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進入《TAIPEI TIMES》 Navy to christen new domestically built ship the ‘Yushan’ on Tuesday
Commander of the Navy Admiral Liu Chih-pin, left, and CSBC Corp, Taiwan chairman Cheng Wen-lon preside over the keel-laying ceremony of a new landing platform dock on June 9 last year. Photo: CNA
By Lo Tien-pin and Jonathan Chin / Staff reporter, staff writer
The navy’s new 10,600-tonne warship is on Tuesday to be christened the ROCN Yushan （玉山）, as the nation’s indigenous shipbuilding program reaches a milestone, sources said yesterday.
The vessel, previously referred to as the “new landing platform dock,” was at a shipyard with its name freshly painted on the hull with the number 1401, the Liberty Times （the sister paper of the Taipei Times） reported yesterday, citing an unnamed observer.
Democratic Progressive Party Legislator Wang Ting-yu （王定宇）, a member of the legislature’s National Defense and Foreign Affairs Committee, confirmed the report in a Facebook post.
The NT$4.635 billion （US$163 million） ship is designed to meet operational requirements for amphibious assault and personnel and materiel transport, as well as disaster prevention, relief and humanitarian aid, the Navy Command Headquarters said.
Built by CSBC Corp, Taiwan （台灣國際造船）, the 153m-long, 23m-wide vessel can support a marine battalion of 673 soldiers with helicopters, amphibious assault vehicles, craft, and light and heavy utility vehicles.
The ship is armed with an OTO Melara 76mm gun, two Tien Chien-2N air-defense missile systems and two Phalanx close-in weapon systems. The superstructure is designed to reduce its radar signature and enclose its twin masts.
The ship can also be modified to be used as a field hospital.
It is expected to be put into operation next year, the navy said.
CSBC had met all relevant project milestones since the ship’s construction started in May 2019, Commander of the Navy Admiral Liu Chih-pin （劉志斌） said at an event marking the ship’s mast stepping on March 18.
The navy has full confidence that CSBC and the Chungshan Institute of Science and Technology will continue their smooth cooperation to deliver the ship, he said.
The navy thanks President Tsai Ing-wen （蔡英文） for supporting its programs to build new ships and promoting national defense self-sufficiency, industry upgrades and economic growth, he said.
The Ministry of National Defense is to lay the indigenous submarine’s keel, deliver the Ta Chiang （塔江） missile corvette and three minelayers, and begin building a new patrol rescue vessel before the end of the year, it said in a legislative report dated March 15.
Additional reporting by CNA
新聞來源：TAIPEI TIMES
