Their little trip
Does that map say they are visiting Mexico?? Anybody here read Chinese? I thought they were going to San Diego or Long Beach.
Chinese naval ships sail to visit USA, Canada and Philippines
- Thread starter yoda9999
- Start date
Does that map say they are visiting Mexico?? Anybody here read Chinese? I thought they were going to San Diego or Long Beach.
They would send the whole SAG on the exercise and then different ships would visit various ports as they made the transit, rotating the port call duty. Like I said, IMHO, it would be a much more impressive show of their new capabilities.
Adeptitus sez;
Very true. Jeff discribes what the USN does with it's port call these days. But "back in the day" it was not uncommon for numerous ships to be in a ports..like Subic Bay RP. After Operation Frequent Wind in' 75 there were 3 CV's, 1 LPH and about 25-30 other USN ships in Subic for liberty. Something like 18,000 fleet sailors at one time. Party!:nana:
yoda9999 sez;
Maybe they are going to Ensenada Mexico. But I also thought they would visit San Diego or Long Beach then Seattle. We will soon find out as the PLAN ships left Pearl Harbor two days ago.
Very true. Jeff discribes what the USN does with it's port call these days. But "back in the day" it was not uncommon for numerous ships to be in a ports..like Subic Bay RP. After Operation Frequent Wind in' 75 there were 3 CV's, 1 LPH and about 25-30 other USN ships in Subic for liberty. Something like 18,000 fleet sailors at one time.
Party!:nana: yoda9999 sez;
Maybe they are going to Ensenada Mexico. But I also thought they would visit San Diego or Long Beach then Seattle. We will soon find out as the PLAN ships left Pearl Harbor two days ago.
So sorry for the double post!!
But!..I found this pic on navy.mil and the caption sez the PLAN ships will be visiting my old hometown, San Diego. I do not know the date of arrival. The PLAN ship is opearting with the USS Chung-Hoon DDG-93. The ship is named after this fine man;
http://experts.about.com/e/g/go/Gordon_Pai'ea_Chung-Hoon.htm
Pearl Harbor, Hawaii (Sept. 10, 2006) - Cmdr. David A. Welch, commanding officer USS Chung-Hoon (DDG 93) addresses questions from Chinese Navy personnel as the Chung-Hoon begins their first phase of exercises. The Chung-Hoon conducted a Communications and Passing Exercise with the Chinese Navy oiler Hongzehu (AOR 881) and destroyer Qingdao (DDG 113), while making routine port visits scheduled for their good-will cruise to the United States. The ships will continue with their good-will cruise on to San Diego, California. Official U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Ben A. Gonzales
But!..I found this pic on navy.mil and the caption sez the PLAN ships will be visiting my old hometown, San Diego. I do not know the date of arrival. The PLAN ship is opearting with the USS Chung-Hoon DDG-93. The ship is named after this fine man;
http://experts.about.com/e/g/go/Gordon_Pai'ea_Chung-Hoon.htm
Pearl Harbor, Hawaii (Sept. 10, 2006) - Cmdr. David A. Welch, commanding officer USS Chung-Hoon (DDG 93) addresses questions from Chinese Navy personnel as the Chung-Hoon begins their first phase of exercises. The Chung-Hoon conducted a Communications and Passing Exercise with the Chinese Navy oiler Hongzehu (AOR 881) and destroyer Qingdao (DDG 113), while making routine port visits scheduled for their good-will cruise to the United States. The ships will continue with their good-will cruise on to San Diego, California. Official U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Ben A. Gonzales
Attachments
-
web_060910-N-4856G-026.jpg
Yoda ..You are a Jedi master. You can do better than that!..Just kidding.
Well the PLAN ships have arrived in San Diego CA! My former home for 26 years. Here is a slide show with audio about the arrival.
Hundreds greet 2 Chinese navy ships; last visit was more than 9 years ago
By Steve Liewer
UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER
September 19, 2006
Hundreds of sailors stood stiffly at the rails of the destroyer as it pulled up to a San Diego Naval Base pier, their arms folded behind their backs as their neckerchiefs flapped in the breeze.
