Type 072II class landing ship

Class overview
Builders: China National Shipbuilding Co.
Operators: People's Liberation Army Navy
In commission: 1993
Completed: 11
General characteristics
Displacement: 3,430 tons standard, 4800 tons full load
Length: 119.5 m
Beam: 16.4 m
Draught: 2.8 m
Propulsion: two 12PA6V-280MPC diesels
Speed: 14 knots
Range: 3,000 nm at 14 kt
Capacity: 250 troops or 10 tanks or 500t cargo
Complement: 104

The Type 072-II (NATO codename: Yuting class) is the large landing ship built by Shanghai-based Hudong-Zhonghua Shipyard as a successor to the Type 072 (Yukan class) large landing ship.[1] A total of 11 hulls have been delivered to the PLA Navy since the early 1990s. The Type 072-II is the PLA Navy’s first amphibious warfare ship to have a flight deck for helicopter take-off/landing. These ships are currently deployed by the PLA South Sea Fleet based at Zhanjiang, Guangdong Province.

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