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Daguan-class troopshiplarger figure on 2 of 2
Polnocny-class landing shiplarger figure on 0 of 2
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Length
Single source196 metres (643 ft)[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | Daguan-class troopship | Polnocny-class landing ship |
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| Power | — | 2 Soviet Kolomna 40-D two stroke diesels, 2 shafts, 4,400 bhp[source] |
| Operators | People's Liberation Army Navy[source] | Algerian National Navy Azerbaijani Navy Somali Navy Syrian Navy Vietnam People's Navy[source] |
| In service | 2011 - present[source] | — |
| Completed | 108[source] | |
| Active | 2 |
73 m (239 ft 6 in)[source]
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| Type | Troopship / Training ship / "Comprehensive support ship"[source] | Landing ship, tank[source] |
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| Capacity | 2,500 support personnel[source] | 12 BMP-2 4 Main battle tanks 250 tons[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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| Name | — | Polnochny[source] |
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| Builders | — | Stocznia Północna shipyard at Gdańsk , (Poland), Stocznia Marynarki Wojennej at Gdynia , Poland[source] |
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| Succeeded by | — | Ropucha class Lublin -class minelayer-landing ship[source] |
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| Subclasses | — | Polnocny-A (Type 770); Polnocny-B (Type 771); Polnocny-C (Type 773); Modified Polnocny-C (Type 776); Polnocny-D (Type 773U); NS-722; Kumbhir -class tank landing ship[source] |
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| In commission | — | 1967[source] |
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| Troops | — | 250[source] |
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| Armament | — | Strela 2(SA-N-5) surface-to-air missile system (4 launchers) 30 mm AK-230 air defence gun (2 or 4 twin mounts) 140 mm Ogon 18-barreled rocket launcher(2)[source] |
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| Country of origin | — | Soviet Union[source] |
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| Troop capacity | — | 250[source]Source-stated capacity; all configurations and qualifiers retained |
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| Reported operators | — |
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