Rare experience: Frigate Tran Hung Dao sails in a big storm
Missile frigate 015 - Tran Hung Dao of the Vietnam People's Navy is performing a foreign mission while visiting three Northeast Asian countries.
The working trip to three Northeast Asian countries including China, Japan, and South Korea of the Gepard 3.9-class missile frigate 015 - Tran Hung Dao is the longest journey a Vietnamese Navy ship has ever made.
This defense diplomacy mission is considered a very good opportunity for officers and soldiers of ship 015 to practice long-term combat training activities far from the base, while also testing the ocean-going capabilities of the Vietnamese crew.
These friendly visits are also considered a premise for the Vietnam People's Navy to be able to progress into a force operating in "blue" waters in the future when it is supplemented with more large ships, instead of just staying near the shore as it is now.
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| Ship 015 - Tran Hung Dao on defense diplomacy mission in 3 Northeast Asian countries |
One very special thing is that during long offshore training trips, almost all naval forces in the world choose sea areas with good weather, rarely having to move in bad weather, especially facing a big storm.
According to the announcement, the international typhoon named Tra Mi has made landfall in Okinawa Prefecture and the Amami Islands of Kagoshima Prefecture, Southern Japan. The strongest wind near the center of the storm is up to 162 km/h, sometimes gusting over 180 km/h. Ship 015 - Tran Hung Dao of the Vietnam Navy is within its influence.
To cope with this very strong storm, officers and soldiers of Ship 015 have carefully prepared technical equipment of all sectors, ensuring the ship's maneuverability during the storm; fixing equipment and mobile objects on the ship to ensure they are secure and not damaged during the storm.
The entire ship organized storm response drills, focusing on handling situations such as anchors being dragged, other ships drifting in, plans to fight and protect the ship's vitality, and at the same time establishing a 24/7 command team, watch teams, observing and grasping the situation at sea and on board, promptly detecting risky situations that may occur.
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| Officers and soldiers of Ship 015 prepare to deal with storm Tra Mi. |
Facing a big storm like Tra Mi while far from the base is clearly a unique experience for the entire crew of ship 015 - Tran Hung Dao in particular and the history of operations of the Vietnam People's Navy in general.
But if they overcome this difficult challenge, the skills and mettle of the Vietnamese sailors will certainly be greatly improved, creating great confidence when carrying out other tasks in the future.
Hopefully, the 015 crew will safely overcome the storm's affected area and successfully carry out this memorable defense diplomacy mission.
On October 1, a super tropical storm named Tra Mi swept through Japan, killing at least two people and injuring dozens of others.
The fierce winds and torrential rains that swept through the area, which had barely recovered from a storm less than a month ago, made the situation worse.
Storm Tra Mi made landfall, causing the public transport system and transportation services of the world's third largest economy to stagnate.
Many high-speed train routes have been closed, more than 1,000 flights have been canceled and a series of activities have been suspended.
Making landfall on the southern islands of Japan on the evening of September 30, storm Tra Mi continued to cause impacts on October 1.
