Type 075 Landing Helicopter Dock (LHD) News & Discussions

[waja2000]

Hopefully got news video soon .....

 

[JSCh]

China launches first amphibious assault ship
By Zhao Lei | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2019-09-25 09:57

People's Liberation Army Navy officers attend the launch ceremony for China's first amphibious assault ship in Shanghai on Sept 25, 2019. [Photo by Li Tang/for chinadaily.com.cn]

China's first amphibious assault ship was launched in Shanghai on Wednesday, coming closer to the completion of its construction project.

The People's Liberation Army Navy said in a statement that after a brief ceremony starting at 9:20 am at an unidentified shipyard, waters began to be pumped into a dry dock in which the ship's hull was built.

Participants at the ceremony – officials from the central and Shanghai governments, officers from the Central Military Commission's Equipment Development Department and the PLA Navy, executives of the State-owned conglomerate China State Shipbuilding Corp as well as the vessel's designers and construction workers – applauded as they watched the launch process, the statement said, without providing more details about the event.

In shipbuilding terminology, launch refers to the process during which a nearly-finished ship is moved into water. It is one of the most important stages in a ship's construction because once a ship is launched, it means that its major structures have been readied and major work of the entire construction project has been done.

According to the Navy, the new ship, whose name remains unknown as the Chinese military usually makes public a warship's name at its commissioning ceremony, was domestically developed and constructed. It will have a strong capability to carry out amphibious combat and other tasks.

The Navy added that in the next phase, engineers will start outfitting and fine-tuning the vessel's equipment and then conduct mooring tests and sea trials.

Observers familiar with the PLA Navy's hardware have pointed out that the new ship is the first in the Type 075 class of amphibious assault ship, which is also defined as a type of landing helicopter dock.

Foreign media reported it is being built at Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding, a major shipbuilder under China State Shipbuilding Corp.

 

[Deino]

Congratulation !!

 

[Dungeness]

This is THE best era for Chinese military enthusiasts. In the past ten years, we have witnessed the launch/commission of J-20, J-15, J-10C, J-31, H-6N, Type 52D, Type 055, Type 001, Type 002, DF-26, DF-31A, DF-41......, now the launch of the first Type 075!

CPC has done a great service to China.

 

[lcloo]

We will have a full view of the ship tomorrow after the out of dock move scheduled at noon time. It will take many long hours to fill up the dry dock with water.

 

[GS Zhou]

In the past ten years, we have witnessed the launch/commission of J-20, J-15, J-10C, J-31, H-6N, Type 52D, Type 055, Type 001, Type 002, DF-26, DF-31A, DF-41......, now the launch of the first Type 075!

CPC has done a great service to China.

Forever love to

I'm wondering what's the next big news? Type 003? Newer SSBN?

 

[Deino]

Forever love to
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I'm wondering what's the next big news? Type 003? Newer SSBN?

Any news on the Type 002 and when it will be commissioned?

 

[bahadur999]

China launches first amphibious assault ship
Source
China Daily
Editor
Huang Panyue
Time
2019-09-25 10:17:44

China's first amphibious assault ship was launched in Shanghai on Wednesday, coming closer to the completion of its construction project.

The People's Liberation Army Navy said in a statement that after a brief ceremony starting at 9:20 am at an unidentified shipyard, waters began to be pumped into a dry dock in which the ship's hull was built.

Participants at the ceremony – officials from the central and Shanghai governments, officers from the Central Military Commission's Equipment Development Department and the PLA Navy, executives of the State-owned conglomerate China State Shipbuilding Corp as well as the vessel's designers and construction workers – applauded as they watched the launch process, the statement said, without providing more details about the event.

In shipbuilding terminology, launch refers to the process during which a nearly-finished ship is moved into water. It is one of the most important stages in a ship's construction because once a ship is launched, it means that its major structures have been readied and major work of the entire construction project has been done.

According to the Navy, the new ship, whose name remains unknown as the Chinese military usually makes public a warship's name at its commissioning ceremony, was domestically developed and constructed. It will have a strong capability to carry out amphibious combat and other tasks.

The Navy added that in the next phase, engineers will start outfitting and fine-tuning the vessel's equipment and then conduct mooring tests and sea trials.

Observers familiar with the PLA Navy's hardware have pointed out that the new ship is the first in the Type 075 class of amphibious assault ship, which is also defined as a type of landing helicopter dock.

Foreign media reported it is being built at Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding, a major shipbuilder under China State Shipbuilding Corp.

