Type 072-class landing ship

The Type 072 (NATO codename: Yukan class) large landing ships were built by Shanghai-based Zhonghua Shipyard (now Hudong-Zhonghua Shipyard) in the 1980s to replace the aging World War II-era ex-US Navy L-1511 tank landing ships in service with the PLA Navy. The Type 072 is the PLA Navy’s first indigenous large landing ship. A total of seven hulls were constructed before the program was terminated and replaced by the more capable Type 072-II (Yuting class) in the early 1990s. A total of 3 Type 072 landing ships were built, and all of them are in service with East Sea Fleet of the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN ESF).