Chinese landing ship Jinggang Shan explained

Jinggang Shan (999) is a ship of China's Type 071 amphibious transport dock Yuzhao class. The ship was launched on 16 November 2010. After finishing trials the ship was commissioned to the South Sea Fleet. Its estimated production cost is USD 300 million.

Use

On 9 March 2014, the ship was deployed in the search for the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370.

References

• Web site: Type 071 Landing Platform Dock - SinoDefence.com. https://web.archive.org/web/20071005120109/http://www.sinodefence.com/navy/amphibious/type071.asp . 2007-10-05 . dead. 2014-03-13.
• Google Maps: https://www.google.cl/maps/place/9%C2%B052'24.0%22N+115%C2%B030'51.8%22E/@9.8733424,115.5138253,233m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0 (Here you can watch Jinggang Shan (999) next to Mischief Reef).