SHIU HAI dock landing ship (1971/1999)

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Shiu Hai 2000

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Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comm	Fate
旭海 [Shiu Hai] (ex-Pensacola)	193		General Dynamics, Quincy, USA	12.3.1969	11.7.1970	27.3.1971 // 22.9.1999	in service (2019)

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	8200
Displacement full, t	13680
Length, m	162.8 wl 168.7 oa
Breadth, m	25.9
Draught, m	5.60 mean 6.10 max
No of shafts	2
Machinery	De Laval geared steam turbines, 2 Foster Wheeler boilers
Power, h. p.	24000
Max speed, kts	22
Fuel, t	oil 2750
Endurance, nm(kts)	14800(12)
Armament	2 x 1 - 25/75 Mk 38, 2 x 6 - 20/76 Mk 15 Phalanx, 8 x 1 - 12.7/90, helicopter deck
Military load	336 troops, 3 LCU or 9 LCM(8) or 18 LCM(6), 1 LCM(6), 2 LCPL, 1 LCP or 50 LVT, (1 LCPL, 1 LCVP) or 4 LCPL
Electronic equipment	SPS-64(v)9, SPS-10F, SPS-40D radars, SLQ-32(v)1 ECM suite, 4x Mk 36 SRBOC decoy RL, SLQ-25 Nixie torpedo decoy
Complement	322

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Shiu Hai 2000

Project history

Former USN Anchorage class landing ship-dock. Like their Thomaston class predecessors, they have a removable helicopter deck, no helicopter maintenance facilities, and limited troop space (375 men). The 131.1x15.2m well deck accommodates three LCU or nine LCM (8) or about fifty LVT. Sister-ship Fort Fisher was offered to Taiwan but was not accepted.

Modernizations

None.