Type 067 utility landing craft

Class overview
Name: Type 067 landing craft utility (Yunnan class)
Builders: Wuhu Shipyard Wuhu, Anhui
Operators:
Preceded by: Type 067 (Yunnan class)
Built: N/A
In commission: 1964
Completed: 130
General characteristics
Class & type: Yunnan class
Type: Landing Craft Utility
Displacement: (full load) 128tons
Length: 28.6m
Beam: 5.4m
Draft: 1.4m
Installed power: 600 hp with 2 shafts
Propulsion: Two diesels
Speed: 12 knots
Range: 500nm
Capacity: 1 tank, or 2 light vehicles, or 46t cargo
Crew: 10
Sensors and
processing systems:
1 Japanese Fuji navigational radar
Armament: 2 Type 61 dual-25mm AAA guns and two dual-14.5mm antiaircraft machine guns

The Type 067 landing craft, utility (NATO codename: Yunnan class), also known as Yunnan class, entered the People's Liberation Army Navy service from 1968–1972. This class is the enlarged version of Yuch'in class landing craft mechanized,[1] developed into a landing craft tank (LCT) capable of carrying either a medium tank, or two armored fighting vehicles, or a company of infantry.[2] Some Type 067 have been converted to buoy tender/cable layers, designated as Type 911, which includes two sub types, Type 911I and Type 911II, one for buoy tender, the other for cable layer.[3]

Armament

The ships of this class are fitted with three Type 61 dual-25mm antiaircraft artillery guns. Some units are also fitted with Type 81H 122mm multiple rocket launchers.

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