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re: PLAN Type 071 LPD & its Landing Craft
They also have a similar propulsion plant, four Pielstick engines driving two shafts, maximum capacity 800 man. But the crew size of the Chinese vessel is said to be a third of the USN one. Who can explain that? Unreliable wiki?
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They also have a similar propulsion plant, four Pielstick engines driving two shafts, maximum capacity 800 man. But the crew size of the Chinese vessel is said to be a third of the USN one. Who can explain that? Unreliable wiki?
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antiterror13
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re: PLAN Type 071 LPD & its Landing Craft
Perhaps Chinese ppl work more efficiently and definitely work much harder and less complaint
Please note the cost of 071 is roughly a third of 017 .... is it coincident ?
Perhaps Chinese ppl work more efficiently and definitely work much harder and less complaint
Please note the cost of 071 is roughly a third of 017 .... is it coincident ?
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re: PLAN Type 071 LPD & its Landing Craft
Wiki is not always correct. They did not explain the 800 man "surge".
Embarked Landing Force = US Marines.
And..
There is a very large medical department on a San Antonio class LPD. The Radar & sensor suite is greater. The ship has a very large force of men & women to take care of the well deck and storage of vehicles. Not to mention a fully manned Air department. Plus a very large Supply department.
Wiki is not always correct. They did not explain the 800 man "surge".
Embarked Landing Force = US Marines.
And..
There is a very large medical department on a San Antonio class LPD. The Radar & sensor suite is greater. The ship has a very large force of men & women to take care of the well deck and storage of vehicles. Not to mention a fully manned Air department. Plus a very large Supply department.
re: PLAN Type 071 LPD & its Landing Craft
I am of course aware that wiki can be incorrect. It would be useful to know how the crew of a 071 is organised. It probably will have all the departments a San Antonio has, but differently manned. Why has a San Antonio "a very large force of men & women to take care of the well deck and storage of vehicles"?
I am of course aware that wiki can be incorrect. It would be useful to know how the crew of a 071 is organised. It probably will have all the departments a San Antonio has, but differently manned. Why has a San Antonio "a very large force of men & women to take care of the well deck and storage of vehicles"?
re: PLAN Type 071 LPD & its Landing Craft
They just do. Those sailors maintain that well deck so when it is needed it is ready. When an LPD-17 class goes to sea it is doing some sort of training operations. It's just not cutting doughnuts in the ocean or putting on a show.
Marines are tending to their vehicles stored on the ship. The sailors make sure everything is safe and secured in the vehicle storage area.
The USN has a system called PMS. Planned Maintenance System which requires periodic checks of the various systems on board all ships. These checks can be daily, weekly or monthly. This is how the USN maintains all the equipment on board their ships. If not done properly when scheduled your gear will go to hell in a hand basket quickly.
Sailors spend a lot of time performing PMS.
With a crew of only 120 I wonder how the PLAN LPD is even cleaned properly..let alone maintained by the sailors aboard.
They just do. Those sailors maintain that well deck so when it is needed it is ready. When an LPD-17 class goes to sea it is doing some sort of training operations. It's just not cutting doughnuts in the ocean or putting on a show.
Marines are tending to their vehicles stored on the ship. The sailors make sure everything is safe and secured in the vehicle storage area.
The USN has a system called PMS. Planned Maintenance System which requires periodic checks of the various systems on board all ships. These checks can be daily, weekly or monthly. This is how the USN maintains all the equipment on board their ships. If not done properly when scheduled your gear will go to hell in a hand basket quickly.
Sailors spend a lot of time performing PMS.
With a crew of only 120 I wonder how the PLAN LPD is even cleaned properly..let alone maintained by the sailors aboard.
franco-russe
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re: PLAN Type 071 LPD & its Landing Craft
I am looking in vain for the 27,500-ton JUAN CARLOS I/CANBERRA class or the 21,000-ton MISTRAL class.
The FOUDRE would dislike the misspelling of its name.
By the Italian GILACIA is probably meant the Spanish GALICIA, 13,000 tons, sister of the Dutch ROTTERDAM.
I am looking in vain for the 27,500-ton JUAN CARLOS I/CANBERRA class or the 21,000-ton MISTRAL class.
The FOUDRE would dislike the misspelling of its name.
By the Italian GILACIA is probably meant the Spanish GALICIA, 13,000 tons, sister of the Dutch ROTTERDAM.
re: PLAN Type 071 LPD & its Landing Craft
That will be the explanation. USN keeps its LPDs loaded and on station for months and need to maintain everything all the time, PLAN loads shortly before exercises or action and so doesn't need crew for that. Maintenance on shore.
re: PLAN Type 071 LPD & its Landing Craft
Also HNLMS Johan de Witt is 16,800 ton, HNLMS Rotterdam is 12,750 ton.
re: PLAN Type 071 LPD & its Landing Craft
Ok... but someday delft in the near or far future they will need to know how to keep those ships manned and ready at all times.
Ok... but someday delft in the near or far future they will need to know how to keep those ships manned and ready at all times.