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data-file-height="233" /></a></span><div>039B-class profile</div> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;line-height:1.5em;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Chinese_Type_093_submarine.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Yuan class"><img alt="Yuan class" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Chinese_Type_093_submarine.jpg/300px-Chinese_Type_093_submarine.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="113" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/81/Chinese_Type_093_submarine.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="442" data-file-height="167" /></a></span> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Class overview</th></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Name</td><td><i>Yuan</i> class</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Builders</td><td><a href="/wiki/Wuchang_Shipbuilding_Industry_Company" class="mw-redirect" title="Wuchang Shipbuilding Industry Company">Wuchang Shipbuilding</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wuhan" title="Wuhan">Wuhan</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Operators</td><td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Naval_Ensign_of_China.svg/23px-Naval_Ensign_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="18" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Naval_Ensign_of_China.svg/35px-Naval_Ensign_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Naval_Ensign_of_China.svg/46px-Naval_Ensign_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Liberation_Army_Navy" title="People's Liberation Army Navy">People's Liberation Army Navy</a><hr /> <p><i>Future operators</i> </p> <dl><dt><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Naval_Ensign_of_Thailand.svg/23px-Naval_Ensign_of_Thailand.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Naval_Ensign_of_Thailand.svg/35px-Naval_Ensign_of_Thailand.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Naval_Ensign_of_Thailand.svg/46px-Naval_Ensign_of_Thailand.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Royal_Thai_Navy" title="Royal Thai Navy">Royal Thai Navy</a></dt> <dt><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Naval_Ensign_of_Pakistan.svg/23px-Naval_Ensign_of_Pakistan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Naval_Ensign_of_Pakistan.svg/35px-Naval_Ensign_of_Pakistan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Naval_Ensign_of_Pakistan.svg/46px-Naval_Ensign_of_Pakistan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Pakistan_Navy" title="Pakistan Navy">Pakistan Navy</a></dt></dl></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Preceded by</td><td><a href="/wiki/Type_039_submarine" title="Type 039 submarine">Type 039</a> (<i>Song</i> class)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Succeeded by</td><td><a href="/wiki/Type_041_submarine" title="Type 041 submarine">Type 041</a> (<i>Zhou</i> class)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Subclasses</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;"><a href="/wiki/Hangor-class_submarine" title="Hangor-class submarine"><i>Hangor</i> class</a> (Pakistan) (under construction)</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;"><i>Matchanu</i> class (Thailand) (under construction)</li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">In commission</td><td>2006–present</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Planned</td><td>25 <sup id="cite_ref-JFS_2023-24_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JFS_2023-24-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-China_military_rawr_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-China_military_rawr-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Completed</td><td>20 <sup id="cite_ref-JFS_2023-24_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JFS_2023-24-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-China_military_rawr_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-China_military_rawr-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Active</td><td>20 <sup id="cite_ref-JFS_2023-24_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JFS_2023-24-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-China_military_rawr_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-China_military_rawr-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> <tr><th colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">General characteristics</th></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Type</td><td><a href="/wiki/Submarine" title="Submarine">Submarine</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Displacement</td><td>3,600 t (3,500 long tons) (submerged)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Length</td><td>77.6 m (254 ft 7 in)<sup id="cite_ref-news.usni.org_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-news.usni.org-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Beam</td><td>8.4 m (27 ft 7 in)<sup id="cite_ref-news.usni.org_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-news.usni.org-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Draft</td><td>6.7 meter square.<sup id="cite_ref-news.usni.org_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-news.usni.org-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Propulsion</td><td>Diesel-electric, 1 shaft, <a href="/wiki/Air-independent_propulsion" title="Air-independent propulsion">AIP</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Speed</td><td>20 <a href="/wiki/Knot_(unit)" title="Knot (unit)">knots</a> (37 km/h; 23 mph)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Test depth</td><td>250 m (820 ft)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Complement</td><td>36<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Armament</td><td>6 × 533 mm (21 in) <a href="/wiki/Torpedo_tube" title="Torpedo tube">torpedo tubes</a>, anti-ship missiles</td></tr> </tbody></table> <p>The <b> Type 039A submarine</b><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (<a href="/wiki/NATO_reporting_name" title="NATO reporting name">NATO reporting name</a>: <b>Yuan class</b>) is a class of <a href="/wiki/Diesel-electric" class="mw-redirect" title="Diesel-electric">diesel-electric</a> submarine in China's <a href="/wiki/People%27s_Liberation_Army_Navy" title="People's Liberation Army Navy">People's Liberation Army Navy</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is China's first <a href="/wiki/Air-independent_propulsion" title="Air-independent propulsion">AIP</a> powered submarine.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <i>Yuan</i> class is the successor of the <a href="/wiki/Type_039_submarine" title="Type 039 submarine"><i>Song</i> class submarine</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The class is designed to replace the aging <a href="/wiki/Romeo-class_submarine" title="Romeo-class submarine">Type 033</a> (Romeo class) and the older <a href="/wiki/Type_035_submarine" title="Type 035 submarine">Type 035 submarines</a> that previously formed the backbone of the conventional submarine force.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> The <i>Yuan</i> class is armed with wired-guided and wake-homing torpedoes, long-range land-attack and anti-ship cruise missiles, and naval mines.<sup id="cite_ref-Haddick95_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Haddick95-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to an early assessment by the <a href="/wiki/US_Naval_Institute" class="mw-redirect" title="US Naval Institute">US Naval Institute</a>, the Yuan class was primarily designed as "an <a href="/wiki/Anti-ship_missile" title="Anti-ship missile">anti-ship cruise missile (ASCM)</a> platform capable of hiding submerged for long periods of time in difficult to access shallow littorals."