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The Type 071 (Yuzhao-class) are amphibious warfare ship

Amphibious warfare ship

Amphibious warfare ship, often shortened to amphibs or phibs and popularly known as gator freighters, denotes a range of classes of warship employed to land and support ground forces, such as marines, on enemy territory during an amphibious assault...

s of the People's Republic of China

People's Republic of China

China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...

's People's Liberation Army Navy

People's Liberation Army Navy

The People's Liberation Army Navy is the naval branch of the People's Liberation Army , the military of the People's Republic of China. Until the early 1990s, the navy performed a subordinate role to the PLA Land Forces. Since then, it has undergone rapid modernisation...

. They are built by the Shanghai

Shanghai

Shanghai is the largest city by population in China and the largest city proper in the world. It is one of the four province-level municipalities in the People's Republic of China, with a total population of over 23 million as of 2010...

-based Hudong-Zhonghua Shipyard, and the first entered service in late-2007.

Design

The Type 071 has a capacity of one marine

People's Liberation Army Marine Corps

The People's Liberation Army Navy Marine Corps is marine corps of the People's Republic of China's People's Liberation Army Navy...

battalion, including 500-800 troops, and 15-20 amphibious armoured vehicles. Troops and equipment may be deployed to over longer distances and to more difficult terrain by hovercraft and helicopters. The well deck

Well deck

A well deck or well dock is a hangar-like deck located at the waterline in the stern of some amphibious warfare ships. By taking on water the ship can lower its stern, flooding the well deck and allowing boats and amphibious landing craft to dock within the ship. This facilitates moving cargo...

may hold four Yuyi-class LCAC

Air-cushioned landing craft

An air cushioned landing craft, also called an LCAC is a modern variation on the amphibious landing boat. These craft are based on small- to mid-sized multi-purpose hovercraft, also known as "over the beach" craft...

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The ship is armed with one 76 mm gun and four 30 mm close-in weapon system

Close-in weapon system

A close-in weapon system , often pronounced sea-whiz, is a naval shipboard point-defense weapon for detecting and destroying at short range incoming anti-ship missiles and enemy aircraft which have penetrated the outer defenses....

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The Type 071 may operate as the flagship of a task force. As with similar ships, it may also conduct humanitarian and civilian evacuation missions in addition to amphibious landings.

Export

The China State Shipbuilding and Trading Corp. consortium offered to build a modified Type 071 for the Royal Malaysian Navy

Royal Malaysian Navy

The Royal Malaysian Navy is the naval arm of Malaysian Armed Forces. All commissioned ships of the RMN have the prefix KD , which means Royal Ship.-Straits Settlement Naval Volunteer Reserve:...

. The Malaysians had a requirement for a 13,000 ton LPD

Amphibious transport dock

An amphibious transport dock, also called a landing platform/dock , is an amphibious warfare ship, a warship that embarks, transports, and lands elements of a landing force for expeditionary warfare missions. Several navies currently operate this kind of ship...

; the Type 071 would cost a third of the US-built San Antonio-class

San Antonio class amphibious transport dock

The San Antonio class is the United States Navy's new primary class of amphibious transport dock in the beginning of the 21st century...

LPD.

Ships of the class

Pennant No.	Name	Shipyard	Laid down	Launched	Commissioned	Home port	Fleet
998	Kunlun Shan Kunlun Shan (998) Kunlun Shan 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 shipyard in Shanghai in June 2006 and was launched on 21 December 2006. After finishing trials the ship was commissioned to the South Sea... /昆仑山	Hudong-Zhonghua	Unknown	21 December 2006	13 November 2007	Zhanjiang, Guangdong	South Sea
999	Jinggang Shan/井冈山	Hudong-Zhonghua	Unknown	16 November 2010	30 October 2011	Zhanjiang, Guangdong	South Sea
Unknown	Unknown	Hudong-Zhonghua	Unknown	25 September 2011	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown

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