052/052B Class Destroyers

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Google Earth image from December, 2019 showing Guangzhou undergoing upgrades/overhaul.

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Tam

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Would be interesting to know, but I bet its somewhere in Guangzhou. I mean Guangzhou the province.
 

Tam

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If they center the spine and the hanger on the back of 168 Guangzhou, you can potentially move all the decoy launchers at the front of the ship to the back at the top of the hanger on each side of the hanger spine, the same style as the 054A, 052C/D.


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This can mean that they will take out the entire platform behind the main gun, so the deck is straight and level right to the bottom of the face of the front superstructure, which itself will be extended down to the deck. This will let you fit a 32 cell VLS in front.


Picture last year showing the platform deck being gutted.

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If the hanger has a center spine, the choice is whether you want to fit an HQ-10 launcher on top, along with SATCOM, like 052D, or put two or three SATCOMs on top like 054A. You can eliminate the two SATCOMs at the base of the second mast with the Type 364 radar, and instead put the CIWS there. The two SATCOMs side by side of that mast, can be turned into a single SATCOM at the top of the center spine of the hanger. Putting the two CIWS to the back at the base of the second mast, means you eliminate the two CIWS at the forward superstructure, and you can put two 726-3 ECM units there.

The lifeboats have to be moved amidships to inside the hangers with ports. The masts will have to eliminate the outdated EW equipment to the current standard ones, such as the 726-1 and 726-2 ESM, and the ESM mast like you see on the 052D. While all the destroyer refits appears "054A"-ized, do note that all the destroyer refits --- #167, #136 and #137 --- share the EW equipment from the 052D instead. Finally we should naturally expect the refit to be fitted with YJ-12s like the other refits.
 

Tam

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I am wondering if they are going to cut the cutouts or walls that are on the left and right of the platform, like cheeks underneath the two decoy launchers. From the side, this would make the ship look more like a 054A.
 
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