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Type 039 submarine
Class overview
NameSong class
Builders
  • Wuhan Shipbuilding
  • Jiangnan Shipyard
OperatorsType 039 submarine People's Liberation Army Navy
Preceded byType 035 (Ming class)
Succeeded byType 039A (Yuan class)
In commission1998-present
Planned13
Completed13
Active13
General characteristics
TypeSSK
Displacement2,250 tonnes (submerged)
Length74.9 m
Beam8.4 m
Draft5.3 m
Propulsiondiesel-electric, 1 shaft
Speed22 knots (41 km/h)
Test depth300 m
Complement60
Armament
  • 6 × 533 mm torpedo tubes, for:
  • 18 × torpedoes
  • or:
  • 36 × naval mines

The Type 039 submarine (NATO reporting name: Song-class) is a class of diesel-electric submarines of the People's Liberation Army Navy. The class is the first diesel-electric submarine to be made in China and also the first Chinese made diesel-electric submarine to use the teardrop hull shape. Altogether thirteen vessels were completed to the Song Class design between 1999 and 2006, with three variants as the type developed.

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