The Type 072A landing ship (NATO/OSD Yuting II-class landing ship tank) is a class of amphibious warfare ship in the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy.
Design and construction The Type 072A is a development of the Type 072II or Type 072III landing ships. A tunnel through the superstructure connects the forward and rear decks. The vehicle deck runs the full length of the ship with bow doors and stern ramp.
The first nine ships entered service from 2003 to 2005. They were completed with a twin 37mm turret.
A second batch - reportedly of four ships from Wuchang shipyard and two from Fujian shipyard - began entering service in 2015. The 37mm guns were replaced by a H/PJ-17 30 mm gun on the second batch.
Ships of the class Pennant number Name NamesakeBatch Builder Launched Commissioned Fleet Status 911 天柱山 / Tianzhu ShanMount TianzhuBatch 1 Dalian 1 July 2003 2004 North Sea Fleet Active 912 大青山 / Daqing Shan Dalian September 2003 2004 North Sea Fleet Active 913 八仙山 / Baxian ShanEight Immortals Mountain Zhonghua 23 April 2003 October 2003 East Sea Fleet Active 914武夷山 / Wuyi ShanWuyi MountainsBatch 2 Fujian 6 February 2015 7 March 2016 East Sea Fleet Active 915徂徕山 / Culai ShanMount Culai Fujian June 2015 7 March 2016 East Sea Fleet Active 916 天目山 / Tianmu ShanTianmu Mountain Wuhan 28 July 2015 2016 Active 917 五台山 / Wutai ShanMount Wutai Fujian7 March 2016 East Sea Fleet Active 981 大别山 / Dabie ShanDabie Mountains Wuhan 29 September 2014 23 May 2015 Active 982 太行山 / Taihang ShanTaihang Mountains Wuhan 28 December 2014 21 October 2015 Active 992 华顶山 / Huading ShanHuading MountainBatch 1 Wuhan June 2003 2004 South Sea Fleet Active 993 罗霄山 / Luoxiao ShanLuoxiao Mountains Zhonghua 18 July 2003 2004 South Sea Fleet Active 994 戴云山 / Daiyun Shan Wuhan 16 December 2003 2004 South Sea Fleet Active 995 万羊山 / Wanyang ShanMount Wanyang Zhonghua 26 November 2003 2004 South Sea Fleet Active 996 老铁山 / Laotie ShanMount Laotie Dalian 1 January 2004 2004 South Sea Fleet Active 997 云雾山 / Yunwu ShanYunwu Mountain Wuhan 2004 2005 Active
See also Equivalent landing ships of the same era
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