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PEOPLE`S LIBERATION ARMY NAVY (PEOPLE`S REPUBLIC OF CHINA)

AMPHIBIOUS SHIPS AND CRAFTS

Type 722II air-cushion personnel landing craft (1989-1995)

Names

2 craft, inc.

No452

Builders

Hudong SY, Shanghai: 2 craft

Commissioned

1989-1995: 2 craft

Losses

none

Transfers

none

Discarding

2016-2018: 2 craft

 

Displacement standard, t

 

Displacement full, t

70

Length, m

22.0

Breadth, m

8.00

Draught, m

-

No of shafts

2 air propellers + 2 lift propellers

Machinery

4 aircraft petrol engines (2 for propulsion, 2 for lift)

Power, h. p.

5980

Max speed, kts

50

Fuel, t

petrol

Endurance, nm(kts)  

Armament

2 x 2 - 14.5/93

Electronic equipment

none
Military load

15 t of cargo or 100 troops

Complement  

Project history: Medium-sized LCAC, second version for series production.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

No452 1993

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