Haijian 15

History
People's Republic of China
Name:	China Haijian 15 (CMS 15)
Owner:	North China Sea Branch, State Oceanic Administration
Operator:	1st Marine Surveillance Flotilla, North China Sea Fleet, China Marine Surveillance
Builder:	Wuchang Shipbuilding
Laid down:	July 2009
Launched:	April 29, 2010
Commissioned:	January 6, 2011
Homeport:	Qingdao, Shandong
General characteristics
Displacement:	1,740 metric tons (full load)
Length:	88 meters
Beam:	12 meters
Depth:	5.6 meters
Propulsion:	German MAK diesel engines X2 (1,717 kW X2= 3,400 kW)
Speed:	18 knots (maximum)
Range:	6,000 nm

Haijian 15 (Chinese: 中国海监 15) is a China Marine Surveillance (CMS) ship in the 1st Marine Surveillance Flotilla of its North China Sea Fleet. She is the first ship of the second building plan that includes seven new CMS ships. Haijian 15 was christened and commissioned on January 6, 2011 at her home port of Qingdao. Haijian 15 has been frequently conducting cruise operations in disputed waters around the Diaoyu Islands. In 2012 alone, Haijian 15 has been deployed to waters around the Diaoyu Islands four times, for 103 days in total. She once sailed to a position that is 1.55 nm away from the main island, Diaoyu Island, and personnel on board raised China's national flag to assert China's claim of sovereignty over the Diaoyu Islands.^[1]

Haijian 15 was renamed CCG-1115 under the newly established China Coast Guard.

Cruise operations

CCG-1115 has been frequently engaged in law enforcement patrol operations in waters around the Senkaku Islands.

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