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Shipboard Weapons and Military Equipment

Browse 13 weapon systems and military equipment entries tagged Shipboard, grouped by category with images, specifications, conflict context, and sources.

13 weapon systems

CH-53K King Stallion, Heavy-lift transport helicopter, Aircraft & UAVs

Aircraft & UAVsCH-53K King StallionHeavy-lift transport helicopterSide: UnspecifiedBuilt: Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation / United StatesThe Sikorsky CH-53K King Stallion is the U.S. Marine Corps' new-build heavy-lift transport helicopter, built by Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation as a Lockheed Martin company. It is designed for ship-to-shore assault support, degraded-visual-environment operations, and external lifts up to 36,000 pounds, replacing the CH-53E Super Stallion in Marine heavy-lift service.

SH-60B Seahawk helicopter, LAMPS Mk III naval helicopter, Aircraft & UAVs

Aircraft & UAVsSH-60B Seahawk helicopterLAMPS Mk III naval helicopterSide: UnknownBuilt: Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation / Lockheed Martin / United StatesThe SH-60B Seahawk is the U.S. Navy's LAMPS Mk III shipboard helicopter, with Sikorsky-built airframes and Lockheed Martin mission equipment for surface-combatant deployment. Navy sources list torpedoes, Penguin missiles, AGM-114 Hellfire missiles, and crew-served guns among its armament, and the type deployed from cruisers, destroyers, and frigates.

Project 1331M / Parchim-class anti-submarine corvette, Anti-submarine corvette, Naval Systems

Naval SystemsProject 1331M / Parchim-class anti-submarine corvetteAnti-submarine corvetteSide: UnspecifiedBuilt: Peene-Werft / East GermanyProject 1331M / Parchim-class anti-submarine corvette is an East German-developed coastal ASW corvette family built by Peene-Werft and later operated by Soviet, Russian, and Indonesian navies. The class carried twin 57 mm and 30 mm guns, RBU-6000 rocket launchers, torpedo tubes, and hull-mounted sonar for anti-submarine patrols.

Type 23 / Duke-class frigate, Anti-submarine frigate class, Naval Systems

Naval SystemsType 23 / Duke-class frigateAnti-submarine frigate classSide: UnspecifiedBuilt: Yarrow Shipbuilders / Swan Hunter / United KingdomThe Type 23 / Duke-class frigate is the Royal Navy's 16-ship anti-submarine frigate family, built in the United Kingdom and adapted into a versatile escort that now covers maritime security, surface warfare, and air-defense duties. Royal Navy sources describe the class as a modernized frontline warship with 4,900-ton displacement, 133-metre length, and Sea Ceptor air defense on the surviving ships.

Type 071 / Yuzhao-class amphibious transport dock, Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy amphibious transport dock class, Naval Systems

Naval SystemsType 071 / Yuzhao-class amphibious transport dockChinese People's Liberation Army Navy amphibious transport dock classSide: UnknownBuilt: Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding / ChinaThe Type 071, known to NATO as the Yuzhao-class, is a Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy amphibious transport dock class built by Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding in Shanghai. The class gives the PLAN a large-deck amphibious lift ship with a well dock for Type 726 air-cushion landing craft, helicopter facilities, and room for marines, vehicles, and logistics support.

Type 022 / Houbei-class missile boat, Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy catamaran missile boat class, Naval Systems

Naval SystemsType 022 / Houbei-class missile boatChinese People's Liberation Army Navy catamaran missile boat classSide: UnknownBuilt: Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding / ChinaThe Type 022 or Houbei-class is a Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy catamaran missile boat class built for fast littoral strike. Public references describe it as a stealth-leaning, wave-piercing design with eight anti-ship missiles, a 30 mm CIWS, and later boats fitted with a short-range surface-to-air missile launcher.

