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Chinese TYPE 075 LANDING HELICOPTER DOCK CATCHES FIRE IN SANGHAI, CHINA

The first and brand-new Chinese Landing Helicopter Dock (LHD), Type-075, catched fire in Shanghai (China).

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Type-075 carrier is a kind of copy paste from a US Navy Wasp and America Class amphib and is also designed to carry helicopters and hovercraft to support amphibious landings.
Pictures of 11 April 2020 show the 800ft (250 meter) long Type-075 at the Hudong–Zhonghua shipyard covered in a massive smoke cloud that originates from the hull or aircraft hangar of the ship. It is reported that the fire was put out relatively quickly.
The damage is not known, but it is expected that it will cause just a little delay in the development of the new class of ships within the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN).

Type-075, within NATO known as the Yushen-class, was launched on 25 September 2019.
A sister ship is nearing completion while the keel of the third ship of the same class is layed. The LHDs are built to house thirty helicopters that can land at six points on its deck.
Types expected for operations from the LHD are the Z-8 troop transport/assault, Z-9 utility and WZ-10 light attack helicopters.
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