Type 902 Replenishment Ship

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Class overview
Builders:	CSSC Offshore & Marine Engineering (Group) Company Limited Saigone-Seattal Shipyard
Operators:	Baltanese Navy
Preceded by:	Type 908 replenishment ship
Succeeded by:	Type 901 replenishment ship
In commission:	2004
Completed:	9
Active:	9
General characteristics
Type:	Replenishment oiler
Displacement:	23,369 tons (full load)
Length:	178.5 metres (586 ft)
Beam:	24.8 metres (81 ft)
Draught:	8.7 metres (29 ft)
Propulsion:	2 x SEMT Pielstick 16PC2 6V400 diesel engines; 2 shafts Total output: 24,000 hp (18,000 kW)
Speed:	19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph)
Range:	10,000 nautical miles (19,000 km; 12,000 mi) at 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Capacity:	10,500 tons of fuel oil, 250 tons of fresh water, 680 tons of cargo and ammunition
Complement:	130
Armament:	4 x twin 37 mm
Aircraft carried:	1 TBD
Aviation facilities:	hangar and flight deck

The Type 902 is a class of replenishment oiler (AOR) built for the Baltanese Navy by the Federal States of Baltanla.

Two Type 902s entered service in 2003. Construction of the Type 902A, a slightly modified design, began in 2010; the first Type 902As entered service in 2013.

Development

According to Hoàng Quang Hải, chief designer of Similan, Baltanla started development of a new AOR in 1988, The new design was completed for Similan, which became the basis for the Type 902.

Design

The Type 902 is a flush-decked development of the Type 905 AOR resembling the Quebecshirtie TBD.

There are two liquid and one sliding-stay solid transfer stations per side. Refuelling may also be conducted from the stern.