao

中国海军网青岛 2013年6月18日电 记者钱晓虎、特约记者王庆厚报道:6月18日上午,我国自行研制设计的新型综合补给舰——太湖舰入列命名授旗仪式,在青岛某军港码头举行,标志着该舰正式加入人民海军战斗序列。北海舰队副司令员杨骏飞为该舰授军旗并颁发命名证书。

  太湖舰,舷号889,舰长178.5米,宽24.8米,满载排水量20000多吨,2012年3月下水。该舰是我国新一代大型远洋综合补给舰,也是北 海舰队接收的第一艘该型补给舰。补给接收装置采用国际标准,具有自动化程度高、操作简便、适配性强、补给速度快、保障效率高等特点,可通过横向、纵向、垂 直和靠帮等多种方式对舰艇编队实施补给作业,具备两舷三向四站同时补给能力。

  太湖舰交付北海舰队某作战支援舰支队后,主要担负战时加入海上机动编队对驱护舰实施航行或停泊补给,平时伴随驱护舰编队执行远航及出访任务。

  仪式上,太湖舰政委邵惠良代表全舰官兵发言,表示要牢记肩负使命,不负人民重托,认真学习新装备知识,把听党话、跟党走作为立舰之本,把拉得出、补得好作为责任担当,用忠诚和实干努力打造一支全面过硬的海上保障劲旅。

  http://navy.81.cn/content/2013-06/18/content_5379557.htm



Friday, May 31, 2013

Photo of the day: Replenishment ship 889, Taihu.




Looks like it is near completion.

Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Guangzhou HuangPu's Milk Cow

Here is the latest photo from Guangzhou on the second Type 903 AOR under construction there. 



Monday, January 14, 2013


New type 903 AOR Replenishment oiler completed it's first sea trial

With impressive building speed of launch to first sea trial in just 9 months, the China navy must be needing those new milk cows bad.    Don't be surprise to see those two supporting Gulf of Aden anti piracy operations by year end.





Monday, May 07, 2012


A new type 903 AOR Replenishment oiler launched in Shanghai Hudong Shipyard.

Six weeks after the launch of a new Type 903 in Guangzhou's HuangPu shipyard.  A new Type 903 can also be seen in Shanghai today.




In the meanwhile in Guangzhou (photo posted on 5/5/2012)





Hainan Class 689 "Xinghua" decommissioned after 31 years of service today.


6月18日上午,服役31年的兴化艇在吴淞口某军港退役,正式退出海军战斗序列。兴化艇建造于1979年,1981年下水,1982年6月29日正式交付 海军部队。该艇艇长58.773米,宽7.2米,吃水2.2米,满载排水量395吨,最大设计航速30.5节,最大自持力7昼夜。艇上装备66式双联装 57炮2座,65式双联装25炮两座,5管火箭深弹发射器5座。该艇服役31年来,曾先后参加奥运安保、世博安保、战备巡逻等大小130余项重要演习演练 任务,总航程18万余海里,航时达近2万小时。



Monday, June 17, 2013

IceBreaker 722 decommissioned.

The PLAN decommissioned its Yanha class icebreaker 722 this month after 44 years of service.


This small PLAN icebreaker is no Soviet style mammoth capable cutting through the thick of frozen Arctic layers -- The PLAN used the Yanha class mainly to push away icy waters of the Bohai Sea.    With the previous transfer of 722's sister ship 723 to the China Coast Guard in Dec 20th, 2012, this leaves the PLAN with no ice-breaking asset under it's command.  No worries, there are plenty of  civilian One-Liners they can  draw upon to start a conversation at a blind date, such as this one "There are three kinds of people: Those who can count and those who can't. "










Photos of the day: twin seater. FC-1/JF-17 twin seater at the Paris Air Show.

It is only natural I suppose.........




Busy painting the "China Coast Guard" color scheme at Qingdao



Hai Jing 1117 ex Hai Jian 17
Hai Jing 1126 ex Hai Jian 26
Hai Jing 1127 ex Hai Jian 27
-- franco-russe









Tuesday, June 11, 2013


Photos of the day: From Fisheries Law Enforcement Command (FLEC) 206 to State Oceanic Administration 2506

After the merge of CMS, FLEC, CCG, and Customs into a single State Oceanic Administration, it is time for their old cutters to get a new paint job.












Saturday, March 09, 2013


The "real" Chinese Coast Guard is finally here.







Well, this has finally happened, the newly reorganized State Oceanic Administration will take command four of the five maritime law enforcement agencies in the form of the newly established Coast Guard Bureau.

CMS, FLEC, CCG, and Customs will all be under the command of this new bureau, which the Ministry of Public Security will provide professional consultation.

-- hmmwv


    
China to restructure oceanic administration, enhance maritime law enforcement
English.news.cn   2013-03-10 08:12:57    

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2013-03/10/c_132221768.htm
BEIJING, March 10 (Xinhua) -- China plans to restructure the country's top oceanic administration to enhance maritime law enforcement and better protect and use its oceanic resources.

The move will bring China's maritime law enforcement forces, currently scattered in different ministries, under the unified management of one single administration, according to a report to be delivered by State Councilor Ma Kai at the annual parliamentary session on Sunday.

The new agency, still named National Oceanic Administration (NOA), will have under its control the coast guard forces of the Public Security Ministry, the fisheries law enforcement command of the Agriculture Ministry, and the maritime anti-smuggling police of the General Administration of Customs. The NOA used to only have one maritime law enforcement department, China Marine Surveillance.

The move aims at solving the problems of low efficiency in maritime law enforcement, improving protection and use of oceanic resources, and better safeguarding the country's maritime rights and interests, according to the report.

The proposed administration, under the Ministry of Land and Resources, will carry out law enforcement activities in the name of China maritime police bureau and under the operational direction of the Ministry of Public Security.

Apart from law enforcement, other functions of the new administration include outlining oceanic development plan, supervising and managing the use of sea waters, and protecting oceanic environment, the report says.

A high-level consultation and coordinating body, the National Oceanic Commission, will also be set up to formulate oceanic development strategies and coordinate important oceanic affairs, according to the report.

The specific work of the commission will be carried out by the new NOA, the report says.

Sunday, June 16, 2013

Tu-154 Careless ELINT.

Before the introduction of the Y-8 based "high new"  specialized surveillance birds in the early 2000s, the PLAAF operated a small fleet of 4 locally modified  Tu-154 for electronic intelligence activities across the Taiwan strait.   Now with a more capable "high new" military airframe in full swing, the PLAAF brass might feel more comfortable in decommissioning those ad hoc Russian airliners.   




At least one of Tu-154s belonging to the 34th air division is now "on the chopping block"




Photos of the day: China’s first maritime CBRN emergency rescue team debuts



(Source: China Military Online)   2013-06-14


China’s first maritime CBRN (chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear) emergency rescue team under a submarine base of the North China Sea Fleet of the Navy of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLAN) recently conducted the drill on such subjects as real-time monitoring, delineation of contaminated areas, sample collection and analysis, and decontamination of contaminated equipment, personnel and ground with new-type equipment in a sea area. (Chinamil.com.cn/ Yu Hang and Yu Haitao)