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Taiwan’s First Indigenous LPD Starts Sea Trials

Taiwan’s naval shipbuilder China Shipbuilding Corporation (CSBC) started the official sea trials of the country's first ever indigenous landing platform dock (LPD) named "Yu Shan" (玉山 named after the tallest mountain in Taiwan) on July 6, 2022. [...]

According to CSBC, the new Landing Platform Dock (LPD) is an important naval shipbuilding project, and is part of the government’s policy of “national shipbuilding.” The ship has a total length of 153 meters, an overall beam of 23 meters, a hull draught of 6 meters and a full-load displacement of 10,600 tons.

The main task of the vessel will be amphibious operations: Serve as the main unit in an amphibious task force to carry out amphibious combat missions or perform recovery operations on Taiwan’s outer (offshore) islands, and serve as a maritime mobile field hospital. Secondary roles include disaster relief (the vessel can serve as a temporary field hospital) and international humanitarian relief. [...]

CSBC will build four LPDs for the ROC Navy. Afteri entering service, Yu Shan will replace the ROC Navy’s only operating amphibious transport dock, the ROCS Hsu Hai (ex-USS Pensacola), which the Taiwan Navy has operated for more than 50 years.

https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/202...ea-trials/

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