A Navy band serenaded the crew of the destroyer Qingdao, which cruised into port yesterday morning along with the supply ship Hongzehu. About 300 visitors, mostly Chinese and Chinese-Americans from Southern California, waved U.S. and China flags and carried welcome banners as they cheered the ships' arrival.
“It was a touching moment. Everybody got teary-eyed,” said Aoni Ma, 18, of Mira Mesa, who was born in China but has lived in California for 10 years. “We haven't seen anything like this in a long time.”
It's been more than nine years since the only other visit by a People's Liberation Army naval ship to San Diego. Besides the San Diego visits, only one other time has a Chinese military vessel visited a mainland port, Navy officials said.
The two Chinese ships visited Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, last week, but the San Diego visit wasn't announced until late last week. Local Navy officials scrambled over the weekend to organize a reception and the Chinese consulate put out word in the Chinese-American community.
Sailor Zhang Honghui of the People's Liberation Army watched as mostly Chinese, Chinese-Americans, the media and others toured the Qingdao after it docked yesterday.
“It's terrific, terrific,” said Danying Shao, a Chinese student at the University of California San Diego. “People are so excited here.”
Base commander Capt. D.R. Smith and Rear Adm. Wang Fushan, deputy commander of the Chinese North Sea Fleet, exchanged brief remarks.
Then Fushan invited visitors and the media aboard the Qingdao for a tour. Chinese sailors smiled and posed for photos.
“In China navy, the chance to visit U.S. is very small,” said Lt. j.g. Luo Pei, 24, a Qingdao officer. “My first view (of San Diego) is it's very beautiful, very clear.”
Visits have been so rare in part because the small Chinese navy rarely ventured far from its own shores until a major buildup of its forces during the past 15 years.
“They're really the new kids on the block,” said Christopher McNally, a China analyst at the Honolulu-based East-West Center, a think tank specializing in Asia-Pacific affairs. “They've never had a blue-water navy before.”
That buildup has caused concern in the Pentagon, which in a report on military readiness last February announced plans to move an aircraft carrier and several submarines from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
In the 1990s, China and the United States gradually re-established military ties after years of chill following the 1989 massacre of student protesters in Tiananmen Square. Late in the decade, the countries' naval ships exchanged port visits for the first time.
Relations grew strained again, though, after a Chinese fighter jet collided with a Navy EP-3 surveillance aircraft off China's coast April 1, 2001. The Chinese pilot died, and the U.S. crew was held prisoner for 11 days after the EP-3 was forced to land on Hainan Island.
Adm. William Fallon, the senior U.S. military commander in the Pacific, recently has sought closer relations with his Chinese counterparts. He also has encouraged Chinese ships to visit the United States.
During their two-day visit, the Chinese sailors were scheduled to take a bus tour of the waterfront before visiting the San Diego Zoo, said Capt. Matt Brown, a spokesman for Navy Region Southwest. They also asked for a chance to shop at the Navy Exchange and play soccer with U.S. sailors.
Tomorrow, the Qingdao and Hongzehu will join the U.S. Navy destroyer Shoup for a search-and-rescue exercise, Brown said. Then the ships are scheduled to travel to Canada and the Philippines for more goodwill visits
Well the PLAN ships have arrived in San Diego CA! My former home for 26 years. Here is a slide show with audio about the arrival.
Hundreds greet 2 Chinese navy ships; last visit was more than 9 years ago
By Steve Liewer
UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER
September 19, 2006
Hundreds of sailors stood stiffly at the rails of the destroyer as it pulled up to a San Diego Naval Base pier, their arms folded behind their backs as their neckerchiefs flapped in the breeze.
A Navy band serenaded the crew of the destroyer Qingdao, which cruised into port yesterday morning along with the supply ship Hongzehu. About 300 visitors, mostly Chinese and Chinese-Americans from Southern California, waved U.S. and China flags and carried welcome banners as they cheered the ships' arrival.
