Departure! Huainan, Rizhao, and Kekexili Lake

September 21

The 42nd Navy Escort Fleet

Set sail from Qingdao, Shandong

Go to the Gulf of Aden and Somali waters

To take over the escort mission from the 41st escort fleet

9:00am

The fleet ships slowly left the dock

On the deck, the mission officers and soldiers lined up neatly.

Farewell to Comrades

The 42nd Navy Escort Fleet

The main forces include

Guided missile destroyer Huainan

Missile frigate Rizhao

Comprehensive supply ship Kekexili Lake

Carrying two ship-borne helicopters

In addition to the escort missions carried out by the Hoh Xil Lake Ship

Huainan and Rizhao

Both are carrying out escort missions in the Gulf of Aden for the first time

During mission preparation

The fleet organized rescue operations for the "hijacked" merchant ship

Anti-terrorism, anti-piracy, actual use of weapons, etc.

Multiple targeted training

A brief introduction to mission ships

Let’s take a look together↓↓↓

Huainan , hull number 123, is a new type of guided missile destroyer independently researched, designed and built by China. The ship was commissioned in January 2021, with a full load displacement of more than 7,000 tons. It has certain anti-sea, anti-air, anti-shore, and anti-submarine combat capabilities. It is mainly responsible for the formation's coordinated attack on enemy large and medium-sized ships, formation anti-submarine operations, formation coordinated air defense, and maritime patrol, alert, escort, and destroyer and frigate formation command.

Rizhao , hull number 598, is a new type of guided missile frigate independently researched, designed and built by China. The ship was commissioned in January 2018, with a full load displacement of about 4,000 tons. It has multi-faceted combat capabilities such as anti-shore, anti-sea, anti-air, and anti-submarine, and has strong warning detection and comprehensive combat capabilities. Since its commissioning, it has completed many major training and exercise tasks such as joint military exercises and long-distance training.

The Hoh Xil Lake Ship , hull number 903, is a new type of large-scale ocean-going comprehensive supply ship designed and built by China. The ship was commissioned in March 2019, with a full load displacement of more than 20,000 tons. It has the ability to replenish supplies in two directions and four stations at the same time, and can supply oil, fresh water, food, ammunition and other materials to the fleet in a variety of ways such as horizontal, longitudinal, vertical and side by side.

I wish the escort mission to be completed safely and successfully!

Source: People's Daily Comprehensive CCTV Military

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