man overbored
Junior Member
Re: Type 071 LPD
Sczepan, I chose a PLAN landing craft that matched the displacement and carrying capacity of a US Navy LCU. A typical LCU displaces 350-400 tons and has a cargo and/or vehicle capacity of 150-175 tons. This is a big craft. The PLAN craft I showed is the same size as an LCU, but the configuration is all wrong for a well deck. That LCU I showed? There is a full height stand up deck between the vehicle deck and the bottom of the hull. The crew actually lives down there and there are a pair of Detroit V-12 diesels amidships ( I saw one in a National City boat yard being scrapped out after a grounding and was simply amazed to see the crew spaces inside the hull ). An amphibious operation needs such craft to move the bulky, heavy stuff to the beach.
That photo of the Rogov for example showed a small LCT or LCVP type of landing craft, and the well deck was shallow. If you sank the stern deeper to permit a deeper draft landing craft to enter without striking bottom, the overhead space would be reduced too much ( notice even that little craft had it's mast folded over ). Go back up to the shot of that LHD and look at how large an LCU is, then consider there is a full stand up deck below the vehicle deck, it's a fairly deep hull amidships. You won't fit that into a Rogov, but any LPD/LSD or LHA/LHD in the USN takes this size of landing craft. I want to see what size landing craft this new Chinese LPD takes. I reckon we will know soon enough.
Sczepan, I chose a PLAN landing craft that matched the displacement and carrying capacity of a US Navy LCU. A typical LCU displaces 350-400 tons and has a cargo and/or vehicle capacity of 150-175 tons. This is a big craft. The PLAN craft I showed is the same size as an LCU, but the configuration is all wrong for a well deck. That LCU I showed? There is a full height stand up deck between the vehicle deck and the bottom of the hull. The crew actually lives down there and there are a pair of Detroit V-12 diesels amidships ( I saw one in a National City boat yard being scrapped out after a grounding and was simply amazed to see the crew spaces inside the hull ). An amphibious operation needs such craft to move the bulky, heavy stuff to the beach.
That photo of the Rogov for example showed a small LCT or LCVP type of landing craft, and the well deck was shallow. If you sank the stern deeper to permit a deeper draft landing craft to enter without striking bottom, the overhead space would be reduced too much ( notice even that little craft had it's mast folded over ). Go back up to the shot of that LHD and look at how large an LCU is, then consider there is a full stand up deck below the vehicle deck, it's a fairly deep hull amidships. You won't fit that into a Rogov, but any LPD/LSD or LHA/LHD in the USN takes this size of landing craft. I want to see what size landing craft this new Chinese LPD takes. I reckon we will know soon enough.
