Type 071 amphibious transport dock

Class overview

Operators:	People's Liberation Army Navy
Cost:	US$300 mil (estimated)
In service:	2007
Building:	1
Completed:	1
Active:	2
General characteristics
Type:	Amphibious transport dock
Displacement:	20,000 long tons (20,000 t)
Length:	210 m (689 ft 0 in)
Beam:	28 m (91 ft 10 in)
Draft:	7 m (23 ft 0 in)
Propulsion:	CODAD 4 × SEMT Pielstick 16 PC2.6 V400 diesel engines, 47,200 hp (35,197 kW) 2 × shafts [1]
Speed:	22 knots (41 km/h; 25 mph)+
Range:	6,000 nmi (11,000 km) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Boats and landing craft carried:	• 4 × air-cushioned landing craft • 2 × landing craft on port/starboard davits
Capacity:	15-20 armoured vehicles
Troops:	500-800 troops
Complement:	120
Sensors and processing systems:	• 1 × Type 360 Radar Seagull S, E/F-band surface search radar • 1 × Type 364 Radar, Seagull C, G-band air search radar aft • 1 × Type 344 Radar, I band fire control radar • 1 × navigational radar
Armament:	• 1 × AK-176 76 mm (3.0 in) gun • 4 × AK-630 30 mm (1.2 in) CIWS • 4 × 18-tube Type 726-4 decoy/chaff launcher • Possible installation of 2-4 heavy machine guns (Fitted for but not with)
Aircraft carried:	2-4 Z-8 Super Frelon

The Type 071 (Yuzhao-class) are amphibious warfare ships of the People's Republic of China's People's Liberation Army Navy. They are built by the Shanghai-based Hudong-Zhonghua Shipyard, and the first entered service in late-2007.

1 Design
2 Export
3 Ships of the class
4 See also
5 References
6 External links

Design

The Type 071 has a capacity of one marine battalion, including 500-800 troops, and 15-20 amphibious armoured vehicles. Troops and equipment may be deployed to over longer distances and to more difficult terrain by hovercraft and helicopters.^[1] The well deck may hold four Yuyi-class LCAC.^[2]

The ship is armed with one 76 mm gun and four 30 mm close-in weapon systems.^[1]

The Type 071 may operate as the flagship of a task force. As with similar ships, it may also conduct humanitarian and civilian evacuation missions in addition to amphibious landings.^[1]

Export

The China State Shipbuilding and Trading Corp. consortium offered to build a modified Type 071 for the Royal Malaysian Navy. The Malaysians had a requirement for a 13,000 ton LPD; the Type 071 would cost a third of the US-built San Antonio-class LPD.^[1]

Ships of the class

Pennant No.	Name	Shipyard	Laid down	Launched	Commissioned	Home port	Fleet
998	Kunlun Shan/昆仑山	Hudong-Zhonghua	Unknown	21 December 2006	13 November 2007	Zhanjiang, Guangdong	South Sea
999	Jinggang Shan/井冈山	Hudong-Zhonghua	Unknown	16 November 2010	30 October 2011	Zhanjiang, Guangdong	South Sea
Unknown^[3]	Unknown	Hudong-Zhonghua	Unknown	25 September 2011	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Type 071 Landing Platform Dock". globalsecurity.com. 11 June 2011. http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/china/yuzhao.htm. Retrieved 1 July 2011.
^ "An Update on the Yuyi class LCAC". China Defense Blog. 2 April 2010. http://china-defense.blogspot.com/2010/04/update-on-yuyi-class-lcac.html. Retrieved 1 July 2011.
^ "Third 071 LPD under construction". sinodefenceforum.com. 26 March 2011. http://www.sinodefenceforum.com/navy/071-lpd-landing-craft-23-2576.html. Retrieved 28 March 2011.

External links

Ship classes of the Chinese Navy

Submarines


Nuclear ballistic missile	Type 094 Jin class · Type 092 Xia class

Nuclear attack	Type 093 Shang class · Type 091 Han class

Conventional ballistic missile	Modified Project 629 Golf class⁺

Conventional attack	Type 041 Yuan class · Type 039/039A/039G Song class · Type 035 Ming class · Type 033 Romeo class⁺ · Project 636 Kilo II class · Project 877EKM Kilo I class

Principal
surface
combatants

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Frigates	Type 054A Jiangkai II class · Type 054 Jiangkai I (Ma'anshan) class · Type 053H3 Jiangwei II class · Type 053H2G Jiangwei I class · Type 053H1G Jianghu V class · Type 053HT-H Jianghu IV class · Type 053H2 Jianghu III class · Type 053H1 Jianghu II class · Type 053 Jianghu I class

Coastal
warfare
vessels

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Submarine chasers	Type 037-IS Haiqing class · Type 037-I Haijiu class · Type 062-I Haizhui class · Type 037 Hainan class · Kronshtadt class

Amphibious
warfare
vessels

Landing platforms	Type 071 Yuzhao class amphibious transport dock

Landing ships	Type 072 Yukan class LST · Type072-II Yuting I class LST · Type 072-III Yuting II class LST · Type 079 Yuliang class LSM · Type 074 Yuhai (Wuhu-A) class LSM · Type 073 I/II/III class LSM · Type 073 IV Yunshu class LSM

Landing craft	Yubei class LCU · Type 722-II Jingsha II class LCAC · Type 724 LCAC · Type 271 Yupen class LCU · Type 067 Yunnan class LCU · Type 068/069 Yuch'in class LCM · Zubr class LCAC^*

Minesweepers,
Minelayers

Type 081 Wochi class minehunter · Type 082-II Wozang class minehunter · Type 918 Wolei class minelayer · Type 010 class oceangoing minesweeper · T-43 class oceangoing minesweeper⁺ ·

Type 082 Wosao class minesweeper · Type 062 Fushun class coastal minesweeper⁺ · Type 312 Futi class minesweeper / minesweeping drone

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Ships of the Chinese Navy · People's Liberation Army