Type 072 landing ship


The Type 072 landing ship are large landing ships built by Shanghai-based Zhonghua Shipyard in the 1980s to replace the aging World War II-era ex-US Navy L-1511 tank landing ships in service with the PLA Navy. The Type 072 is the PLA Navy’s first indigenous large landing ship. A total of 3 Type 072 are in service all of them are in service with the East Sea Fleet of the People's Liberation Army Navy.

Ships of the class

NumberPennant NumberNameBuilderLaunchedCommissionedFleetStatus
1927云台山 / Yuntai ShanZhonghua19 October 1977November 1978East Sea FleetActive.
2928五峰山 / Wufeng ShanZhonghua1980East Sea FleetActive.
3929紫金山 / Zijin ShanZhonghua1982East Sea FleetActive.

Yantai class

Three Type 072 class landing ships were converted by Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding to ammunition ships which entered service in 1992, and received NATO reporting name as the Yantai class. In comparison to the original Type 072 class landing ship, these Yantai class ammunition ships have shorter forecastles and, blunter bow-form, but lack bow-doors. Cranes are installed fore and aft, tending two holds forward of the bridge superstructure and one aft. Specification: