Historical photo of the day: DDG 112 in San Diego.

  

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On March 21, 1997, the Chinese Navy’s DDG 112 Ship made her first-ever visit to the continental United States. The photo showed the ship’s arrival at the U.S. Navy base in San Diego, marking a historic port call on the American West Coast. 

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Good bye DDG‑112 Harbin?

 The PLAN destroyer Harbin (DDG‑112) is widely expected to be decommissioned. Since late 2025, multiple Chinese defense commentators (link) (link) and (link) have suggested that both its name and pennant number will be reassigned to the 12th Type 055 destroyer (link) now under construction at the Dalian Shipyard. Given the pace of the PLAN’s modernization, retiring a 30‑year‑old ship when

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