History
People's Republic of China
Name	Shichang
Builder	Qiuxin Shipyard[1]
Launched	April 1996[1]
Commissioned	27 January 1997[1]
Identification	Hull number: 82[1]
Status	Active
General characteristics
Class and type	Training ship[1]
Displacement	10,160 tonnes (full load)[1]
Length	120 metres (390 ft)[1]
Beam	18 metres (59 ft)[1]
Draught	7 metres (23 ft)[1]
Propulsion	2 x diesel engines;[1] 2 shafts[1]
Speed	17.5 knots (32.4 km/h; 20.1 mph)[1]
Range	8,000 nautical miles (15,000 km; 9,200 mi) at 17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph)[1]
Capacity	300 containers[1]
Complement	170 crew;[1] and 200 trainees[1]
Aircraft carried	2 xHarbin Z-9A[1]
Aviation facilities	Flight deck[1]

Shichang is atraining ship in thePeople's Republic of China'sPeople's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN). The ship is formally designated as a "defence mobilization vessel" and may be used for helicopter or navigation training, as acontainer ship, or as ahospital ship. It is the PLAN's first aviation training ship.^[1] TheNATO reporting name for the type isDaishi-class AXT.^[2]

The original plan was to convertShichang from the civilianroll-on/roll-off shipHuayuankou; a new ship was built instead.^[3]

Shichang has a bridge structure forward with the flight deck occupying most of the remaining area behind it; the funnel is toward the stern on the starboard side. The flight deck has two landing spots and may be reconfigured;^[1] options include a modular hangar and control space behind the forward structure, or 300 standard 20-footcontainers.^[3]

• RFAArgus (A135), aRoyal Navy auxiliary with a similar configuration

• Saunders, Stephan, ed. (2015).Jane's Fighting Ships 2015-2016. Jane's Information Group.ISBN 978-0710631435.
• Wertheim, Eric (2013).The Naval Institute Guide to Combat Fleets of the World: Their Ships, Aircraft, and Systems (16 ed.). Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press.ISBN 978-1591149545.

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