Chinese ship Shichang

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Naval ensign of China.svg People's Republic of China
NameShichang
BuilderQiuxin Shipyard [1]
LaunchedApril 1996 [1]
Commissioned27 January 1997 [1]
Identification Hull number: 82 [1]
StatusActive
General characteristics
Class and type Training ship [1]
Displacement10,160 tonnes (full load) [1]
Length120 metres (390 ft) [1]
Beam18 metres (59 ft) [1]
Draught7 metres (23 ft) [1]
Propulsion
  • 2 x diesel engines; [1]
  • 2 shafts [1]
Speed17.5 knots (32.4 km/h; 20.1 mph) [1]
Range8,000 nautical miles (15,000 km; 9,200 mi) at 17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph) [1]
Capacity300 containers [1]
Complement
  • 170 crew; [1] and
  • 200 trainees [1]
Aircraft carried2 x Harbin Z-9A [1]
Aviation facilitiesFlight deck [1]

Shichang is a training ship in the People's Republic of China's People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN). The ship is formally designated as a "defence mobilization vessel" and may be used for helicopter or navigation training, as a container ship, or as a hospital ship. It is the PLAN's first aviation training ship. [1] The NATO reporting name for the type is Daishi-class AXT. [2]

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Design

The original plan was to convert Shichang from the civilian roll-on/roll-off ship Huayuankou; a new ship was built instead. [3]

Shichang has a bridge structure forward with the flight deck occupying most of the remaining area behind it; the funnel is toward the stern on the starboard side. The flight deck has two landing spots and may be reconfigured; [1] options include a modular hangar and control space behind the forward structure, or 300 standard 20-foot containers. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Saunders 2015, p. 159.
  2. ↑ United States Navy Office of Naval Intelligence (19 February 2020). PLA Navy Identification Guide (Report). Archived from the original on 27 February 2020. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
  3. 1 2 Wertheim 2013, pp. 136–137.

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