PEOPLE`S LIBERATION ARMY NAVY (PEOPLE`S REPUBLIC OF CHINA)
Type 722 air-cushion personnel landing craft (1979)
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Names |
1 craft |
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Builders |
Hudong SY, Shanghai: 1 craft |
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Commissioned |
1979: 1 craft |
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Losses |
none |
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Transfers |
none |
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Discarding |
2000s: 1 craft |
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Displacement standard, t |
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Displacement full, t |
65 |
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Length, m |
22.0 |
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Breadth, m |
8.00 |
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Draught, m |
- |
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No of shafts |
2 air propellers + 2 lift propellers |
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Machinery |
4 aircraft petrol engines (2 for propulsion, 2 for lift) |
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Power, h. p. |
5980 |
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Max speed, kts |
50 |
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Fuel, t |
petrol |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | |
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Armament |
none |
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Electronic equipment |
none |
| Military load |
15 t of cargo or 100 troops |
| Complement |
Project history: Medium-sized LCAC, first experimental version.
Modernizations:
None.Naval service: No significant events.
© Ivan Gogin, 2016