What was the first amphibious assault ship in China?

China's first amphibious assault ship was a Hainan ship.

The Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy Hainan Ship is the first ship of Type 075 amphibious assault ship independently developed by China. On April 23, 20021year, Hainan ship was handed over at a military port in Sanya, Hainan, and officially entered the People's Navy. As the first amphibious assault ship independently developed by China, Hainan Ship can be equipped with amphibious armored vehicles, multi-type helicopters, hovercraft and tank armored vehicles, as well as weapons systems such as missiles, naval guns and electronic warfare.

Equipped with a straight deck and dock, it can be equipped with amphibious combat equipment such as helicopters, amphibious air-cushion landing craft and amphibious chariots, and has the capability of three-dimensional landing operations. It has some similar features with an aircraft carrier, such as a wide and straight deck, which is affectionately called "the little flat roof".

Brief introduction of amphibious assault ship's characteristics

This kind of warship is developed from helicopter carrier, but most of them are also combined with the dock design of dock landing ship, which can load landing craft. Moreover, compared with most aircraft carriers, many amphibious assault ship can have more intensive self-protection weapons and do not necessarily need the protection of escort fleets.

Because amphibious assault ship is the second largest modern warship in scale and displacement after super carrier, amphibious assault ship often becomes the flagship of the fleet for countries without super carrier or fleets without carrier. The United States is still studying the early warning aircraft and tanker models of the Osprey to match the VTOL aircraft on the amphibious assault ship.