chinese navy

Turning a Cargo Ship Into a Helicopter Carrier

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According to a Forbes report, China has done an astounding thing, they have turned a cargo ship into a helicopter carrier.

Let’s take look at the plan.

How did it happen?

In a creative—some might say desperate—bid to bolster its amphibious fleet, the U.S. Navy in recent years has been building so-called “expeditionary sea-base ships” that are little more than commercial heavy-load carrier ships with a gray coat of paint and some military radios.

Now the Chinese fleet has demonstrated the same...

https://mfame.guru/turning-a-cargo-ship-into-a-helicopter-carrier/

Chinese Type 075 Big Deck Amphib Preparing for Sea Trials

The lead Chinese Type-075 preparing for sea trials. Note the smoke stains near the stern. Photo via Twitter

The Chinese Navy’s newest amphibious warfare asset, the Type 075 LHD (Landing Helicopter Dock) is setting sail for the first time, according to ship spotter reports.

The vessel, which was built in Shanghai, has been fitting out since it was floated on September 26, 2019. Candid photos surfacing on the Chinese language internet show it being fueled, and tugs readied.

The Type-075 represents a...

https://news.usni.org/2020/07/29/chinese-type-075-big-deck-amphib-preparing-for-sea-trials

China’s Newest Aircraft Carrier Transits Taiwan Strait

China’s first domestically-built aircraft carrier leaves the pier at the Dalian shipyard on May 13, 2018. Xinhua Photo

China’s new aircraft carrier Shandong sailed through the Taiwan Strait on Thursday, two weeks ahead of Taiwan’s presidential election.

Shandong is China’s second aircraft carrier and the first one built in China. The Taiwan Strait passage is the first for Shandong since it was commissioned earlier this month. Reuters first reported Shandong’s passage.

Before its commissioning, Shan...

https://news.usni.org/2019/12/26/chinas-newest-aircraft-carrier-transits-taiwan-strait

China Launches First Type 075 Big Deck Amphibious Warship

The launch of the Type 75 big-deck amphib in Shanghai on Sept. 25, 2019. PLAN Photo

China’s first amphibious assault ship, a Landing Helicopter Dock known as Type 075, was launched in Shanghai on Thursday.

The People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN or Chinese Navy), the customer of the vessel, said in a statement that after a brief ceremony starting at 9:20 am at a CSSC’s Hudong-Zhonghua shipyard, waters began to be pumped into a dry dock in which the ship’s hull was built.

Participants at the...

https://news.usni.org/2019/09/27/china-launches-first-type-075-big-deck-amphibious-warship

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