<sup id="cite_ref-US_Naval_Institute_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-US_Naval_Institute-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, another assessment by USNI includes an open-ocean capability which can be used beyond coastal waters. Also updated was its role within China's naval fleet, and as of August 2015 it is considered to be a more traditional attack submarine, with a secondary ASCM role.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Design">Design</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Type_039A_submarine&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Design"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The design of the <i>Yuan</i> class is thought to be modeled on, or heavily influenced by, the Russian <a href="/wiki/Kilo-class_submarine" title="Kilo-class submarine"><i>Kilo</i> class</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In addition, the design also appears to show some similarities to the Chinese <a href="/wiki/Type_039_submarine" title="Type 039 submarine"><i>Song</i> class</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Saunders15p131_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Saunders15p131-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Howarth17_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Howarth17-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When it comes to general performance it is believed that the <i>Yuan</i> class could be comparable to the improved Project 636 variant of the <i>Kilo</i> class.<sup id="cite_ref-Howarth17_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Howarth17-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Submarines of the <i>Yuan</i> class have been built at <a href="/wiki/Wuchang_Shipbuilding_Industry_Company" class="mw-redirect" title="Wuchang Shipbuilding Industry Company">Wuhan Shipyard</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jiangnan_Shipyard" title="Jiangnan Shipyard">Jiangnan Shipyard</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Saunders15p131_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Saunders15p131-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Hull">Hull</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Type_039A_submarine&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Hull"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <i>Yuan class</i> submarines have a <a href="/wiki/Teardrop_hull" title="Teardrop hull">teardrop-shaped hull</a> and are believed to be double-hulled.<sup id="cite_ref-Saunders09p130_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Saunders09p130-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They also have a angled casing, which appears like a distinctive hump.<sup id="cite_ref-Sutton80721_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sutton80721-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Saunders09p130_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Saunders09p130-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While earlier variants of the <i>Yuan</i> class have a large upright <a href="/wiki/Sail_(submarine)" title="Sail (submarine)">sail</a>, newer variants have instead a more angled sail.<sup id="cite_ref-Sutton80721_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sutton80721-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-SuttonNN21_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SuttonNN21-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <b>Type 039A</b> inherits the tail design of the Type 039 (NATO codename: Song class) with upper and lower rudders and sternplanes with a single propeller shaft.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> A pair of fairwater dive planes are positioned on the sail. The submarine is equipped with indigenously developed machinery rafts (shock absorbers) system that helped to reduce noise level by over 35 dB.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Additionally, the submarine is covered with rubber anti-sonar anechoic tiles to reduce the risk of acoustic detection. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Armament">Armament</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Type_039A_submarine&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Armament"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <i>Yuan</i> class has six 533 mm (21 in) <a href="/wiki/Torpedo_tube" title="Torpedo tube">torpedo tubes</a>, which are located at the bow.<sup id="cite_ref-Saunders15p131_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Saunders15p131-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These can be used to launch indigenous torpedoes such as the <a href="/wiki/Yu-3_torpedo" title="Yu-3 torpedo">Yu-3</a>, <a href="/wiki/Yu-4_torpedo" title="Yu-4 torpedo">Yu-4</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Yu-6_torpedo" title="Yu-6 torpedo">Yu-6</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-MB2024p256257_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MB2024p256257-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Saunders09p130_17-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Saunders09p130-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-US_Naval_Institute_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-US_Naval_Institute-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Furthermore, the submarines of the Yuan class are also capable of launching the <a href="/wiki/YJ-8" title="YJ-8">YJ-82</a> or <a href="/wiki/YJ-18" title="YJ-18">YJ-18</a> anti-ship missiles.<sup id="cite_ref-MB2024p256257_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MB2024p256257-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Saunders09p130_17-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Saunders09p130-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In addition, they can be armed with naval mines.<sup id="cite_ref-Haddick95_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Haddick95-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The general designer of the torpedo and missile launching system is Sun Zhuguo (孙柱国).<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Combat_control_systems">Combat control systems</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Type_039A_submarine&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Combat control systems"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>China was known to have imported the Thales TSM 2233 ELEDONE / DSUV-22 and Thales TSM 2255 / DUUX-5 from France during the 1980s and early 1990s. It also has access to a wide range of modern Russian <a href="/wiki/Sonar" title="Sonar">sonar</a> systems (MG-519 MOUSE ROAR, MGK-500 SHARK GILL) through its purchase of the <a href="/wiki/Kilo-class_submarine" title="Kilo-class submarine">Kilo class</a>. Comparable systems are expected to be copied for the Type 039A. It is likely to be fitted with a comparable surface/air search radar similar to the MRK-50 SNOOP TRAY, a commercial navigation radar like a <a href="/wiki/Furuno" title="Furuno">Furuno</a> unit observed on a number of SONG class and ESM system is comparable to the Type 921A. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Propulsion">Propulsion</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Type_039A_submarine&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Propulsion"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <i>Yuan</i> class is equipped with an <a href="/wiki/Air-independent_propulsion" title="Air-independent propulsion">air-independent propulsion (AIP) system</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Waters21p32_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Waters21p32-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The AIP system is believed to be using closed-cycle Sterling engine technology.