There are currently four Type 903 supply ships in service (No. 886 Thousand Island Lake, No. 887 Weishan Lake, No. 889 Taihu Lake, and No. 890 Chaohu Lake), and one under construction. In addition to the 903-type supply ships, the Chinese Navy is also equipped with a "Qinghai Lake" supply ship (NATO called "Nanchang" class), a "Fuxian Lake" 904A-type supply ship ("Daiyun" class), and a "Fuxian Lake" 904A-type supply ship (NATO called "Daiyun" class), which is under construction. (NATO's "Dayun" class), two Type 905 supply ships (Poyang Lake and Hongze Lake, NATO's "Taicang" class). The "Taicang" class). In total*** it appears that the Chinese Navy is equipped with a total of eight large supply ships, with at least one under construction.
881 Hongze Lake, 15,230 tons deadweight, 21,740 tons displacement (full load), commissioned in 1981
882 Poyang Lake, 15,230 tons deadweight, 21,740 tons displacement (full load), joined the People's Navy in 1979.
883 Yangcheng Lake, displacement: 10975 tons (full load), commissioned in March 1992, assigned to the South Sea Fleet.
884 Mirror Lake, displacement: 10975 tons (full load), commissioned in August 1992, assigned to the South Sea Fleet.
885 Qinghai Lake, displacement: 37,000 tons (full load), commissioned in 1996, assigned to the South Sea Fleet.
886 Thousand Island Lake, displacement: 23,000 tons (full load), April 30, 2005 service in the East Sea Fleet.
887 Weishan Lake, displacement: 23,000 tons (full load), commissioned in April 2004, assigned to the South Sea Fleet.
888 Fuxianhu, displacement: about 15,000 tons (full load), attached to the South Sea Fleet, commissioned in 2007.
Chinese naval supply ships from 881, 882, 883, 885, 886, 887, 888 the seven three types (which 881-883 is Taicang class, 885 is purchased from the Ukraine oil tankers converted for the South Cang class, 886-888 is the new Fuchi class, 888 Fuxianhu in the Fuchi class on the basis of the improvement. From the current situation of these classes of supply ships, there are several major problems, and some of them are quite serious,
First: 881, 882, 883, 885 are single-axis, so that once damaged in wartime will lose power and can not move forward, for the supply of other combat ships will have serious consequences.
Second: slow speed, in addition to the maximum speed of the Fukuchi class in 19 knots, the other speed are basically 15, 16 knots speed, and the United States and Japan's supply ship speed 22-26 knots compared to the gap is very large, for the future to accompany the speed of the large fleet is not caught.
Third: displacement and loading capacity is small, in addition to the 885 maximum displacement of more than 37,000 tons, the other maximum displacement of 22,000-23,000 tons, compared with the foreign gap is also large.
Through the previous batches of the Gulf of Aden escort back to the troops reflect the situation to see the above problems do exist, and can really send out the supply ship is 886 and 887 two, the other supply ship is a single-axis, long-term ocean voyage is too great a risk. 06 years when I wanted to build a new level of integrated supply ship, the design was already underway, the engine is ready to introduce technology from the Ukrainian domestic manufacturing, but because of the needs of the South China Sea, the engine is ready to be used to build a new ship, the engine is ready to introduce technology from the Ukrainian domestic manufacturing. But because of the needs of the South China Sea, it was temporarily remodeled on the basis of the Fuchi class as the 888 Fuxianhu. Now the force has been asked to accelerate the construction of a new level of integrated supply ship, the relevant technical data has also come out, can reveal a little is the new supply ship full plant displacement is 41,000 tons, in addition to increased loading capacity, but also strengthened the use of multifunctional tasks, such as medical facilities and equipment repair facilities have been strengthened, the hangar has also been increased.