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No965 medium landing ship (project 079I, 1977)


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No965 1995

Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
  965   Guangzhou SY 5/1974 22.7.1976 10.1976 deleted 2010s


100 - 1000 t displacement/ BRT tonnage vessels


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate   965   Guangzhou SY 5/1974 22.7.1976 10.1976 deleted 2010s

Technical data


Displacement standard, t714
Displacement normal, t

833
Length, m

60.3
Breadth, m

10.0
Draught, m2.36
No of shafts

2
Machinery

2 type 6300 diesels
Power, h. p.

1200
Max speed, kts

12
Fuel, t

diesel oil
Endurance, nm(kts)1000(10)
Armament

2 x 2 - 25/80 type 61
Military load

5 main battle tanks or 8 trucks, 100 troops
Electronic equipmentradar
Complement

36


Standard scale images


similar <i>No958</i><i> </i>2000
similar No958 2000


Graphics


<i>No965 </i>1995
No965 1995


Project history

Large LCU with a blunt bow incorporating a beaching ramp. Ship of Type 079 was ordered by Vietnam but in 1976 was accepted by PLAN. Ship proved unsuccessful, too slow and unseaworthy. Later design was improved for series building as Type 079II.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.

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