Type 079-class landing ship

Class overview
Name: Yulian-class
Operators:  People's Liberation Army Navy
Preceded by: Type 271
Succeeded by: Type 074 (Yuhai-class)
In commission: 1976-2000s
Completed: 31
Retired: 31
General characteristics
Type: Landing ship medium
Displacement: 833 tonnes (full)
Length: 72m
Beam: 13.8m
Draft: 2.6m
Speed: 13 knots
Complement: 109
Armament: 2 x BM21 122 mm rocket launchers

The Type 079-class landing ship (NATO reporting name: Yulian-class) was a class of landing ship medium (LSM) of the People's Liberation Army Navy. There are two subclasses of this type; 079I and 079II.

Background

Design of the Type 079-class took more than two year, lasting from 1971 to 1973, and construction begun in May 1974 at Guangzhou Shipyard International, and launched on July 22, 1976. Due to the changes of Sino-Vietnamese relations, the end customer became PLAN instead, and the ship entered PLAN service in October, 1976. This class received NATO reporting name Yulian-class. Trials between December 1972 to January 1977 revealed the performance was somewhat satisfactory, but the speed was slow and the ability to operate in bad weather condition is poor. Work immediately begun on redesign named as Type 079II-class, while the first unit subsequently became named as Type 079I.

A total of 31 were built, including the conversion of the sole Type 079I to Type 079II standard. 26 were completed by Guangzhou Shipyard International, and 4 were completed by Xiamen Shipyard. Like its predecessor Type 079I, the Type 079II was also designed by 708th Research Institute. The main difference between 079I and 079II is that the latter is larger, with dimensions increased to 72 m x 13.8 m x 2.6 m respectively, and the displacement is increased to 833 tonnes. More complex machinery was added, which lead to the increase of crew member to 109, more than 3 times of that of the original Type 079I. The speed is also slightly increased to 13 kn. Armament is strengthened by the addition of two BM21 122 mm rocket launchers. Nearly three decades after production ended in 1983, most still remain in Chinese service today, mostly in Chinese navy South Sea Fleet (PLAN SSF), though most of them are delegated to transport duties.[1]

Ships of the class

All have been decommissioned.

Pennant Number Fleet Name
957 South Sea Fleet
958 South Sea Fleet Fen River(汾河)
959 South Sea Fleet
960 South Sea Fleet
961 South Sea Fleet Spring River (泉河)
962 South Sea Fleet
963 South Sea Fleet
964 South Sea Fleet
965 South Sea Fleet
966 South Sea Fleet
967 South Sea Fleet
968 South Sea Fleet
969 South Sea Fleet
970 South Sea Fleet
971 South Sea Fleet
972 South Sea Fleet
973 South Sea Fleet 5 Fingers Mountain(五指山)
974 South Sea Fleet Lotus Mountain (莲花山)
975 South Sea Fleet Lan River (岚河)
976 South Sea Fleet
977 South Sea Fleet Mount Dingjun(定军山(
978 South Sea Fleet
979 South Sea Fleet Yi River(沂水)
980 South Sea Fleet Ali Mountain(阿里山)
981
982
983
984
985
986 Si River (泗河)

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