The Haixun 06, the largest maritime patrol ship in the Taiwan Straits, was commissioned on Monday in Fuzhou, the capital of Fujian province, according to the Fujian Maritime Safety Administration.
Construction of what will become the largest patrol ship in the Taiwan Straits is basically finished, the Fujian Provincial Maritime Safety Administration said.
The Haixun 06 was launched on Monday at the Shuangliu Shipbuilding Base in Wuhan, Hubei province, the administration said in a news release.
In shipbuilding terminology, launch refers to a nearly finished ship being moved into the water. It is one of the most important stages in a ship s construction because once a ship is launched, it means that its main structures have been readied and all the major construction work has been completed.
The ship has been under construction by China State Shipbuilding Corp s Wuchang Shipbuilding Industry since May 2019.