Chinese replenishment ship Qiandaohu
{{short description|Type 903 replenishment ship}}
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Qiandaohu (886) is the lead ship of the Type 903 replenishment ship of the People's Liberation Army Navy.
Development and design
{{Main|Type 903 replenishment ship}}
Type 903 integrated supply ship (NATO called Fuchi-class supply ship) is a new large-scale integrated supply ship of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy, designed by Zhang Wende. The later improved model is called 903A. The difference with 903 is that the displacement has increased from 20,530 tons to 23,000 tons.{{Cite web|date=19 July 2011|title="福池"级补给舰_网易新闻中心|url=http://war.news.163.com/09/0421/22/57F4QVOJ00011232.html|access-date=16 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719093004/http://war.news.163.com/09/0421/22/57F4QVOJ00011232.html|archive-date=19 July 2011}}
All 9 ships have been built and are in service. The ship is a new generation of large-scale ocean-going integrated supply ship in China. Its supply equipment has been greatly improved compared to the earlier Type 905 integrated supply ship. It can be used for supply operations in horizontal, vertical, vertical, and sideways. It has two sides, three directions, and four stations. At the same time, the replenishment capability can complete fleet replenishment tasks in more complex situations. And the speed is higher than that of the Qinghaihu built with merchant ships as the standard, with a maximum speed of 20 knots, which can accompany fleet operations. The commissioning of this class of supply ship indicates that the People's Liberation Army Navy has a stable ocean-going combat capability, and this was proved in the subsequent Somalia escort missions. The 903 type integrated supply ship used some Russian equipment in the early stage, and later it was fully localized. This type of supply ship has undergone a comprehensive upgrade of electronic equipment, and has high formation communication capabilities, automatic statistics of materials, and the ability to report to formation command ships.
In the late 1990s, China’s integrated supply ship Similan built for the Thai Navy's light aircraft carrier formation is generally considered to be an attempt by China to build a modern integrated supply ship. In the following years, China has learned experience and lessons. Improved on the basis of the Similan, and finally the Type 903 integrated supply ship was designed and finalized by the China State Shipbuilding Corporation.{{Cite web|date=22 September 2011|title=武器纵横：中国海军建造新型福池级补给舰[图]-—东方军事-东方网|url=http://mil.eastday.com/eastday/mil/node62186/node62664/node62665/node145643/userobject1ai2152429.html|access-date=16 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110922050959/http://mil.eastday.com/eastday/mil/node62186/node62664/node62665/node145643/userobject1ai2152429.html|archive-date=22 September 2011}}
Construction and career
She was launched on 21 July 2003 at Huangpu Shipyard in Shanghai and commissioned on 30 April 2004 into the East Sea Fleet.
Qiandaohu participated in RIMPAC 2014.
On 3 April 2015, {{ship|Chinese destroyer|Jinan|152|2}}, {{ship|Chinese frigate|Yiyang|548|2}}, and Qiandaohu formed the twentieth escort fleet of the People's Liberation Army Navy and set sail from a military port in Zhoushan City, Zhejiang Province, and went to the Gulf of Aden and Somali waters to take over The nineteenth batch of escort formations performed escort missions.{{Cite web|title=海军第二十批护航编队从舟山起航 ——国防部网站|url=http://www.mod.gov.cn/photo/2015-04/03/content_4578281.htm|access-date=13 December 2020|website=www.mod.gov.cn|archive-date=19 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210419073513/http://www.mod.gov.cn/photo/2015-04/03/content_4578281.htm|url-status=dead}} In November 2015, the same ships made the first ever port call by PLAN ships to the Eastern Coast of the United States when they docked at Mayport Harbor, Florida for a goodwill visit.{{cite news |last1=Lang |first1=Nathan |title=People's Liberation Army-Navy visits NS Mayport |url=https://www.jacksonville.com/story/news/military/2015/11/11/people-s-liberation-army-navy-visits-ns-mayport/15688039007/ |agency=Florida Times-Union |date=November 11, 2015}}
Gallery
File:People's Liberation Army (Navy) ship PLA(N) Qiandaohu (AO 886) (foreground) and Republic of Korea Navy ship ROKS Wang Geon (DDH 978) steam in close formation during Rim o.jpg|Qiandaohu and ROKS Wang Geon on 25 July 2014.
File:PLA(N) Qian Daohu and Haikou conducting RAS during RIMPAC 2014.jpg|Qiandaohu and Haikou during RIMPAC on 12 July 2014.
File:PLA(N) Qiandachu MIOEX, RIMPAC 2014.jpg|Qiandaohu during RIMPAC on 21 July 2014.
File:Rear Adm.Gilles Couturier 140723-N-QG393-053 .jpg|Qiandaohu during RIMPAC on 23 July 2014.
File:People's Republic of China, People's Liberation Army (Navy) ship Qiandaohu (AO 886) during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) Exercise 2014.jpg|Qiandaohu during RIMPAC on 28 July 2014.
File:People's Liberation Army (Navy) ship PLA(N) Qiandaohu (AO 886) steams in close formation during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) Exercise 2014.jpg|Qiandaohu during RIMPAC on 28 July 2014.
File:PLANS Qiandaohu (AO-886).jpg|Qiandaohu on 12 December 2014.
File:PLANS Qiandao Lake (AFS-886) 20151103 2.jpg|Qiandaohu in Mayport on 3 November 2015.
File:PLANS Qiandao Lake (AFS-886) 20151103.jpg|Qiandaohu in Mayport on 3 November 2015.
File:Chinese Naval ship 886.JPG|Qiandaohu in Stockholm on 30 September 2015.
File:PLANS Qiandao Lake (AFS-886) 20200529.jpg|Qiandaohu on 29 May 2020.
File:PLANS Qiandao Lake (AFS-886) 20200622.jpg|Qiandaohu on 22 June 2020.
External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20130921083440/http://www.sinodefence.com/navy/support/qiandaohu.asp Sinodefence.com]
References
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