Type 072

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The Type 072 (NATO codename: Yukan class) large landing ships were built by Shanghai-based Zhonghua Shipyard (now Hudong-Zhonghua Shipyard) in the 1980s to replace the ageing WWII-era ex-US Navy L-1511 tank landing ships in service with the PLA Navy. The Type 072 is the PLA Navy’s first indigenous large landing ship. A total of seven hulls were constructed before the programme was terminated and replaced by the more capable Type 072-II (Yuting class) in the early 1990s.

[edit] Specifications

• Displacement: (standard) 3,110t; (full load) 4,170t.
• Dimensions:
  • Length: 120m;
  • Beam: 15.3m;
  • Draft: 2.9m.
• Speed:
  • Max speed 18 knots;
  • economical speed 14 knots.
• Capacity: 200 troops; or 5 tanks; or 10 vehicles; or 450t cargo beaching.