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On April 13, 2021, at the shipyard of the Taiwan Shipbuilding Corporation CSBC in Kaohsiung, in the presence of the President of the Republic of China (Taiwan) Tsai Ing-wen held a solemn ceremony of launching the main landing helicopter ship-dock "Yushan" (tail number 1401), which is being built for the Taiwanese Navy under the Hong Yun program.
DVKD was named after the highest peak in East Asia, located on the island of Taiwan. It is reported that the head DVKD will be transferred to the Taiwan Navy by 2022. The Yushan has a displacement of 10,600 tons, a length of 153 meters, a width of 23 m, a draft of 6 m, a maximum speed of 21.5 knots, a range of 12,500 nautical miles at an economical cruising speed of 13 knots. The crew of 190 people, the landing of 250 marines, on board can be four landing boats with a length of 16 m or one with a length of 36 m. The helicopter hangar can accommodate two S-70C anti-submarine helicopters/ There is a deck for receiving one CH-47SD helicopter. The ship will be armed with a 76-mm artillery launcher, a PU PKR/KR family Hsiung Feng II and III and naval anti-aircraft artillery systems Mark 15 Phalanx CIWS. It is planned to build four ships of this class.
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