 

[Deino]

 

[serenity]

a question about LHDs in general & perhaps the type 075 in particular:- so the vehicle compartment (where APCs, IFVs etc.. are held) is below the helicopter hangar right? & the well deck is right below the vehicle compartment & vehicles can go between the well deck & the vehicle compartment, however can vehicles go further up? that is, is there any can kind of elevator or direct connection between the helicopter hangar & the vehicle compartment? if there is a connection between them then you could even use the type 075 as a pure troop & APC transport ship instead of as a helicopter carrier, that is instead of it carrying helicopters, it would carry nothing but APCs & IFVs even in the helicopter hangar & even on the flight deck.

Our LHD's job is slightly different to American's. We need many types of helicopters patrolling for anti-submarine purpose. Superstallion is not as useful to deny the US Navy access into the seas around China. So the purpose of this ship is to increase the number of helicopter using MAD and other detection to help find American submarines. Not always one on one comparison. Our LHD job is different and because our helicopter's jobs are different compared to just super stallion.

 

[帅的一匹]

We need stovl

 

[Deino]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1176837084113489920

But this must be from the days before launch ...

 

[nika]

 

[Nan Yang]

Intelligence Suggests Imminent Launch Of China’s New Amphibious Assault Carrier
H I SuttonContributor
Aerospace & Defense
I cover the changing world of underwater warfare.

While recent events have focused military thinking on the Persian Gulf, a small corner of the defense community have been looking in an entirely different direction: towards China. The country’s first amphibious assault carrier, a 35,000-ton behemoth, is about to be launched from an innocuous-looking shipyard in Shanghai. When the new warship enters the water it will, in a near-instant, transform the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN).

The new Type-075 Amphibious Assault Carrier is nearly as large as the US Navy’s America Class vesselH I SUTTON

Termed a Landing Helicopter Dock (LHD), this type off ship allows marines to capture beaches and land supplies on enemy territory. Possessing this type of warship represents yet another step change in China’s rapidly expanding maritime capability, joining aircraft carriers, air defense destroyers and underwater drones in an impressive new lineup.

Amphibious ships are particularly relevant because of China’s vast territorial claims in the South China Sea, border disputes further north with Japan, and the long-standing threat to the last holdout from the communists: Taiwan. For many years a potential Chinese assault on Taiwan was mocked as the “million-man swim” because the navy did not have anything approaching the amphibious capability needed to land enough troops on the island. Today these derogatory jokes are fading into memory as defense watchers count the new warship in China’s naval modernization.

Rumors and reports of the ‘Type-075’ Amphibious Assault Carrier have been doing the rounds since even before the entry into service of China’s first large amphibious warfare ship, the Type-071, a landing platform-dock. The first construction images began leaking out via the Chinese Internet in March this year. Since then a trickle has become a flood and, combined with commercial satellite imagery, paints a decent picture of the new ship. She has a large flat deck for helicopters, several lifts for aircraft and equipment, and a long narrow island like you would imagine for an aircraft carrier. Chinese warships are built at incredible speed – just six months after the first construction photos the ship appears ready for launch. Monday morning, observers spotted a red lantern hanging from the ship’s bow, a sign of an impending launch ceremony.

This rate of warship construction is itself impressive. It is only 12 years since China commissioned the Type-071 class. That was the first of at least seven landing platform-docks (LPDs) which each carry four large helicopters and have a well-deck for transport hovercraft. These were already a massive leap in Chinese amphibious capabilities, but the new Type-075 will be in the next league. In terms of size it is likely to be larger than the Australian or French equivalents and second only to the U.S. Navy’s Wasp Class and America Class on the world stage.

The new assault carriers will also have a part to play in power projection. Chinese amphibious forces have already venturing to the Indian Ocean and Middle East and China now has a base at Doraleh in Djibouti on the Horn of Africa, conveniently near to the Persian Gulf and Red Sea.

So there appears no letup in the Chinese Navy’s growing capabilities and incredible modernization journey. Based on analysis of satellite images from last month it appears that a second Type-075 is already under construction even before the first one has hit the water.


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We need stovl

indeed I believe the type 075 lacks three things, a tiltrotor, a STOVL & a heavy lifter, AVIC's advanced heavy lifter (AHL) wont be available till 2032, the STOVL is entirely dependent on if & when the Russian program for STOVL succeeds & the tiltrotor will probably be the most difficult one to get even if Russia & China cooperate.

https://www.asiatimes.com/2019/03/article/china-russia-developing-heavy-lift-helicopter/