<sup id="cite_ref-Saunders15p131_5-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Saunders15p131-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Sutton80721_19-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sutton80721-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-SuttonNN21_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SuttonNN21-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to the Chinese newspaper <i><a href="/wiki/Science_and_Technology_Daily" title="Science and Technology Daily">Science and Technology Daily</a></i> (科技日报), this 039A class is equipped with an <a href="/wiki/Air-independent_propulsion" title="Air-independent propulsion">air-independent propulsion</a> system developed by the 711th Research Institute of the China Shipbuilding Heavy Industry Group Corp.<sup id="cite_ref-中国船舶重工集团公司第七一一研究所_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-中国船舶重工集团公司第七一一研究所-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1998, the first experimental sample was built and a decade later and after a dozen technological breakthroughs, a wide range of matured versions became commercially available and the newest diesel-electric submarine in Chinese navy became the first customer.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Although the official Chinese source had not mentioned the exact class of the submarine, it is generally accepted that the class is no other than Type 039A Yuan class, since it is the newest conventional powered submarine in the Chinese navy.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> The engine is built by Shanghai Qiyao Propulsion Technology Ltd. (上海齐耀动力技术有限公司), a wholly owned subsidiary of the 711th Institute.<sup id="cite_ref-中国船舶重工集团公司第七一一研究所_23-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-中国船舶重工集团公司第七一一研究所-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Noise">Noise</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Type_039A_submarine&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Noise"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Yuan-class SSK is integrated with advanced noise reduction techniques including <a href="/wiki/Anechoic_tile" title="Anechoic tile">anechoic tiles</a>, passive/active noise reduction, asymmetrical seven-blade skewed propeller, the 039A is expected to be as quiet as other modern diesel-electric submarines, which are difficult to track.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Variants">Variants</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Type_039A_submarine&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Variants"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="China">China</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Type_039A_submarine&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: China"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Yuan_(Type_039A)_Class_Attack_Submarine.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Yuan_%28Type_039A%29_Class_Attack_Submarine.JPG/220px-Yuan_%28Type_039A%29_Class_Attack_Submarine.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="128" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Yuan_%28Type_039A%29_Class_Attack_Submarine.JPG/330px-Yuan_%28Type_039A%29_Class_Attack_Submarine.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Yuan_%28Type_039A%29_Class_Attack_Submarine.JPG/440px-Yuan_%28Type_039A%29_Class_Attack_Submarine.JPG 2x" data-file-width="919" data-file-height="533" /></a><figcaption>Chinese Type 039A diesel-electric submarine, NATO reporting name: Yuan class.</figcaption></figure> <p>A total of four variants of Type 039A have been developed by the first half of 2014, and they are listed here in chronological order based on their public debut: </p> <ul><li><b>Type 039A</b>: Original <i>Yuan</i> class, comprising four units (<i>Changcheng 330</i> to <i>Changcheng 333</i>).<sup id="cite_ref-JFS_2023-24_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JFS_2023-24-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The most obvious external visual difference between Type 039A and its predecessor <a href="/wiki/Song-class_submarine" class="mw-redirect" title="Song-class submarine">Type 039/039G Song-class submarine</a> is in the conning tower. The conning tower of Type 039A is similar to that of Type 039G, but the tower lacks the fin-shaped extrusion on the rear section of the conning towers of both the Type 039 and the Type 039G.</li> <li><b>Type 039AG</b>: This second member of Type 039A series is frequently but erroneously identified as its development, Type 039B, because externally, the two version looks the same above waterline. The only difference lies below the waterline, which is not readily observed, and it is believed that all Type 039AG have been converted to Type 039B. The most obvious external visual difference between Type 039AG along with its development Type 039B and earlier Type 039A submarine is also in the conning tower: the shape edge at the top of conning tower of Type 039A is replaced with smooth round shape transition. In addition, there is a bulge in the middle of the smooth transition in the forward portion of the conning tower housing some kind of sensor, and this is a new feature earlier Type 039A lacks.<sup id="cite_ref-Type_039A_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Type_039A-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b>Type 039B</b>: This third member of Type 039A series looks identical to earlier Type 039AG from which it is developed from. Including those units upgraded as mentioned below, it comprises thirteen units (<i>Changcheng 334</i> to <i>Changcheng 346</i>).<sup id="cite_ref-JFS_2023-24_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JFS_2023-24-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The biggest difference between Type 039B and Type 039AG is that Type 039B has incorporated flank sonar array, which was subsequently retrofitted on Type 039AG and some earlier boats. This difference, however, is not readily observable because the flank array is installed at the lower portion of the hull. It was only in the early 2010s when a Type 039B built by Shanghai Changxing (长兴) Shipyard exposed in the berth, when the flank array of Type 039B became publicized, thus distinguish the type from earlier Type 039AG that lacked the flank sonar.<sup id="cite_ref-Type_039A_24-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Type_039A-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b>Type 039B</b> (upgraded): The fourth variant of the Yuan has been first publicized in December 2013, with a modified hull and redesigned conning tower with extrusion at the root of the conning tower in both the bow and stern direction, similar to that of conning tower of <a href="/wiki/Virginia-class_submarine" title="Virginia-class submarine"><i>Virginia</i>-class submarine</a>. In addition, the bulge housing unknown sensors on board Type 039B in the forward section of the top edge of the conning tower is absent on the new boat launched in April 2014, but there are three white lines at the top of edge of the conning tower on both sides, presumably for environmental sensors. This new boat is claimed to be an upgraded variant of Type 039B.<sup id="cite_ref-Type_039A_24-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Type_039A-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b>Type 039C</b>: A new variant commissioned from 2022 onwards with redesigned stealth <a href="/wiki/Sail_(submarine)" title="Sail (submarine)">sail</a>. First spotted in May 2021 in Wuhan.<sup id="cite_ref-SuttonNN21_20-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SuttonNN21-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It has been noted that the redesigned stealth sail looks similar to the sail of the Swedish <a href="/wiki/Blekinge-class_submarine" title="Blekinge-class submarine"><i>A26 Blekinge</i> class submarine</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Waters21p32_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Waters21p32-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, there are some noticeable differences, such as the sail of the Type 39C having a less blended lower part and the fairwater planes (hydroplanes) being mounted very differently.