As reported, on December 26, 2021, a ceremony was held in Shanghai for the entry into the Eastern Fleet of the PLA Navy of the second universal landing ship of Project 075 built in China, named "Guangxi" (side number "32"). The ship was built in Shanghai at the Hudong-Zhonghua Shipyard of the Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding Group, which is part of the Shanghai Shipbuilding association of the Chinese State Shipbuilding Corporation China Shipbuilding State Corporation (CSSC).
The second Chinese universal amphibious assault ship "Guangxi" (广西 / Guangxi, tail number "32") of Project 075 under the naval flag after being commissioned into the PLA Navy, December 2021 (c) via weibo
"Guangxi" became the second in a series of three units under construction of the first Chinese UDC project 075. The construction of the ship has been carried out at the Hudong-Zhonghua Shipyard since 2018, the ship was removed from the dry construction dock on April 22, 2020. The UDC entered factory sea trials from Shanghai on December 22, 2020, and is now transferred to the PLA Navy a year later.
Recall that the main Chinese UDC of project 075 "Hainan" (tail number "31") has been under construction at the Hudong-Zhonghua Shipyard since 2016, its withdrawal from the dry construction dock was carried out on September 26, 2019 after the official launching ceremony held the day before. The lead Chinese UDC entered factory sea trials from Shanghai on August 5, 2020, and on April 23, 2021, the official commissioning of the lead ship into the Southern Fleet of the PLA Navy took place.
The third Chinese UDC of Project 075 with the name "Anhui" (assumed tail number "33") was withdrawn from the dry construction dock of the Hudong-Zhonghua Shipyard on January 29, 2021 and entered factory sea trials from Shanghai on November 25, 2021. Its commissioning by the PLA Navy will probably take place in 2022.
The Chinese UDC Project 075 are large units comparable in size in their class to the UDC of the US Navy. The maximum length of the UDC of project 075 is 237 m, and the total displacement, according to unofficial Chinese sources, is about 36 thousand tons. American UDC types Tarawa, Wasp and America have a length of 254-257 m and a total displacement of 40 to 46 thousand tons. The new Italian UDC Trieste has a length of 245 m and a total displacement of 33 thousand tons.
The second Chinese universal amphibious assault ship "Guangxi" (广西 / Guangxi, tail number "32") of project 075 shortly before joining the PLA Navy, December 2021 (c) www.dwnews.com
