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Type 039 submarine
Class overview
Name
Song class
Builders
Wuhan Shipbuilding
Jiangnan Shipyard
Operators
People's Liberation Army Navy
Preceded by
Type 035 (Ming class)
Succeeded by
Type 039A (Yuan class)
In commission
1998-present
Planned
13
Completed
13
Active
13
General characteristics
Type
SSK
Displacement
2,250 tonnes (submerged)
Length
74.9 m
Beam
8.4 m
Draft
5.3 m
Propulsion
diesel-electric, 1 shaft
Speed
22 knots (41 km/h)
Test depth
300 m
Complement
60
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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