<sup id="cite_ref-Sutton80721_19-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sutton80721-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Besides a redesigned sail this variant also has a noticeably wider casing and the outer shape of the hatch appears to have been cut in the form of a square.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It comprises three units commissioned to date, with another five under development.<sup id="cite_ref-JFS_2023-24_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JFS_2023-24-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This class was tentatively called "<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238216509">.mw-parser-output .vanchor>:target~.vanchor-text{background-color:#b1d2ff}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .vanchor>:target~.vanchor-text{background-color:#0f4dc9}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .vanchor>:target~.vanchor-text{background-color:#0f4dc9}}</style><span class="vanchor"><span id="Olympics"></span><span class="vanchor-text">Olympics</span></span>-class" before a clear identification with the Yuan-class is made, as a video originally surfaced on Chinese social media around the time of <a href="/wiki/2022_Winter_Olympics" title="2022 Winter Olympics">2022 Winter Olympics</a> in <a href="/wiki/Beijing" title="Beijing">Beijing</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-CovertShores220208_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CovertShores220208-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-NavalNews220215_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NavalNews220215-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>A satellite image of the Wuchang Shipyard, dating to 26 April 2024, was acquired by Tom Shugart, an adjunct senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) think tank and retired U.S. Navy submarine warfare officer, whom was first to notice the new boat, at the Wuchang Shipyard, in Wuhan. The new design features X shaped stern control planes. Further images began circulating in December showing a submarine with "X" planes and a lockout chamber on top of the deck. Chinese users on Facebook pointed out that the submarine was allegedly a modified Type 039C. H.I Sutton, an author at USNI News, stated on <a href="/wiki/Twitter" title="Twitter">Twitter</a> that "Some things look right to me, except... no way they are already testing DDS on this submarine, much too quick development is my gut feel" <sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Of the first seventeen units (Types 039A and 039B), ten vessels (numbers 330 to 339) are active with the East Sea Fleet, two vessels (numbers 340 and 341) with the North Sea Fleet, and five vessels (numbers 342 to 346) with the South Sea Fleet.<sup id="cite_ref-JFS_2023-24_1-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JFS_2023-24-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Export">Export</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Type_039A_submarine&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Export"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><b>S20</b>: At <a href="/wiki/International_Defence_Exhibition" title="International Defence Exhibition">IDEX-2013</a>, China revealed a scaled-down version of Type 039A submarine designated as S20, specially intended for export.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The main difference between the S20 and Type 039A is that the AIP system is believed to be optional.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Due to its modular design, a variety of sensors and weapons can also be easily adopted up on customers' requests.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Specifications of S20:<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <ul><li>Structure: double hulled</li> <li>Length: 66 meter</li> <li>Beam: 8 meter</li> <li>Draft: 8.2 meter</li> <li>Surface displacement: 1,850 tons</li> <li>Submerged displacement: 2,300 tons</li> <li>Maximum speed: 18 knots</li> <li>Cruise speed: 16 knots</li> <li>Range: 8000 nautical miles at 16 knots</li> <li>Endurance: 60 days</li> <li>Crew: 38 total</li> <li>Maximum depth: 300 meters</li></ul></li> <li>The full-size platform has been modified for export. See section immediately below.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Export_2">Export</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Type_039A_submarine&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Export"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><b><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Flag_of_the_Royal_Thai_Navy.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Royal_Thai_Navy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Flag_of_the_Royal_Thai_Navy.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Royal_Thai_Navy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Flag_of_the_Royal_Thai_Navy.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Royal_Thai_Navy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Royal_Thai_Navy" title="Royal Thai Navy">Royal Thai Navy</a></b>: On 2 July 2015, the Royal Thai Navy (RTN) formally selected China's Yuan-class platform to meet a requirement for three submarines. The RTN's procurement committee voted unanimously in favour of purchasing the submarine, which has been designated S26T (Thailand), a modified export version of the Yuan class.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 1 July 2016, the RTN submitted a funding plan for its 36 billion baht submarine procurement project to the cabinet for consideration with the expenditure to be spread over 11 years. If approved, the first submarine would be bought for 13 billion baht between fiscal years 2017–2021. The second and third submarines would be purchased during the remainder of the 11-year period.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In May 2017, the Royal Thai Navy and Thai Government signed a contract for one S26T variant of the submarine in a $390 million deal. Orders for an additional two submarines are expected in the coming years.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Steel cutting ceremony of the first S26T submarine was held on 4 September 2018 at <a href="/wiki/Wuhan" title="Wuhan">Wuhan</a>, <a href="/wiki/China" title="China">China</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Naval_Standard_of_Pakistan.svg/23px-Naval_Standard_of_Pakistan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Naval_Standard_of_Pakistan.svg/35px-Naval_Standard_of_Pakistan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Naval_Standard_of_Pakistan.svg/46px-Naval_Standard_of_Pakistan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Pakistan_Navy" title="Pakistan Navy">Pakistan Navy</a></b>: (<i>See <a href="/wiki/Hangor-class_submarine" title="Hangor-class submarine">Hangor-class submarine</a></i>.) In April 2015, the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_Pakistan" title="Government of Pakistan">Government of Pakistan</a> approved purchase of 8 export version of Type 039B (Upgraded) from China for $5 billion for the <a href="/wiki/Pakistan_Navy" title="Pakistan Navy">Pakistan Navy</a>. The deal was finalised on 23 July 2015.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In October of the same year, it was revealed that four of the eight of the submarines will be built in Pakistan, with work beginning in both nations simultaneously. Pakistan's Minister for Defense Production confirmed that the agreement included transfer-of-technology to construct the vessels.