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| Class overview | |
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| Name: | Type 067 landing craft utility (Yunnan class) |
| Builders: | Wuhu Shipyard Wuhu, Anhui |
| Operators: |
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| Preceded by: | Type 067 (Yunnan class) |
| Built: | N/A |
| In commission: | 1964 |
| Completed: | 130 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Yunnan class |
| Type: | Landing Craft Utility |
| Displacement: | 128 tons (full load) |
| Length: | 28.6 metres (94 ft) |
| Beam: | 5.4 metres (18 ft) |
| Draft: | 1.4 metres (4 ft 7 in) |
| Installed power: | 600 hp with 2 shafts |
| Propulsion: | Two diesels |
| Speed: | 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
| Range: | 500 nmi (930 km; 580 mi) @ 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
| Capacity: | 1 tank, or 2 light vehicles, or 46t cargo |
| Crew: | 10 |
| Sensors and processing systems: | 1 Japanese Fuji navigational radar |
| Armament: | 2 Type 61 dual-25mm AAA guns and two dual-14.5mm antiaircraft machine guns |
The Type 067 landing craft, utility (NATO codename: Yunnan class), also known as Yunnan class, entered the People's Liberation Army Navy service from 1968–1972. This class is the enlarged version of Yuch'in class landing craft mechanized,[1] developed into a landing craft tank (LCT) capable of carrying either a medium tank, or two armored fighting vehicles, or a company of infantry.[2] Some Type 067 have been converted to buoy tender/cable layers, designated as Type 911, which includes two sub types, Type 911I and Type 911II, one for buoy tender, the other for cable layer.[3]
Armament
The ships of this class are fitted with three Type 61 dual-25mm antiaircraft artillery guns. Some units are also fitted with Type 81H 122mm multiple rocket launchers.
Specifications
- Displacement: 135 t
- Length: 28.6 m
- Beam: 5.4 m
- Draft: 1.5 m
- Speed: 12 kn max
- Range: 500 nmi @ 10 kn
- Propulsion: 2 diesel engines @ 600 hp with 2 shafts
- Complement: 12
- Armament: Two Type 61 dual-25mm antiaircraft artillery guns or two 14.5 mm heavy machine guns (II x 1)
- Lift capacity: 46 t
- Radar: 1 Japanese Fuji navigational radar
Operators
References
- ^ "Type 067 Yunan Class Utility Landing Craft". SinoDefence.com. 21 June 2008. Archived from the original on 7 August 2008. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
- ^ "国产第一代：067系列小型登陆艇军事" [Domestic first generation: 067 series of small military landing craft]. armystar.com (in Chinese). 26 April 2012. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
- ^ "Type 911 buoy tender/cable layer". kaxii.com.
- ^ "LCU Identification".