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Daguan-class troopshiplarger figure on 0 of 2
Expeditionary Transfer Docklarger figure on 2 of 2
Measured figures
Length
Single source196 metres (643 ft)[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | Daguan-class troopship | Expeditionary Transfer Dock |
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| Power | — | 4 × MAN/B&W medium speed diesels 24 MW diesel electric plant, twin screw propellers 2 MW azimuth bow thruster[source] |
| Operators | People's Liberation Army Navy[source] | United States Navy[source] |
| In service | 2011 - present[source] | — |
| Completed | ||
| Active | 2 |
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785 ft (239 m)[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.
| Type | Troopship / Training ship / "Comprehensive support ship"[source] | — |
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| Capacity | 2,500 support personnel[source] | — |
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| Aviation facilities | Medium helicopter deck[source] | ESB variant: Hangar for 2 × CH-53 and large flight 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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| Builders | — | General Dynamics National Steel and Shipbuilding Company (NASSCO)[source] |
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| Built | — | 2012-present[source] |
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| In commission | — | 2013-present[source] |
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| Planned | — |
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| Tonnage | — | >60,000 metric dwt[source] |
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| Boats & landing craft carried | — | 3 LCAC[source] |
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| Country of origin | — | United States[source] United States[source] |
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