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 6 July 2015, <a href="/wiki/Rana_Tanveer_Hussain" title="Rana Tanveer Hussain">Tanveer Hussain</a>, minister of defence production, announced two projects for the construction of four submarines in China and four in Pakistan will begin simultaneously. Hussain added that a training centre will also be created at KSEW. In late 2016 it was officially confirmed that China will see about four submarines delivered by 2023 and the remainder delivered by 2028.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Type_039A_submarine&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_submarine_classes_in_service" title="List of submarine classes in service">List of submarine classes in service</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Type_032_submarine" class="mw-redirect" title="Type 032 submarine">Type 032 submarine</a>, a test-bed submarine resembling an enlarged Type 039A.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Submarines_of_similar_era_and_comparison">Submarines of similar era and comparison</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Type_039A_submarine&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Submarines of similar era and comparison"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Blekinge-class_submarine" title="Blekinge-class submarine"><i>Blekinge</i>-class submarine</a> - A class of next-generation attack submarines developed by <a href="/wiki/Kockums" class="mw-redirect" title="Kockums">Kockums</a> for the <a href="/wiki/Swedish_Navy" title="Swedish Navy">Swedish Navy</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dakar-class_submarine" title="Dakar-class submarine"><i>Dakar</i>-class submarine</a> - A unique class of diesel-electric attack-submarines developed by ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems and currently being built for <a href="/wiki/Israel" title="Israel">Israel</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hai_Kun-class_submarine" title="Hai Kun-class submarine"><i>Hai Kun</i>-class submarine</a> - A class of diesel-electric attack-submarines currently being built by <a href="/wiki/CSBC_Corporation,_Taiwan" title="CSBC Corporation, Taiwan">CSBC</a> for <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_China_Navy" title="Republic of China Navy">Taiwan</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/KSS-III_submarine" title="KSS-III submarine">KSS-III submarine</a>: A class of diesel-electric attack and <a href="/wiki/Ballistic_missile_submarine" title="Ballistic missile submarine">ballistic missile submarines</a>, built by <a href="/wiki/Hanwha_Ocean" title="Hanwha Ocean">Hanwha Ocean</a> and <a href="/wiki/HD_Hyundai_Heavy_Industries" title="HD Hyundai Heavy Industries">HD Hyundai Heavy Industries</a> and operated by the <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Korea_Navy" title="Republic of Korea Navy">Republic of Korea Navy</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lada-class_submarine" title="Lada-class submarine"><i>Lada</i>-class submarine</a> - A class of diesel-electric attack-submarines developed by <a href="/wiki/Rubin_Design_Bureau" title="Rubin Design Bureau">Rubin Design Bureau</a> for <a href="/wiki/Russian_Navy" title="Russian Navy">Russia</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scorp%C3%A8ne-class_submarine" title="Scorpène-class submarine">Scorpène-class submarine</a> - A class of export-oriented diesel-electric attack-submarines, jointly developed by <a href="/wiki/Naval_Group" title="Naval Group">Naval Group</a> and <a href="/wiki/Navantia" title="Navantia">Navantia</a> and currently operated by the <a href="/wiki/Chilean_Navy" title="Chilean Navy">Chilean Navy</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Malaysian_Navy" title="Royal Malaysian Navy">Royal Malaysian Navy</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Indian_Navy" title="Indian Navy">Indian Navy</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Brazilian_Navy" title="Brazilian Navy">Brazilian Navy</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/S%C5%8Dry%C5%AB-class_submarine" title="Sōryū-class submarine"><i>Sōryū</i>-class submarine</a> - A class of diesel-electric attack-submarines developed by <a href="/wiki/Mitsubishi_Heavy_Industries" title="Mitsubishi Heavy Industries">Mitsubishi Heavy Industries</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kawasaki_Shipbuilding_Corporation" title="Kawasaki Shipbuilding Corporation">Kawasaki Shipbuilding Corporation</a> for the <a href="/wiki/Japan_Maritime_Self-Defense_Force" title="Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force">Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/S-80_Plus-class_submarine" title="S-80 Plus-class submarine">S-80 Plus submarine</a> - A class of conventionally-powered attack-submarines developed by <a href="/wiki/Navantia" title="Navantia">Navantia</a> for the <a href="/wiki/Spanish_Navy" title="Spanish Navy">Spanish Navy</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Type_212CD_submarine" title="Type 212CD submarine">Type 212CD submarine</a> - An exclusive class of attack submarines developed by ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems for the <a href="/wiki/German_Navy" title="German Navy">German Navy</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Norwegian_Navy" title="Royal Norwegian Navy">Royal Norwegian Navy</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Invincible-class_submarine" title="Invincible-class submarine">Type 218SG submarine</a> - An exclusive class of attack submarines developed by ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems for the <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Singapore_Navy" title="Republic of Singapore Navy">Republic of Singapore Navy</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Type_039A_submarine&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output 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style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Qing-class_submarine" title="Qing-class submarine">Type 032</a> (Qing class)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Submarine" title="Submarine">Conventional<br />attack (SS/SSK)</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Air-independent_propulsion" title="Air-independent propulsion">Air-independent propulsion<br />equipped (SSI/SSP)</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Type 039A/AG/B/C</a> (Yuan class including "Olympics" Class)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a 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class)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/C_14-class_missile_boat" title="C 14-class missile boat">C 14</a> (China Cat class)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Type_024_missile_boat" title="Type 024 missile boat">Type 024</a> (Heku/Hegu/Houku/Hougu class)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Torpedo_boat" title="Torpedo boat">Torpedo boats</a> (PT)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Type_025-class_torpedo_boat#Variants" class="mw-redirect" title="Type 025-class torpedo boat">Type 6625/025/026/026II/R704</a> (Huchuan class)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Gunboat" title="Gunboat">Gunboats</a> (PG)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a 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</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Amphibious_warfare_vessels701" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Amphibious_warfare_ship" title="Amphibious warfare ship">Amphibious warfare vessels</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Landing_helicopter_dock" title="Landing helicopter dock">Landing helicopter dock (LHD)</a> or <br /><a href="/wiki/Landing_helicopter_assault" title="Landing helicopter assault">Landing helicopter assault (LHA)</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Type_076_landing_helicopter_dock" title="Type 076 landing helicopter dock">Type 076</a><sup>*</sup> (Yulan class)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Type_075_landing_helicopter_dock" title="Type 075 landing helicopter dock">Type 