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China commissions three major naval vessels on PLAN s 72nd anniversary
27 April 2021
by Andrew Tate
China’s People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) commissioned its first Type 075 (Yushen)- class landing helicopter dock (LHD) amphibious assault ship, its third Type 055 (Renhai)-class guided-missile destroyer, and another Type 094 (Jin)-class nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine (SSBN) in a ceremony held on 23 April.
A screengrab from footage released by CCTV on 24 April shows the three vessels the PLAN commissioned the previous day in a ceremony held at the Yulin Naval Base on Hainan Island – Type 094 SSBN
Changzheng 18
, Type 055 destroyer
Dalian
, and Type 075 LHD
Hainan