Chinese spotters took some high quality pictures of the PLAN's "MLP" |
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According
to the CCTV report, 868 Donghaidao, semi-submersible ship, was
officially commissioned on July 10th 2015 within the PLAN. Equipped with
ballast system for buoyancy control, has strong RO/RO capability, can
tow or transport heavy equipment and small ships, and also can be used
as a temporally floating dock for repairing damaged ships at sea. As Navy Recognition previously explained, while the Donghaidao has all the attributes of a US Navy's MLP, it is significantly smaller (with 175 meters in length and 32 meters width for around 15,000 tons). The vessel was delivered to the PLAN on June 26th by Huangpu Shipyard located in Guangzhou (member of CSSC China State Shipbuilding Corporation). Its main mission will be transporting and projecting the Zubr class (Project 12322) recently acquired by the PLAN |
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CCTV
video report on the Donghaidao (868) |
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Pictures and Video: Chinese Navy (PLAN) Mobile Landing Platform (MLP) Donghaidao
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