Yushan-class landing platform dock
{{Short description|A Taiwanese amphibious warfare vessel}}
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{{Infobox ship image |Ship image=玉山軍艦(LPD-1401)海上航行.jpg |Ship caption=ROCS YushanSailing on the sea. }} {{Infobox ship class overview |Name=Yushan class |Builders=CSBC Corporation, Taiwan |Operators={{navy|Republic of China}} |Class before=ROCS Hsu Hai |Class after= |Subclasses= |Cost= |Built range= |In service range= |In commission range= 2023-Present |Total ships building= |Total ships planned=4 |Total ships completed=1 |Total ships cancelled= |Total ships active= |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 platform dock |Ship tonnage= |Ship displacement={{convert|10600|t|LT|abbr=on}} standard |Ship length={{convert|153|m|ft|abbr=on}} |Ship beam={{convert|23|m|ft|abbr=on}} |Ship draught={{convert|6.1|m|ft|abbr=on}} |Ship power= |Ship propulsion= |Ship sail plan= |Ship speed={{convert|22.1|kn|km/h}} |Ship range={{convert|7000|mi|km|abbr=on}} |Ship endurance= |Ship boats= |Ship capacity=Several AAV7 amphibious APCs |Ship troops=673 |Ship complement= |Ship crew= |Ship time to activate= |Ship armament=*4 × missile launchers for either 8 Hsiung Feng II or Hsiung Feng III SSMs or 32 Hai Chien SAMs
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The Yushan-class landing platform dock ({{zh|c=玉山級兩棲船塢運輸艦}}) is a class of landing platform dock built by CSBC Corporation, Taiwan for the Republic of China Navy (ROCN). Four ships are planned, with one ship launched in April 2021.{{cite web|url=https://www.janes.com/defence-news/news-detail/taiwanese-shipbuilder-csbc-corporation-launches-first-locally-built-lpd-for-rocn|title=Taiwanese shipbuilder CSBC Corporation launches first locally built LPD for RoCN|website=janes.com|date=13 April 2021|access-date=21 August 2021}}
Description
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Yushan-class ships has a length of {{convert|153|m|ft|abbr=on}}, a beam of {{convert|23|m|ft|abbr=on}}, and their standard displacement is {{convert|10000|t|LT|abbr=on|lk=in}}. The class has a draught of {{convert|6.1|m|ft|abbr=on}}, maximum speed of {{convert|22.1|kn|km/h}} and range of {{convert|7000|mi|km|abbr=on}}.
The ships are able to carry several AAV7 amphibious APCs along with 673 troops. The ships also has a single flight deck with two hangars able to accommodate Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk or the naval Sikorsky SH-60 Seahawk helicopters.
The class is unusually well armed for a landing platform dock with a 76 mm gun, two Phalanx CIWS, and two modular missile launchers of either 8 Hsiung Feng II surface-to-surface missiles or 16 Hai Chien surface-to-air missiles. They also have radar signature reducing features and electromagnetic pulse protection.{{cite web |title=Taiwan bolsters navy with unveiling of new amphibious warfare ship |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-taiwan-defence-idUSKBN2C00MC |website=www.reuters.com |date=13 April 2021 |publisher=Reuters |access-date=14 April 2021}}
The lead ship of the class cost $4.635 billion NTD ($163 million USD).{{cite web |last1=Chung |first1=Lawrence |title=Taiwan launches amphibious transport dock to meet defence needs in South China Sea |url=https://www.scmp.com/news/china/military/article/3129368/taiwan-launches-amphibious-transport-dock-meet-defence-needs |website=www.scmp.com |date=13 April 2021 |publisher=South China Morning Post |access-date=14 April 2021}}{{cite web |last1=Yu |first1=Matt |last2=Yeh |first2=Joseph |title=Navy holds mast-stepping ceremony for indigenous landing platform dock |url=https://focustaiwan.tw/politics/202103180022 |website=focustaiwan.tw |publisher=Focus Taiwan |access-date=14 April 2021}}
The class is intended to fill both military and humanitarian roles,{{cite web |last1=Chen |first1=Kelvin |title=Taiwan Navy's domestically produced transport ship to be launched this month |url=https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/4173986 |website=www.taiwannews.com.tw |access-date=14 April 2021}} as a command ship for amphibious operations, a mothership for the ROCN's small landing boats, and a general logistics transport capable of supplying islands without harbor facilities.{{Cite web|date=2021-04-13|title=國艦國造「萬噸船塢登陸艦」玉山軍艦：登陸、攻擊、救災都能包辦的海上瑞士刀！|url=https://strategy.style/archives/taiwan-new-amphibious-transport-dock|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210911095550/https://strategy.style/archives/taiwan-new-amphibious-transport-dock|archive-date=2021-09-11|access-date=2024-01-15|publisher=戰略風格編輯部}}
History
The Yushan class is intended to maintain the inventory of the ROCN's land platform docks at two ships. The lead ship of the class will fill the void left by the retirement of the ROCS Chung Cheng (formerly USS Comstock), while a planned second ship will replace the ROCS Hsu Hai (formerly USS Pensacola), which served in the Republic of China Navy since 1999.