Type 053H3 / Jiangwei II-class frigate, Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy frigate class, Naval Systems

Naval SystemsType 053H3 / Jiangwei II-class frigateChinese People's Liberation Army Navy frigate classSide: UnknownBuilt: Hudong Shipyard / Guangzhou Huangpu Shipyard / People's Republic of ChinaThe Type 053H3 / Jiangwei II-class frigate is a Chinese guided-missile frigate class built for the People's Liberation Army Navy as an improved follow-on to the Type 053H2G. It entered service in the late 1990s, used a CODAD propulsion arrangement, and is associated with the PLAN's coastal patrol, anti-air, anti-surface, and anti-submarine escort roles.

Type 054 / Jiangkai I-class frigate, Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy frigate class, Naval Systems

Naval SystemsType 054 / Jiangkai I-class frigateChinese People's Liberation Army Navy frigate classSide: UnknownBuilt: Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding / Huangpu Shipyard / People's Republic of ChinaThe Type 054 / Jiangkai I-class frigate is the first generation of China's Jiangkai frigate family, built for the People's Liberation Army Navy as a stealth-shaped guided-missile frigate class. Commons identifies only two completed ships, Ma'anshan and Wenzhou, before production shifted to the improved Type 054A, while GlobalSecurity notes the class entered construction in Shanghai and Guangzhou and used licensed SEMT Pielstick diesel machinery.

Type 054A / Jiangkai II-class frigate, Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy multi-role frigate class, Naval Systems

Naval SystemsType 054A / Jiangkai II-class frigateChinese People's Liberation Army Navy multi-role frigate classSide: UnknownBuilt: Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding / People's Republic of ChinaThe Type 054A / Jiangkai II-class frigate is a Chinese multi-role guided-missile frigate class built for the People's Liberation Army Navy by Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding. Commons and reference sources identify it as a 2006 class that became the PLAN's standard medium frigate, with a vertical-launch HQ-16 air-defense fit, anti-ship missiles, and an embarked helicopter capability.

Ophrys class, Dive support and mine countermeasures vessel class, Naval Systems

Naval SystemsOphrys classDive support and mine countermeasures vessel classSide: UnspecifiedBuilt: Merré Shipyard / FranceThe Ophrys class is a French Navy dive support and mine-countermeasures vessel class built by Merré Shipyard and designed by Neuman. The aluminium, low-magnetic boats support clearance divers in shallow-water mine disposal and use diesel-electric propulsion for slow station-keeping.

Project 1258 Yevgenya-class minesweeper, Inshore minesweeper class, Naval Systems

Naval SystemsProject 1258 Yevgenya-class minesweeperInshore minesweeper classSide: UnspecifiedBuilt: Sredne-Nevsky Shipyard / Soviet UnionProject 1258 Yevgenya-class minesweeper is a Soviet inshore mine countermeasure class built by Sredne-Nevsky Shipyard in glass-reinforced-plastic hulls, with 92 completed for Soviet and export navies between 1967 and 1980.

Type 073 / 073A / 073III landing ship, Medium landing ship family, Naval Systems

Naval SystemsType 073 / 073A / 073III landing shipMedium landing ship familySide: UnknownBuilt: Dalian Shipyard / Zhonghua Shipyard / Shanghai Zhonghua Shipyard / ChinaThe Type 073 family is a Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy medium landing ship line that includes the original Type 073, the Type 073III prototype, and the Type 073A production batch. The family was developed for amphibious lift and shore delivery, with later variants adding a more refined hull form, improved superstructure, and shipboard capacity for troops, vehicles, and cargo.

Floréal class frigate, Surveillance frigate class, Naval Systems

Naval SystemsFloréal class frigateSurveillance frigate classSide: UnspecifiedBuilt: Chantiers de l'Atlantique / FranceThe Floréal class is a French surveillance frigate family built by Chantiers de l'Atlantique for low-threat overseas patrol, maritime policing, and presence missions. The class uses commercial-ship construction standards, carries a helicopter deck and hangar, and Nivôse is publicly documented in EU NAVFOR Operation Atalanta counter-piracy operations off Somalia.