Type 067 utility landing craft
Class overview | |
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Name | Type 067 landing craft utility (Yunnan class) |
Builders | Wuhu Shipyard Wuhu, Anhui |
Operators |
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Preceded by | Type 067 (Yunnan class) |
Built | N/A |
In commission | 1964 |
Completed | 130 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Yunnan class |
Type | Landing Craft Utility |
Displacement | 128 tons (full load) |
Length | 28.6 metres (94 ft) |
Beam | 5.4 metres (18 ft) |
Draft | 1.4 metres (4 ft 7 in) |
Installed power | 600 hp with 2 shafts |
Propulsion | Two diesels |
Speed | 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
Range | 500 nmi (930 km; 580 mi) @ 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
Capacity | 1 tank, or 2 light vehicles, or 46t cargo |
Crew | 10 |
Sensors and processing systems | 1 Japanese Fuji navigational radar |
Armament | 2 Type 61 dual-25mm AAA guns and two dual-14.5mm antiaircraft machine guns |
The Type 067 landing craft, utility (NATO codename: Yunnan class), also known as Yunnan class, entered the People's Liberation Army Navy service from 1968–1972. This class is the enlarged version of Yuch'in class landing craft mechanized,[1] developed into a landing craft tank (LCT) capable of carrying either a medium tank, or two armored fighting vehicles, or a company of infantry.[2] Some Type 067 have been converted to buoy tender/cable layers, designated as Type 911, which includes two sub types, Type 911I and Type 911II, one for buoy tender, the other for cable layer.[3]
Armament[]
The ships of this class are fitted with three Type 61 dual-25mm antiaircraft artillery guns. Some units are also fitted with Type 81H 122mm multiple rocket launchers.
Specifications[]
- Displacement: 135 t
- Length: 28.6 m
- Beam: 5.4 m
- Draft: 1.5 m
- Speed: 12 kn max
- Range: 500 nmi @ 10 kn
- Propulsion: 2 diesel engines @ 600 hp with 2 shafts
- Complement: 12
- Armament: Two Type 61 dual-25mm antiaircraft artillery guns or two 14.5 mm heavy machine guns (II x 1)
- Lift capacity: 46 t
- Radar: 1 Japanese Fuji navigational radar
Operators[]
- China
- Sri Lanka
- Cameroon
- Cambodia[4]
- Bangladesh
References[]
- ^ "Type 067 Yunan Class Utility Landing Craft". SinoDefence.com. 21 June 2008. Archived from the original on 7 August 2008. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
- ^ "国产第一代:067系列小型登陆艇军事" [Domestic first generation: 067 series of small military landing craft]. armystar.com (in Chinese). 26 April 2012. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
- ^ "Type 911 buoy tender/cable layer". kaxii.com.
- ^ "LCU Identification".
- Amphibious warfare vessel classes
- Amphibious warfare vessels of the People's Liberation Army Navy
- Amphibious warfare vessels of the Sri Lanka Navy
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