075</a> (Yushen class)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Amphibious_transport_dock" title="Amphibious transport dock">Amphibious transport dock</a> (LPD)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Type_071_amphibious_transport_dock" title="Type 071 amphibious transport dock">Type 071</a> (Yuzhao class)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Dock_landing_ship" title="Dock landing ship">Dock landing ship</a> (LSD)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Type_072III-class_landing_ship" class="mw-redirect" title="Type 072III-class landing ship">Type 072III</a> (Yuting I class)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Type_072A_landing_ship" title="Type 072A landing ship">Type 072A</a> (Yuting II class)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Landing_ship" class="mw-redirect" title="Landing ship">Landing ship</a> helicopter (LSH)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Type_073-class_landing_ship#Type_073III_Yudeng-class_landing_ship" class="mw-redirect" title="Type 073-class landing ship">Type 073-III</a> (Yudeng class)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Type_073-class_landing_ship#Type_073A_Yunshu-class_landing_ship" class="mw-redirect" title="Type 073-class landing ship">Type 073A</a> (Yunshu class)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Landing_ship_tank" class="mw-redirect" title="Landing ship tank">Landing ship tank</a> (LST)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Type_072-class_landing_ship" class="mw-redirect" title="Type 072-class landing ship">Type 072</a> (Yukan class)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Type_072II-class_landing_ship" class="mw-redirect" title="Type 072II-class landing ship">Type 072-II</a> (Yuting I class)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Landing_Ship_Medium" title="Landing Ship Medium">Landing ship medium (LSM)</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Type_271_landing_craft#Type_271IIIA_landing_ship_medium" title="Type 271 landing craft">Type 271IIIA</a> (Yulü class)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Type_073-class_landing_ship#Type_073_Yudao-class_landing_ship" class="mw-redirect" title="Type 073-class landing ship">Type 073-I</a> (Yudao class)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Type_073-class_landing_ship#Type_073II_Yudao-class_landing_ship" class="mw-redirect" title="Type 073-class landing ship">Type 073-II</a> (Yudao class)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Type_073-class_landing_ship#Type_073IIY_Yudao-class_landing_ship" class="mw-redirect" title="Type 073-class landing ship">Type 073-IIY</a> (Yudao class)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Type_074A_landing_ship" title="Type 074A landing ship">Type 074A</a> (Yubei class)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Type_079_landing_ship_medium#Type_079I" class="mw-redirect" title="Type 079 landing ship medium">Type 079-I</a> (Yulian class)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Type_079_landing_ship_medium#Type_079II" class="mw-redirect" title="Type 079 landing ship medium">Type 079-II</a> (Yulian class)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Landing_craft" title="Landing craft">Landing craft</a> (LC)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Landing_craft_tank" title="Landing craft tank">Landing craft tank</a> (LCT)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Yuch%27in-class_landing_craft_mechanized#Type_068/069_landing_craft" class="mw-redirect" title="Yuch'in-class landing craft mechanized">Type 068/069</a> (Yuch'in class)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Type_067_landing_craft_utility" class="mw-redirect" title="Type 067 landing craft utility">Type 067</a> (Yunnan class)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Landing_Craft_Utility" title="Landing Craft Utility">Landing craft utility (LCU)</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Type_271_landing_craft#Type_271III_landing_craft_utility" title="Type 271 landing craft">Type 271III</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Type_074-class_landing_ship" class="mw-redirect" title="Type 074-class landing ship">Type 074</a> (Yuhai or Wuhu-A class)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Air-cushioned_landing_craft" title="Air-cushioned landing craft">Air-cushioned<br />landing craft (LCAC)</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Zubr-class_LCAC" title="Zubr-class LCAC">Project 1232.2 <i>Zubr</i> class</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Type_726_LCAC" title="Type 726 LCAC">Type 726</a> (Yuyi class)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Type_724_LCAC#Type_724_LCAC" title="Type 724 LCAC">Type 724</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jinsha_II-class_LCAC#Type_722_II_LCAC" title="Jinsha II-class LCAC">Type 722-II</a> (Jinsha II class)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jinsha_II-class_LCAC#Type_722_LCAC" title="Jinsha II-class LCAC">Type 722-I</a> (Jinsha I class)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jinsha_II-class_LCAC#Type_716_II_LCAC" title="Jinsha II-class LCAC">Type 716-II</a> (Dagu B class)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Mine_warfare_vessels_(MCM)701" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Minesweeper" title="Minesweeper">Mine warfare vessels (MCM)</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Minelayer" title="Minelayer">Minelayers</a> (ML)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wolei-class_minelayer" title="Wolei-class minelayer">Type 918</a> (Wolei class)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Auxiliary minelayers (MMA)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Type_792_naval_trawler#Type_8154_naval_trawler" title="Type 792 naval trawler">Type 8154</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Minehunter" title="Minehunter">Minehunters</a> (MH)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Type_081_mine_countermeasure_vessel" title="Type 081 mine countermeasure vessel">Type 081</a> (Wochi class)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Type_081_mine_countermeasure_vessel#Type_081A" title="Type 081 mine countermeasure vessel">Type 081A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Type_082_mine_countermeasure_vessel#Type_082_mine_countermeasure_vessel" title="Type 082 mine countermeasure vessel">Type 082</a> (Wosao class)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Type_082_mine_countermeasure_vessel#Type_082II_mine_countermeasure_vessel" title="Type 082 mine countermeasure vessel">Type 082II</a> (Wozang class)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Minesweeper" title="Minesweeper">Minesweepers</a> (MS)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Type_010_minesweeper" class="mw-redirect" title="Type 010 minesweeper">Type 010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Type_010_minesweeper" class="mw-redirect" title="Type 010 minesweeper">Type 05</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Minesweeping" title="Minesweeping">Minesweeping<br />drone (MSD)</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Type_082_mine_countermeasure_vessel#Type_529_minesweeper" title="Type 082 mine countermeasure vessel">Type 529</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Type_312_minesweeper" title="Type 312 minesweeper">Type 312</a> (Futi class)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Auxiliary Minesweepers (MSA)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Type_8105_naval_trawler#Type_801_naval_trawler" title="Type 8105 naval trawler">Type 801</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Type_8105_naval_trawler" title="Type 8105 naval trawler">Type 8105</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Type_792_naval_trawler#Type_8101_naval_trawler" title="Type 792 naval trawler">Type 