Type 055 DDG News & Discussions

lcloo · Mar 21, 2021

A larger and much clearer photo of 101 cruising towards Japan Sea. Photo from MOD Japan.

samsara · Mar 25, 2021

samsara said:
055老婆目前的情况：

江南造船厂
1号舰 101南昌现役
2号舰 102拉萨即将服役
5号舰 103鞍山舾装中
7号舰 104 X X 舾装中

大连造船厂
3号舰 105大连海试中
4号舰 106延安舾装中
6号舰 107遵义舾装中
8号舰 108 X X 船坞分段总装

The current circumstances of the Type 055 DDG:

Jiangnan Shipyard
Ship #1 101 Nanchang, in active service
Ship #2 102 Lhasa, to be commissioned
Ship #5 103 Anshan, being outfitted
Ship #7 104 X X, being outfitted

Dalian Shipyard
Ship #3 105 Dalian, under sea trial
Ship #4 106 Yanʼan, being outfitted
Ship #6 107 Zunyi, being outfitted
Ship #8 108 X X, under section assembly at dry dock

Nanchang is the birthplace of PLA
Yanʼan and Zunyi are the crucial spots of Long March

Some is wondering why Anshan made its place among the list, what's its significance

2020.07.02:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1278715175248572416

Type 055 - naming and estimated schedule

101 Nanchang 南昌 in service
102 Lhasa 拉萨 in service
103 Anshan 鞍山 est. beg/2022 (estimation for service time)
104 Wuxi 无锡 est. end/2022
105 Dalian 大连 est. mid/2021
106 Yanʼan 延安 est. end/2021
107 Zunyi 遵义 est. beg/2023
108 N/A est. end/2023

Yongpeng Sun-Tastaufen · Mar 25, 2021

With 055 taking over the destroyer role. Type 052D be delegated to heavy frigate role and Type 054A delegated to light frigate role.

jaybird · Mar 25, 2021

lcloo said:
A larger and much clearer photo of 101 cruising towards Japan Sea. Photo from MOD Japan.

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Thank you Japan for the nice photo of 055. Hopefully you guys will share more photos of PLAN ships and planes in the future. It's good to see 055 from different perspective.