052C/052D Class Destroyers

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hkvaryag

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ACuriousPLAFan said:
The Google Earth satellite imagery of Jiangnan and Hudong-Zhonghua has been updated to 8 May 2024.

My earlier hunch about the 3rd unit of the new batch 055 at Jiangnan was wrong. There are currently 5 052DGs under construction and fitting out (marked in white), alongside 2 055s under construction and fitting out (marked in yellow) at Jiangnan.

Posted by @horobeyo on Twitter.

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#5 have different hanger and may be shorter. Not 052dg
 
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ACuriousPLAFan said:
The Google Earth satellite imagery of Jiangnan and Hudong-Zhonghua has been updated to 8 May 2024.

My earlier hunch about the 3rd unit of the new batch 055 at Jiangnan was wrong. There are currently 5 052DGs under construction and fitting out (marked in white), alongside 2 055s under construction and fitting out (marked in yellow) at Jiangnan.

Posted by @horobeyo on Twitter.

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hkvaryag said:
#5 have different hanger and may be shorter. Not 052dg
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Indeed, something looks to be quite odd with it.

The size and placement of the deck openings in front of the superstructure of the warship labelled #5 in the satellite imagery (left) are different compared to an actual 052DG seen at Dalian earlier (right). And per my measurement on Google Earth, the ship looks to be ~3-4 meters shorter than the actual (non-lengthened) 052Ds.

Could this be a specially modified version of the 052D for export, or a DDG-sized cutter for the CCG?

Posted by @伏尔戈星图 on Weibo.

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ACuriousPLAFan

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ACuriousPLAFan said:
Indeed, something looks to be quite odd with it.

The size and placement of the deck openings in front of the superstructure of the warship labelled #5 in the satellite imagery (left) are different compared to an actual 052DG seen at Dalian earlier (right). And per my measurement on Google Earth, the ship looks to be ~3 meters shorter than the actual (non-lengthened) 052Ds.

Could this be a specially modified version for export, or a DDG-sized cutter for the CCG?

Posted by @伏尔戈星图 on Weibo.

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View of that particular warship from a flight on final approach towards Shanghai Pudong. That definitely doesn't look like a 052DG.

Posted by @伏尔戈星图 on Weibo.

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ACuriousPLAFan said:
Indeed, something looks to be quite odd with it.

The size and placement of the deck openings in front of the superstructure of the warship labelled #5 in the satellite imagery (left) are different compared to an actual 052DG seen at Dalian earlier (right). And per my measurement on Google Earth, the ship looks to be ~3 meters shorter than the actual (non-lengthened) 052Ds.

Could this be a specially modified version of the 052D for export, or a DDG-sized cutter for the CCG?

Posted by @伏尔戈星图 on Weibo.

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ACuriousPLAFan said:
View of that particular warship from a flight on final approach towards Shanghai Pudong. That definitely doesn't look like a 052DG.

Posted by @伏尔戈星图 on Weibo.

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Seems like we could be indeed looking at the very first CCG cutter that is based on the 052D.

TL; DR - A shortened-052D with CODAG, no VLS, with tenders for personnel custody interrogation rooms, sea warning lights, detectiong & admission equipment and tracking camera equipment.

Posted by @伏尔戈星图 on Weibo.

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ACuriousPLAFan said:
Indeed, something looks to be quite odd with it.

The size and placement of the deck openings in front of the superstructure of the warship labelled #5 in the satellite imagery (left) are different compared to an actual 052DG seen at Dalian earlier (right). And per my measurement on Google Earth, the ship looks to be ~3 meters shorter than the actual (non-lengthened) 052Ds.

Could this be a specially modified version of the 052D for export, or a DDG-sized cutter for the CCG?
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Yeah, no VLS openings indeed.
 
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Kejora

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ACuriousPLAFan said:
Indeed, something looks to be quite odd with it.

The size and placement of the deck openings in front of the superstructure of the warship labelled #5 in the satellite imagery (left) are different compared to an actual 052DG seen at Dalian earlier (right). And per my measurement on Google Earth, the ship looks to be ~3-4 meters shorter than the actual (non-lengthened) 052Ds.

Could this be a specially modified version of the 052D for export, or a DDG-sized cutter for the CCG?

Posted by @伏尔戈星图 on Weibo.

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ACuriousPLAFan said:
View of that particular warship from a flight on final approach towards Shanghai Pudong. That definitely doesn't look like a 052DG.

Posted by @伏尔戈星图 on Weibo.

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RIP to Philippines Coast Guard
 
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Hub

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ACuriousPLAFan said:
Side-by-side comparison of the 052D/DG with that particular 052D-mod, with the latter being visibly shorter and with less deck openings. Posted by @yankeesama的帧察小队 on Bilibili.

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Should be CCG’s new ship. Some sources claim that one of the tender requirements is for a so-called "police detention room"…
 
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