Type 074A landing ship
History | |
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China | |
Class overview | |
Name: | Type 074A Landing ship medium |
Operators: | People's Liberation Army Navy |
Preceded by: | Type 074 |
General characteristics | |
Class & type: | Yubei class |
Type: | Landing Ship Medium |
Displacement: | 650 t standard, 800 t full |
Length: | 58.4 m |
Beam: | 19.4. m |
Draft: | 2.7 m |
Propulsion: | two diesel engines @ 4900 hp each |
Speed: | 18 kn max |
Range: | 1000 nmi @ 18 kn |
Endurance: | 15 days |
Capacity: | 200t |
Complement: | 250 fully armed troops |
Crew: | 56 |
Armament: | 2 Type 61 25mm AAA guns |
Type 074A landing ship medium with NATO reporting name Yubei class is a new member of Type 74 series LSM, it is unique in that it is catamaran hull design.[1] More than ten are in service by mid 2015, and this ship is the first LSM in PLAN to incorporate infrared stealth feature in that the exhaust is near waterline. A speedboat launching / recovering facility is also added. Type 74A LSM can carry 3 Type 96 or Type 59 tanks, or 6 Type 63 (tank)s, plus a platoon of 70 fully equipped troops, or 250 fully equipped troops.[1]
References
- 1 2 "Type 072A". Retrieved 2011.
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