052C/052D Class Destroyers
- Thread starter Jeff Head
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The doors seen in the background In the photos above certainly suggest these were not taken onboard any actual warship.
I have been on board a Type 52D myself and can assure you that, odd as it is, they’re exactly how the doors looked like.
They have a habit of using doors and other interior design elements like lighting directly from building design onto trains and vessels. I even saw a meeting room on board which looked exactly what you’d expect from a 2nd class 90s Chinese style office building.
This is so funny! You probably don't know Chinese and hasn't seen much content of any Chinese language naval forum. Here is the story:
I believe it was in 2008, when the 167 Shenzhen visited Japan. And one Japanese military geek blogger went on board and did a blog post about his experience. He was pissed that there are "wooden doors" and "floor matts" inside, and said that these are terrible fire hazards. So his post got spread around extensively in Chinese military forum, and the PLA fans in China was even more pissed and demands an answer.
I believe it was 《军事纪实》of the CCTV-7 Channel that finally did a show (in 2012, 2013 I believe) explaining the practice and even showing that those doors and floor matts are made of fire proof materials. They even demonstrated this by torching the door and floor matts with a blow-torch.
The reason they did this was because it was seen as a very comforting environment for sailors onboard. Seeing the wooden color of doors and having floor matts to walk on. This is basically a Chinese navy culture now.
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I have seen doors made of metal with fake wood color, grain and patterns in trade shows, these doors coming from China. They're not just used in ships, they are used everywhere, especially with buildings with a tight fire code. These doors also don't rot and don't get eaten by termite.
I'm sure you can buy these doors. I remember seeing a whole HK condo using these.
Or make them yourself.
I've been aboard an 054A, and can attest this is true...
We've had so many pictures of the interiors of PLAN warships over the years now, I can't believe this "aRe ThOSe WoOdEn DoOrS?" thing still persists.