Kunlun Shan (998)

Kunlun Shan escorted by two Houbei Type 022 missile boats underway (2010)
History
 People's Liberation Army NavyChina
Name: Kunlun Shan
Operator: People's Liberation Army Navy
Ordered: ?
Builder: Hudong-Zhonghua shipyard
Laid down: June 2006
Launched: 21 December 2006
Commissioned: 30 November 2007
Homeport: South Sea Fleet, Zhanjiang Naval Base
General characteristics
Class and type: Type 071 amphibious transport dock
Displacement: 25,000 tons [1]
Length: 210 meters
Beam: 28 meters
Draught: 7 m (21 ft)
Propulsion:
Speed: 25 knots (46 km/h) max[2]
Range: 10,000 nmi (19,000 km) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)[3]
Boats & landing
craft carried:
Capacity: 15-20 armoured vehicles
Troops: 500-800 troops
Crew: 120
Sensors and
processing systems:
Electronic warfare
& decoys:
UAT Electronic Support Measures
Armament:
Aircraft carried: 2-4 Z-8 Super Frelon

Kunlun Shan (998) is the lead ship of the People's Republic of China's Type 071 amphibious transport dock Yuzhao class. The ship was laid down in the Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding in Shanghai in June 2006 and was launched on 21 December 2006. After finishing trials the ship was commissioned to the South Sea Fleet on 30 November 2007, at Zhanjiang Naval Base. 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.

References

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