Chinese ship Shichang

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Naval ensign of China.svg People's Republic of China
NameShichang
Namesake Deng Shichang
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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