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Type 076 landing helicopter dock
Class of amphibious assault ship From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Type 076 landing helicopter dock (NATO reporting name: Yulan-class landing helicopter assault[6]), also known as the Type 076 amphibious assault ship (Chinese: 076型两栖攻击舰) in its native China, is an upcoming class of amphibious assault ship serving the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN).[7] Compared to the preceding Type 075, the Type 076 is significantly larger in both displacement and flight deck dimensions; it also features a twin-superstructure design,[8] a stern well dock[9] and a CATOBAR system of electromagnetic catapult and arresting gears for operating light fixed-wing aircraft — likely unmanned combat aerial vehicles (UCAV) such as the GJ-21, making it both a landing helicopter dock (LHD) and a drone carrier.[2]
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In mid-2020, official request for proposals (RFP) associated with the Type 076 were published on the Internet. Specifications from the RFPs were for a 21 MW gas turbine and diesel powerplants, a medium-voltage direct current integrated power system, and a well deck. The specified aviation equipment included a UAV deck, a munition elevator, a 30-ton flight deck elevator, an electromagnetic CATOBAR system for light aircraft.
The lead ship of this class was constructed at Shanghai-based Hudong-Zhonghua shipyard, with an estimated launch date of early 2025.[2] The lead ship was launched on 27 December 2024, with pennant number 51 and name Sichuan.[10][11][12][13]
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The Type 076 has a full-length flight deck, an internal hangar, two large aircraft elevators on both sides and one small elevator at the front deck section.[1][5] The ship is intended to operate naval helicopters and UCAVs, or possibly manned fixed-wing aircraft such as the J-35.[1][5][7] Fixed-wing UAVs such as WZ-7 and GJ-11[5] can be launched via an electromagnetic catapult similar in size to the one mounted on the Type 003 aircraft carrier.[1] An arresting gear is fitted on the aft-deck to facilitate the fixed-wing aircraft landing.[14] A floodable well deck is located at its stern, capable of launching amphibious vehicles for landing operations.[9]
The main propulsion of the class appears to employ a gas turbine setup; for this reason, the ship will have a "twin-island" superstructure configuration[2][8] that allows one superstructure dedicated to navigation while the other one focusing on flight operations.[9] Multiple air defense and countermeasure systems are mounted around the ship, including three Type 1130 close-in weapon system (CIWS) turrets, three HHQ-10 short-range surface-to-air missile batteries, and four countermeasure launchers loaded with flares, chaff and sonar decoys.[9]
Type 076 is larger than the preceding Type 075 amphibious assault ship.[9][15] The overall tonnage of the ship was estimated as 50,000 tonnes (49,000 long tons) at full displacement by the Center for Strategic and International Studies,[1] while Chinese state media state that the ship has a displacement of "above 40,000 tonnes (39,000 long tons)".[16]
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