Jinggang Shan (999)

Career (People's Republic of China)  People's Liberation Army Navy
Name: Jinggang Shan
Operator: People's Liberation Army Navy
Ordered: ?
Builder: Hudong-Zhonghua shipyard
Launched: 16 November 2010
Homeport: South Sea Fleet
General characteristics
Class and type:Type 071 amphibious transport dock
Displacement:20,000 tons
Length:210 meters
Beam:28 meters
Draught:7 m (21 ft)
Propulsion:CODAD
4 × SEMT Pielstick 16 PC2.6 V400 diesel engines, 472,000 hp (351,970 kW)
2 × shafts
Speed:22 knots (41 km/h) max
Range:6,000 nmi (11,000 km) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Capacity:15-20 armoured vehicles
Troops:500-800 troops
Crew: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
Electronic warfare
and decoys:		UAT Electronic Support Measures
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

Jinggang Shan (999) is a ship of the People's Republic of China's Type 071 amphibious transport dock Yuzhao class. The ship was launched on 16 November 2010. After finishing trials the ship was commissioned to the South Sea Fleet. Its estimated production cost is USD 300 million.

Use

On 9 March 2014, the ship was deployed in the search for the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370.

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