8101</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Type_792_naval_trawler#Type_8154_naval_trawler" title="Type 792 naval trawler">Type 8154</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Type_792_naval_trawler" title="Type 792 naval trawler">Type 792</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Auxiliary_vessels701" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Auxiliary_ship" title="Auxiliary ship">Auxiliary vessels</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Ammunition_ship" title="Ammunition ship">Ammunition<br />ships (AE/AEM)</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Ammunition_ship" title="Ammunition ship">Ammunition ship</a> (AE)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Type_072-class_landing_ship#Yantai_class" class="mw-redirect" title="Type 072-class landing ship">Type 072</a> (Yantai class)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Ammunition_ship" title="Ammunition ship">Ammunition ship</a>, Missile/Rocket (AEM)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Yuan_Wang-class_tracking_ship#Yuan_Wang_21" title="Yuan Wang-class tracking ship">Yuan Wang 21</a> (operated by <a href="/wiki/People%27s_Liberation_Army_Strategic_Support_Force" title="People's Liberation Army Strategic Support Force">SSF</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yuan_Wang-class_tracking_ship#Yuan_Wang_22" title="Yuan Wang-class tracking ship">Yuan Wang 22</a> (operated by <a href="/wiki/People%27s_Liberation_Army_Strategic_Support_Force" title="People's Liberation Army Strategic Support Force">SSF</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Buoy_tender" title="Buoy tender">Buoy tenders</a> (AGL)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Yuch%27in-class_landing_craft_mechanized#Type_066/066K/066A_landing_craft" class="mw-redirect" title="Yuch'in-class landing craft mechanized">Type 066 Yuch'in class</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Type_744_buoy_tender#Type_744_and_744A" title="Type 744 buoy tender">Type 744A Yannan class</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Type_067_utility_landing_craft" class="mw-redirect" title="Type 067 utility landing craft">Type 911I Yunan/Yunnan class</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Type_944_buoy_tender" title="Type 944 buoy tender">Type 944A Yanni class</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Cable_layer" title="Cable layer">Cable layers</a> (ARC)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Type_067_utility_landing_craft" class="mw-redirect" title="Type 067 utility landing craft">Type 911II Yunan/Yunnan class</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Type_991_cablelayer#Type_991I" class="mw-redirect" title="Type 991 cablelayer">Type 991I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Type_991_cablelayer#Type_991II" class="mw-redirect" title="Type 991 cablelayer">Type 991II Youdian class</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Cargo_ship" title="Cargo ship">Cargo ships</a> (AK)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Reefer_ship" title="Reefer ship">Reefer ships</a> (AF)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dongleng-class_reefer_ship" title="Dongleng-class reefer ship">Dongleng class</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Cargo_ship" title="Cargo ship">Cargo ships</a> (AK)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Qiongsha-class_cargo_ship" title="Qiongsha-class cargo ship">Qiongsha class</a></li> <li>Retired landing ships/crafts</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Semi-submersible" title="Semi-submersible">Float-on/float-<br />off ships</a> (AKF)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chinese_float-on/float-off_ship_Donghai_Island" title="Chinese float-on/float-off ship Donghai Island">Modified Hansa Sonderberg class Donghai Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chinese_float-on/float-off_ship_Zhenhua_33" class="mw-redirect" title="Chinese float-on/float-off ship Zhenhua 33">Zhen Hua 33</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/General_stores_issue_ship" title="General stores issue ship">General stores<br />issue ships (AKS)</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Type_904_general_stores_issue_ship#Type_904" title="Type 904 general stores issue ship">Type 904 Dayun class</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Type_904_general_stores_issue_ship#Type_904A" title="Type 904 general stores issue ship">Type 904A Danyao class</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Type_904_general_stores_issue_ship#Type_904B" title="Type 904 general stores issue ship">Type 904B Danyao II class</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Roll-on/roll-off" title="Roll-on/roll-off">Roll-on/roll-<br />off ships</a> (AKR)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bo_Sea_Pearl_class_roll-on/roll-off_ship" class="mw-redirect" title="Bo Sea Pearl class roll-on/roll-off ship">Bo Sea Pearl class</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chinese_roll-on/roll-off_ship_Chang_Da_Long" class="mw-redirect" title="Chinese roll-on/roll-off ship Chang Da Long">Chang Da Long</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chinese_roll-on/roll-off_ship_China_Revival" class="mw-redirect" title="Chinese roll-on/roll-off ship China Revival">China Revival</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chinese_roll-on/roll-off_ship_Zhong_Tie_Bo_Hai_3" class="mw-redirect" title="Chinese roll-on/roll-off ship Zhong Tie Bo Hai 3">China Railway Bo Sea No.3</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Container_ship" title="Container ship">Container ships</a> (AKX)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Converted/militarized container ships</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Lighter_(barge)" title="Lighter (barge)">Self-propelled<br />lighters/barges (YF)</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/500_cubic_meter-class_barge" title="500 cubic meter-class barge">500 cubic meter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dongbo_22-class_barge" title="Dongbo 22-class barge">Dongbo 22</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Crane_ship" class="mw-redirect" title="Crane ship">Crane ship</a> (AB)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Beiqi_384-class_crane_ship" title="Beiqi 384-class crane ship">Beiqi 384 class</a></li> <li>Unidentified class: Nan-Qi 746</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Degaussing" title="Degaussing">Degaussing</a> /<br /><a href="/wiki/Deperming" class="mw-redirect" title="Deperming">deperming</a> ships (ADG)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Type_911_degaussing/deperming_ship" title="Type 911 degaussing/deperming ship">Type 911 Dazar class</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Type_912_degaussing/deperming_ship#Type_912" title="Type 912 degaussing/deperming ship">Type 912</a>/<a href="/wiki/Type_912_degaussing/deperming_ship#Type_912" title="Type 912 degaussing/deperming ship">912I</a>/<a href="/wiki/Type_912_degaussing/deperming_ship#Type_912III" title="Type 912 degaussing/deperming ship">912III</a>/<a href="/wiki/Type_912_degaussing/deperming_ship#Type_912IIIA" title="Type 912 degaussing/deperming ship">Type 912IIIA Yanbai class</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Type_912_degaussing/deperming_ship#Type_912IIIAH" title="Type 912 degaussing/deperming ship">Type 912IIIAH Yanci class</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Dive_tender" class="mw-redirect" title="Dive tender">Dive tenders</a> (YDT)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Longma-class_dive_tender" title="Longma-class dive tender">Longma class ARS/YDT</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Type_904_dive_tender#Type_904I" title="Type 904 dive tender">Type 904I</a>/<a href="/wiki/Type_904_dive_tender#Type_904II" title="Type 904 dive