According to Chinese network resources, on October 1, 2022, a ceremony was held in Shanghai for the entry into the Eastern Fleet of the PLA Navy of the third universal landing ship of Project 075 built in China, called Anhui (Anhui, Anhuī, tail number "33"). The commissioning of the ship was timed to coincide with the Day of the Formation of the People's Republic of China on October 1. 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 third Chinese universal landing ship "Anhui" (A徽, Anhuī, tail number "33") of project 075 under the naval flag after the ceremony of joining the PLA Navy. Shanghai, 01.10.2022 (c) via weiboThe Anhui became the third and, apparently, the last ship so far, in a series of three units of the first Chinese universal amphibious assault ships (UDC) of project 075.
The construction of the third ship was carried out at the Hudong-Zhonghua Shipyard since April 2020, the ship was withdrawn from the dry construction dock on January 29, 2021. The UDC entered factory sea trials from Shanghai on November 25, 2021, and is now transferred to the PLA Navy ten months 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The second Chinese UDC of project 075 "Guangxi" (tail number "32") was withdrawn from the dry construction dock of the Hudong-Zhonghua Shipyard on April 22, 2020, entered factory sea trials from Shanghai on December 22, 2020 and was commissioned into the PLA Navy on November 25, 2021.
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 up to 40 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 third Chinese universal landing ship "Anhui" (A徽, Anhuī, tail number "33") of project 075 under the naval flag after the ceremony of joining the PLA Navy. Shanghai, 01.10.2022 (c) via weibo