Design efforts began in early 2015 and were unveiled on 15 May 2016. The keel of the lead vessel was laid in June 2020.{{cite web |last1=Vavasseur |first1=Xavier |title=Taiwan's First LPD Launched By Local Shipbuilder CSBC |url=https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2021/04/taiwans-first-lpd-launched-by-local-shipbuilder-csbc/ |website=www.navalnews.com |date=13 April 2021 |publisher=Naval News |access-date=14 April 2021}} Yushan was launched in April 2021, the launch ceremony was attended by President Tsai Ing-wen and Defense Minister Chiu Kuo-cheng. President Tsai described the vessel as a “milestone” on Taiwan’s journey to naval shipbuilding self-sufficiency.{{cite web |last1=Yeo |first1=Mike |title=Taiwan launches new amphibious vessel with anti-ship missiles |url=https://www.defensenews.com/naval/2021/04/13/taiwan-launches-new-amphibious-vessel-with-anti-ship-missiles/ |website=www.defensenews.com |date=13 April 2021 |publisher=Defense News |access-date=14 April 2021}}
The first ship of the class, Yushan, began her sea trials on 7 July 2022.{{cite web |title=Taiwan launches new amphibious vessel with anti-ship missiles |url=https://www.navyrecognition.com/index.php/naval-news/naval-news-archive/2022/july/11894-taiwanese-navy-s-landing-platform-dock-yushan-begins-sea-trials.html |website=www.navyrecognition.com |date=7 July 2022 |publisher=Navy Recognition}} The ship was delivered on 30 September 2022 by CSBC Corporation, Taiwan.{{cite web|url=https://www.janes.com/defence-news/news-detail/taiwan-takes-delivery-of-locally-built-amphibious-assault-ship |title=Taiwan takes delivery of locally built amphibious assault ship |website=Jane's }} Yushan was commissioned in June 2023.{{cite web |last1=Hetherington |first1=William |last2=Su-wei |first2=Wu |title=Navy launches Taiwan-made landing platform dock |url=https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2023/06/20/2003801820 |website=taipeitimes.com |publisher=Taipei Times |access-date=19 June 2023}}{{cite web |last1=Sheng-hung |first1=Wu |last2=Yeh |first2=Joseph |last3=Kao |first3=Evelyn |title=Yushan amphibious transport dock commissioned into service |url=https://focustaiwan.tw/politics/202306190019 |website=focustaiwan.tw |publisher=Focus Taiwan |access-date=19 June 2023}}
Ships of class
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| Pennant Number | Name | Builder | Launched | Commissioned | Status | Note |
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| Yushan | 19 June 2023 | Active | |
Gallery
File:04.13 總統出席「海軍新型兩棲船塢運輸艦命名暨下水典禮」 - Flickr id 51112816358.jpg|ROCS Yushan during her launching ceremony
File:09.30 總統主持「玉山軍艦交艦典禮」 - 52394534985.jpg|Sky Sword 2 air defense missiles
File:玉山軍艦塢艙.jpg|Well deck of Yushan
File:兩棲突擊車裝載（一）Yushan loading an Assault Amphibious Vehicle
File:09.30 總統主持「玉山軍艦交艦典禮」 - 52394094436.jpg|Heads on Yushan
File:09.30 總統主持「玉山軍艦交艦典禮」 - 52394534375.jpg|Bunks on Yushan
File:玉山軍艦手術室.jpg|Operating theater on Yushan
File:左營軍港國慶國歌領唱活動中玉山軍艦的鳥瞰圖.jpg|ROCS Yushan in Double Tenth Day celebration event rehearsal, 8 October 2023