Chinese ship Shichang
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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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People's Republic of China | |
Name | Shichang |
Builder | Qiuxin Shipyard[1] |
Launched | April 1996[1] |
Commissioned | 27 January 1997[1] |
Identification | Hull number: 82[1] |
Status | Active |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Training ship[1] |
Displacement | 10,160 tonnes (full load)[1] |
Length | 120 metres (390 ft)[1] |
Beam | 18 metres (59 ft)[1] |
Draught | 7 metres (23 ft)[1] |
Propulsion | |
Speed | 17.5 knots (32.4 km/h; 20.1 mph)[1] |
Range | 8,000 nautical miles (15,000 km; 9,200 mi) at 17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph)[1] |
Capacity | 300 containers[1] |
Complement | |
Aircraft carried | 2 x Harbin Z-9A[1] |
Aviation facilities | Flight deck[1] |
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