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AMPHIBIOUS SHIPS

DONG HAI dock landing ship (1944/1960)

Zhong Zheng 1975

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comm Fate
東海 [Dong Hai] (ex-White Marsh), late 1970s- 中正 [Zhong Zheng] 191, later- 639, later- 191   Moore, Oakland, USA 4.1943 19.7.1943 1.1944 // 17.11.1960 stricken 1985

 

Displacement standard, t

4490

Displacement full, t

9375

Length, m

138.4 wl 139.5 oa

Breadth, m

22.0

Draught, m

4.83

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 Skinner Uniflow QuiPE, 2 Babcock & Wilcox boilers

Power, h. p.

7400

Max speed, kts

15.4

Fuel, t

oil 1770

Endurance, nm(kts) 7400 (15)

Armament

2 x 4 - 40/60 Mk 2, 2 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1

Military load 3 LCT(6) or 14 LCM(3) or 1450 t of cargo or 41 LVT or 47 DUKW (up to 92 LVT or 108 DUKW if additional decks are installed), 332 marines

Electronic equipment

SPS-5, nav. radars

Complement

254

Project history: Former USN Ashland class dock landing ship.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

Zhong Zheng

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