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Type 067 utility landing craft

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Built
  
N/A

In commission
  
1964

Type 067 utility landing craft

Name
  
Type 067 landing craft utility (Yunnan class)

Builders
  
Wuhu Shipyard Wuhu, Anhui

Operators
  
People's Liberation Army Navy  Sri Lanka Navy  Military of Cameroon

Preceded by
  
Type 067 (Yunnan class)

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, developed into a landing craft tank (LCT) capable of carrying either a medium tank, or two armored fighting vehicles, or a company of infantry. 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.

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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

  •  China
  •  Sri Lanka
  •  Cameroon
  • Bangladesh Navy

    • References

    Type 067 utility landing craft Wikipedia
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