“It was a touching moment. Everybody got teary-eyed,” said Aoni Ma, 18, of Mira Mesa, who was born in China but has lived in California for 10 years. “We haven't seen anything like this in a long time.”
It's been more than nine years since the only other visit by a People's Liberation Army naval ship to San Diego. Besides the San Diego visits, only one other time has a Chinese military vessel visited a mainland port, Navy officials said.
The two Chinese ships visited Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, last week, but the San Diego visit wasn't announced until late last week. Local Navy officials scrambled over the weekend to organize a reception and the Chinese consulate put out word in the Chinese-American community.
Sailor Zhang Honghui of the People's Liberation Army watched as mostly Chinese, Chinese-Americans, the media and others toured the Qingdao after it docked yesterday.
“It's terrific, terrific,” said Danying Shao, a Chinese student at the University of California San Diego. “People are so excited here.”
Base commander Capt. D.R. Smith and Rear Adm. Wang Fushan, deputy commander of the Chinese North Sea Fleet, exchanged brief remarks.
Then Fushan invited visitors and the media aboard the Qingdao for a tour. Chinese sailors smiled and posed for photos.
“In China navy, the chance to visit U.S. is very small,” said Lt. j.g. Luo Pei, 24, a Qingdao officer. “My first view (of San Diego) is it's very beautiful, very clear.”
Visits have been so rare in part because the small Chinese navy rarely ventured far from its own shores until a major buildup of its forces during the past 15 years.
“They're really the new kids on the block,” said Christopher McNally, a China analyst at the Honolulu-based East-West Center, a think tank specializing in Asia-Pacific affairs. “They've never had a blue-water navy before.”
That buildup has caused concern in the Pentagon, which in a report on military readiness last February announced plans to move an aircraft carrier and several submarines from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
In the 1990s, China and the United States gradually re-established military ties after years of chill following the 1989 massacre of student protesters in Tiananmen Square. Late in the decade, the countries' naval ships exchanged port visits for the first time.
Relations grew strained again, though, after a Chinese fighter jet collided with a Navy EP-3 surveillance aircraft off China's coast April 1, 2001. The Chinese pilot died, and the U.S. crew was held prisoner for 11 days after the EP-3 was forced to land on Hainan Island.
Adm. William Fallon, the senior U.S. military commander in the Pacific, recently has sought closer relations with his Chinese counterparts. He also has encouraged Chinese ships to visit the United States.
During their two-day visit, the Chinese sailors were scheduled to take a bus tour of the waterfront before visiting the San Diego Zoo, said Capt. Matt Brown, a spokesman for Navy Region Southwest. They also asked for a chance to shop at the Navy Exchange and play soccer with U.S. sailors.
Tomorrow, the Qingdao and Hongzehu will join the U.S. Navy destroyer Shoup for a search-and-rescue exercise, Brown said. Then the ships are scheduled to travel to Canada and the Philippines for more goodwill visits
Attachments
-
chinese3.jpg -
chinese4.jpg -
web_060918-N-7526R-068.jpg -
U20P4T8D791502F107DT20060918032955.jpg -
U20P4T8D791502F116DT20060918032955.jpg
Last edited:
Does that map say they are visiting Mexico?? Anybody here read Chinese? I thought they were going to San Diego or Long Beach.
The map says that they are going to Hawaii, Mexico, Vancouver, Indonesia, and then back to Qingdao.
holy shit, didn't know the ships are coming to vancouver! i thought it was just a visit to US. wish they stay over the weekends so i can actually go and look.
tbh i don't even know where the ships are gonna stay... lonsdale quay? that's where the US ship stayed a few months ago...
but then again, there are some sources saying they are visiting victoria instead of vancouver.
i thought it was just a visit to US. wish they stay over the weekends so i can actually go and look. tbh i don't even know where the ships are gonna stay... lonsdale quay? that's where the US ship stayed a few months ago...
but then again, there are some sources saying they are visiting victoria instead of vancouver.