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Type 722 air-cushion personnel landing craft (1979)


Ships


Names Builders Commissioned Losses Transfers Discarding

1 craft

Hudong SY, Shanghai: 1 craft

1979: 1 craft

none

none

2000s: 1 craft



Technical data


Displacement standard, t 
Displacement full, t

65

Length, m

22.0

Breadth, m

8.00

Draught, m

-

No of shafts

2 air propellers + 2 lift propellers

Machinery

4 aircraft petrol engines (2 for propulsion, 2 for lift)

Power, h. p.5980
Max speed, kts

50

Fuel, t

petrol

Endurance, nm(kts) 
Armament

none

Military load

15 t of cargo or 100 troops

Electronic equipmentnone
Complement 


Project history

Medium-sized LCAC, first experimental version.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.

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