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Petty Officer 3rd Class Louis Staats · Public domain · Resized · Public domain · Source ↗ · Modified
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Badr-class corvettelarger figure on 0 of 2
Daguan-class troopshiplarger figure on 2 of 2
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Measured figures
Length
Single source245 ft (75 m)[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | Badr-class corvette | Daguan-class troopship |
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| Power | 1 GE LM-2500 gas turbine[source] | — |
| Name | Badr class[source] | — |
| Builders | Tacoma Boatbuilding Company , Tacoma, Washington , United States[source] | — |
| Operators | Royal Saudi Navy[source] | People's Liberation Army Navy[source] |
| In commission | 1981–present[source] | — |
196 metres (643 ft)[source]
Full load · as completed, 1995
Single sourceStandard · as completed, 1995
Single source1,038 tons[source]
903 long tons (917 t) standard[source]
1,038 long tons (1,055 t) full load in 1995[source]
full
Single source23,200–30,000 tonnes (22,800–29,500 long tons; 25,600–33,100 short tons) (full)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
| Building | — |
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| Completed |
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| Active |
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| Type | Corvette[source] | Troopship / Training ship / "Comprehensive support ship"[source] |
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| Propulsion | 2 MTU 12V652 TB91 diesels[source] | — |
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| Sensors & processing systems | Radars Lockheed SPS-40B (Air search) ISC Cardion SPS-55 (surface search) Sperry Mk 92 (fire control) Sonar Hull-mounted Raytheon SQS-56 (DE1164)[source] | — |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys | SQ-32(V)1 ESM[source] | — |
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| Armament | Eight McDonnell Douglas Harpoon launchers, 2 × 4 One FMC/OTO Melara 3-inch (76 mm)/62 Mk 75 Mod 0 gun One GE/GD 20 mm 6-barrel Vulcan Phalanx Two Oerlikon 20 mm/80 cannon One 81 mm mortar One 40 mm Mk 19 grenade launcher Six 324 mm US Mk 32 torpedo tubes (2 × 3) Honeywell Mk 46 Decoys: Two Loral Hycor SRBOC 6-barrel Mk 36 fixed launchers[source] | — |
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| Country of origin | Saudi Arabia[source] | — |
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| In service | — | 2011 - present[source] |
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| Capacity | — | 2,500 support personnel[source] |
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| Aviation facilities | — | Medium helicopter deck[source] |
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| Manufacturer | — | CSSC Offshore & Marine Engineering Company[source] |
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| Aircraft carried | — | Each ship has a medium helicopter deck on its stern, which can accommodate one Changhe Z-8 heavy transport helicopter.[source]Stern helicopter-deck accommodation; not an embarked air-group assertion |
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