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Name |
PLAN SONG |
ROCN Hai Lung (Sea Dragon) |
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Type |
TYPE-039 SSK |
Hai Lung SSG |
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Size |
C-2 |
C-3 |
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Length |
75m |
220’(67m) |
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Tonnage |
2250 |
2376 |
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Hull |
150 |
144 |
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Armor(DamageReduction) |
20 |
18 |
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Defense |
2 |
2 |
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TL |
23 |
31 |
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Noise |
-4 |
-4 |
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Maneuver |
3 |
4 |
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Speed (Knots) |
22 (11 Silent) |
20 (10 Silent) |
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SENSORS |
+3 |
+3 |
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EW/ECM |
8 |
10 |
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CREW QUALITY |
9 |
15 |
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WEAPONS |
6x Hvy Torpedoes [18] |
6x Hvy Torpedoes [16] |
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6xHrpIIERSSM[12] |
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Red Song VS the Blue Sea Dragon In the Bar of the Taipei Hilton [I am sitting with Captain of the ROCN Hai Lung (SEA DRAGON), We are discussing the first battle of the Taiwan Straits.] “We were waiting for them off Penghu Island.” [“The Invasion Fleet?”] “The Second wave of it yes. We couldn't do much about the first wave that landed the night before at Changhua with about 30,000 PLAN Marines. The second wave was even bigger and targeted a city with a major port. They had nearly 60,000 Marines, mostly reservists, but the 2nd and 3rd active divisions as well. The big difference was this time we were ready for them. [“Did you find them first or did they find you”] “We found them. They never found us. Although our boat isn't nuclear like your American ones, the Dutch construction was very good and the design was based on one of the best conventional submarines ever built, the last class your Navy made before switching to nuclear powered submarines. She is a fine vessel even though she is just turned 34 this year, we have updated her and her sister on a regular basis since her acquisition. As for the Red boats we sank, none were more than 20 years old, but we had the major advantage of being on the defensive. People always think of submarines as "offensive weapons" but in actuality submarines, especially conventional non nuclear submarines really shine when working defense. We also knew the area really well. The boats we were up against were all SONG class, not too different from our own. But unlike us who could sit quietly and wait, the PLAN boats had to screen an enormous invasion fleet; some 150 to 180 landing vessels and another 180 surface escort craft moving at 20knots. That's just too much noise to use passive sensors to look for us, so they had to use active sonar. That's how we got them. [“That's quite a feat. Your submarines were build back in the late 1980s to a design that dates back to the late 1950s. The PLAN PLAN Feet was being escorted by far newer frigates and submarines. You must have nerves of steel.] It wasn’t that bad actually, once we had our targets we launched our torpedoes and they did the rest. The fighting on the surface was much worse for us I understand, but they did their job too. We may have lost the majority of our surface fleet in that battle, but we didn't lose a single submarine. They never found us. The PLAN was too busy dealing with the chaos of all those missiles hitting those transports. Forty percent of their invasion troops drown before they ever reached the beaches. [“ They still captured T'ainan port by midnight though."] Yes, that’s true, but the cost was too high, They lost most of the 2nd and 3rd PLAN Marine divisions doing it. They had to rely on the PLA for troops after that and the Red Chinese Army was going to have other needs for those men very soon… |
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