Type 072A landing ship
{{Short description|Warfare ship}}
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|+Type 072A landing ship {{Infobox ship image | Ship image = File:072A.jpg | Ship caption = }} {{Infobox ship career | Hide header = | Ship country = {{nowrap|China}} | Ship flag = {{shipboxflag|China|naval}} | Ship name = | Ship namesake = Mountains of China | Ship ordered = | Ship builder = *Dalian Shipyard | Ship laid down = | Ship launched = | Ship completed = | Ship acquired = | Ship commissioned = | Ship decommissioned = | Ship in service = | Ship out of service = | Ship struck = | Ship homeport = | Ship honours = | Ship fate = | Ship notes = }} {{Infobox ship class overview | Name = Type 072A Landing Ship Tank | Builders = | Operators = {{navy|China|name=People's Liberation Army Navy}} | Class before = Type 072III landing ship | Class after = | Subclasses = | Cost = | Built range = | In service range = | In commission range = | Total ships building = | Total ships planned = | Total ships cancelled = | Total ships laid up = | Total ships lost = | Total ships retired = | Total ships preserved = }} {{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header = | Header caption = | Ship class = | Ship type = Landing Ship Tank | Ship tonnage = | Ship displacement = 3,770t (standard), 4,800t (full) | Ship height = | Ship draught = | Ship depth = | Ship hold depth = | Ship decks = | Ship deck clearance = | Ship ramps = | Ship ice class = | Ship power = | Ship propulsion = Two diesel engines, twp shafts | Ship sail plan = | Ship speed = {{convert|17|kn|km/h mph}} | Ship range = 3000 nm @ 14 kt | Ship endurance = | Ship test depth = | Ship boats = | Ship capacity = 10 armoured vehicles | Ship crew = | Ship time to activate = | Ship sensors = | Ship EW = | Ship armament = *1 xtwin 37 mm guns (Batch 1)
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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.{{Cite report |author=United States Navy Office of Naval Intelligence |author-link=Office of Naval Intelligence |date=February 2015 |title=China Equipment |url=https://www.oni.navy.mil/Portals/12/Intel%20agencies/China_Media/China_Equipment.pdf?ver=2015-12-10-103822-400 |access-date=14 March 2021 |df=dmy-all }}
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.{{cite book |editor-last=Saunders |editor-first=Stephen |year=2009 |title=Jane's Fighting Ships 2009–2010 |publisher=Jane's Information Group Inc. |edition=112 |location=Alexandria, Virginia |isbn=978-0-7106-2888-6 |page=153}} The vehicle deck runs the full length of the ship with bow doors and stern ramp.{{cite web |last1=Tate |first1=Andrew |title=China commissions Type 072A LST |url=http://www.janes.com/article/55534/china-commissions-type-072a-lst |website=IHS Jane's 360 |date=26 October 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151028162406/http://www.janes.com/article/55534/china-commissions-type-072a-lst |archive-date=28 October 2015 |access-date=15 March 2021 |url-status=live }}
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.{{Cite web |title=Type 072A Yuting II class Tank Landing Ship - LST |url=https://www.seaforces.org/marint/China-Navy-PLAN/Amphibious/Type-072A-Yuting-II-class.htm |access-date=2025-02-18 |website=www.seaforces.org}}
Ships of the class
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Category:Amphibious warfare vessel classes
Category:Amphibious warfare vessels of the People's Liberation Army Navy