The 37th escort fleet of the Navy carried out accompanying escorts for a number of Chinese fishing vessels
News from our newspaper (Wang Jian, Li Hongming, Guo Chenghao) "Huyu 1715 Fleet, I am the Chinese navy escort formation. As planned, I will begin to escort you. If you have any circumstances, please call me on Channel 16." Local time in April. On the 23rd, the 37th navy escort fleet Changsha and Honghu fleets, which were performing escort missions in the Gulf of Aden and the waters of Somalia, arrived in the scheduled waters and joined the "Huyu 1715" fleet consisting of 5 fishing boats to form an escort fleet. Begin to implement accompanying escort for the fleet.
This is also the first time that the formation has performed special escort missions for my country’s fishing fleet.
The five Chinese fishing boats are Huyu No. 1715-1719, which belong to Shanghai Teal Ocean Fishery Company.
After departing from Shanghai, they sailed from east to west, planning to travel to Suez, Egypt via the Gulf of Aden and the waters of Somalia.
After receiving the application for special escort of the fleet, the temporary party committee of the formation attached great importance to the escort task, rationally coordinated the escort plan, scientifically formulated the escort action plan, communicated and coordinated with the shipowner company in advance, and determined that the guided missile destroyer Changsha ship and the integrated supply ship Honghu ship would execute it. This escort mission.
Before arriving at the pick-up point, the formation temporarily received a request from the fishing fleet. The fleet 1716 was unable to navigate autonomously due to a power failure, and was towed by the 1715 fishing boat, which prevented it from arriving on time.
After receiving the information for help, the formation command post immediately coordinated the communication and docking between the ship maintenance support experts and the fishing fleet, and used the maritime satellite telephone to remotely assist in finding and analyzing the cause of the failure, and put forward maintenance suggestions.
At the same time, in order to ensure the safety of fishing vessels, the two mission ships went out 40 nautical miles to take care of them in advance.
To express their gratitude to the escort formation, the crew of the No. 1715 fishing boat displayed banners with the words "Thank the motherland navy for escorting me" and "Proud of the motherland navy" in the wheelhouse and the middle section of the fishing boat respectively. The crew standing on the side of the wheelhouse The helicopter group of the escort formation, who was on guard patrol for the fleet, waved in greeting.
When the escort started, it coincided with the arrival of the Navy Day, and the Huyu 1715 fleet sent a holiday blessing to the escort fleet via VHF: "I am Jiang Liuhong, the team leader of the Huyu 1715 to Huyu 1719 fleet of Shanghai Teal Ocean Fishery Company. I sincerely thank the navy escort formation for escorting our company's fleet many times. Today is the Naval Army Day, and I wish the Chinese Navy a happy holiday."
During the escort, the formation command post grasped the position information of the escorted fishing vessel in real time through a variety of communication means.
Formation helicopters and special forces personnel maintain combat conditions throughout the entire process, and comprehensively use helicopter patrols, naval maneuvers, and night searchlight sweeping methods to strengthen observation and alert, and closely monitor the surrounding sea and airspace conditions of the formation.
In order to ensure the safety of fishing boats, the formation command post decided to extend the escort route and escorted 5 fishing boats all the way to the south entrance of the Mande Strait.
Source: China Youth Daily