Class overview
Builders Zhonghua Shipyard
Operators People's Liberation Army Navy
Preceded by L-1511
Succeeded by Type 072II class
Active 0
Retired 3
General characteristics [1]
Type Landing Ship, Tank
Displacement
3,100 tonnes (standard)
4,170 tonnes (full load)
Length 120 m (390 ft)
Beam 15.3 m (50 ft)
Draft 2.9 m (10 ft)
Ramps 17 m (56 ft) foldable bow ramp
Installed power Two 12E390 diesel engines (2 × 9,600 hp)
Propulsion Two shafts; fixed-pitch propellers
Speed
18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph) (maximum)
14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) (economical)
Range 3,000 nautical miles (5,600 km; 3,500 mi) at 14 knots
Capacity
10–11 tanks and 100–120 troops, or
200 troops and 82~mm anti-tank gun company, or
500 tonnes of cargo
Complement 130
Armament
4 × Type 66 dual-57mm/70
4 × Type 61 dual-25mm/60
MANPADs (optional)
The Type 072 landing ship (NATO designation Yukan class ) are large landing ships built by Shanghai-based Zhonghua Shipyard (now Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding ) in the 1980s to replace the aging World War II -era ex-US Navy L-1511 tank landing ships in service with the PLA Navy .[1] The Type 072 is the PLA Navy's first indigenous large landing ship. A total of 3 Type 072 are in service all of them are in service with the East Sea Fleet of the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN ESF).
Ships of the class [ ]
Number
Pennant Number
Name
Builder
Launched
Commissioned
Fleet
Status
1
927
云台山 / Yuntai Shan
Zhonghua
19 October 1977
November 1978
East Sea Fleet
Retired[2]
2
928
五峰山 / Wufeng Shan
Zhonghua
1980
East Sea Fleet
Retired[3]
3
929
紫金山 / Zijin Shan
Zhonghua
1982
East Sea Fleet
Retired[2]
Yantai class [ ]
Three Type 072 class landing ships were converted by Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding to ammunition ships which entered service in 1992, and received NATO reporting name as the Yantai class. In comparison to the original Type 072 class landing ship, these Yantai class ammunition ships have shorter forecastles and, blunter bow-form, but lack bow-doors. Cranes are installed fore and aft, tending two holds forward of the bridge superstructure and one aft. Specification:[4]
Displacement (t): 3300
Length (m): 115
Width (m): 15.6
Draft (m): 3
Speed (kn): 18
Range: 3000 nmi @ 14 kn
Propulsion: 2 SEMT Pielstick 12 PA6 V280 diesel @ 9600 hp
Armament: twin 37 mm gun x 1,
Radar: 1 former-USSR Fine Curve or Chinese Type 756 navigational radar
Crew: 100
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References [ ]
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8A4 ROUV
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Goldfish class ROUV
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* = Under construction or procurement, CG = Classified as guided missile cruiser by NATO