tender">904II Yanqian class AGE/YDT</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Dredgers" class="mw-redirect" title="Dredgers">Dredgers</a> (AGD)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/8_cubic_meter-class_dredger" title="8 cubic meter-class dredger">8-m<sup>3</sup> class</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beijun_204-class_dredger" title="Beijun 204-class dredger">Beijun 204 class</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dongjun_417-class_dredger" title="Dongjun 417-class dredger">Dongjun 417 class</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dongjun_433-class_dredger" title="Dongjun 433-class dredger">Dongjun 433 class</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dongjun_434-class_dredger" title="Dongjun 434-class dredger">Dongjun 434 class</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nanjun_610-class_dredger" title="Nanjun 610-class dredger">Nanjun 610 class</a></li> <li>Dredgers of unknown class/type: Bei-Jun 271, 273, 274, 277 & 278</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Engineering<br />ships</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Engineering ships of unknown class/type: Bei-Gong 275 & 276</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Environmental_research_ship" class="mw-redirect" title="Environmental research ship">Environmental<br /> research ships (AGER)</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dulaji-class_research_ship" title="Dulaji-class research ship">Dulaji class</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Fleet <a href="/wiki/Replenishment_ship" class="mw-redirect" title="Replenishment ship">Replenishment<br />ship (AEFS)</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Type_901_replenishment_ship" class="mw-redirect" title="Type 901 replenishment ship">Type 901 Fuyu class</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Type_903_replenishment_ship" title="Type 903 replenishment ship">Type 903 Fuchi I class</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Type_903_replenishment_ship" title="Type 903 replenishment ship">Type 903A Fuchi II class</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Type_908_replenishment_ship" class="mw-redirect" title="Type 908 replenishment ship">Type 908 Fusu class</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Floating <a href="/wiki/Pile_driver" title="Pile driver">pile drivers</a> (YPD)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=36-m_class_floating_pile_driver&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="36-m class floating pile driver (page does not exist)">36-m class floating pile driver</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Donggong_429-class_floating_pile_driver" title="Donggong 429-class floating pile driver">Donggong 429 class</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nangong_681-class_floating_pile_driver" title="Nangong 681-class floating pile driver">Nangong 681 class</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Research_Vessel" class="mw-redirect" title="Research Vessel">General purpose<br />research ships (AGE)</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dubei-class_target_ship" title="Dubei-class target ship">Dubei class AGT/AGE</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beidiao_991" title="Beidiao 991">Kandao class YFB/AGE</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chinese_sonar_trials_ship_Beidiao_993" title="Chinese sonar trials ship Beidiao 993">Kantan class AGTR/AGE</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Type_904_dive_tender#Type_904I" title="Type 904 dive tender">Type 904I</a> & <a href="/wiki/Type_904_dive_tender#Type_904II" title="Type 904 dive tender">Type 904II Yanqian class YDT/AGE</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Type_906_torpedo_trials_craft" title="Type 906 torpedo trials craft">Type 906 Xiang Yang Hong 9 class YTT/AGE</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Harbor utility<br />craft (YFU)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Converted from various retired gunboats such as <a href="/wiki/Huangpu-class_gunboat" title="Huangpu-class gunboat">Type 53</a> and <a href="/wiki/Shantou-class_gunboat" title="Shantou-class gunboat">Type 55A</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Hospital_ship" title="Hospital ship">Hospital ships</a> (AH)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Hospital_ship" title="Hospital ship">Hospital ships</a> (AH)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Type_919_hospital_ship" title="Type 919 hospital ship">Type 919 Anshen class</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Type_920_hospital_ship" title="Type 920 hospital ship">Type 920 Anwei class</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Medical evacuation ships (AHP)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chinese_medical_evacuation_ship_Zhuanghe" title="Chinese medical evacuation ship Zhuanghe"><i>Zhuanghe</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Ambulance transports (APH)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Qiongsha-class_cargo_ship#Ambulance_transport" title="Qiongsha-class cargo ship">Qiongsha class</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Ambulance craftd (YH)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ankang-class_ambulance_craft" title="Ankang-class ambulance craft">Ankang class</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Survey_vessel" title="Survey vessel">Hydrographic<br />survey ships (AGS)</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Shantou-class_gunboat" title="Shantou-class gunboat">Type 55 Shantou class</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yuch%27in-class_landing_craft_mechanized#Type_068/069_landing_craft" class="mw-redirect" title="Yuch'in-class landing craft mechanized">Type 068/069</a> (Yuch'in class)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Type_635_hydrographic_survey_ship" title="Type 635 hydrographic survey ship">Type 635 A/B/C</a> & <a href="/wiki/Type_635_hydrographic_survey_ship#Type_635II" title="Type 635 hydrographic survey ship">Type 635II Yanlai class</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Type_636_hydrographic_survey_ship#Type_636A" title="Type 636 hydrographic survey ship">Type 636A Shupang class</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Type_639_research_ship" title="Type 639 research ship">Type 639A Shupang class</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Type_646_hydrographic_survey_ship" title="Type 646 hydrographic survey ship">Type 646 Kanyang class</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Type_792_naval_trawler#Type_8101_naval_trawler" title="Type 792 naval trawler">Type 8101</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Type_8105_naval_trawler" title="Type 8105 naval trawler">Type 8105</a>/<a href="/wiki/Type_792_naval_trawler#Type_8154_naval_trawler" title="Type 792 naval trawler">Type 8154</a>/<a href="/wiki/Type_792_naval_trawler" title="Type 792 naval trawler">Type 792 FT-14 AIT class</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yanjiu-class_survey_ship" title="Yanjiu-class survey ship">Yanjiu class</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Icebreaker" title="Icebreaker">Icebreakers</a> (AGB)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Type_272_icebreaker" title="Type 272 icebreaker">Type 272</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Museum_ship" title="Museum ship">Museum ships</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Naval_Vessels_Naming_Regulation#Ship_Prefixes" title="Naval Vessels Naming Regulation">PLANS</a> Heroic Gunboat in the Toumenshan Naval Battle</li> <li>PLANS Liberation</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chinese_gunboat_Minquan" title="Chinese gunboat Minquan"><i>Minquan</i>-class gunboat (replica)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/P_4-class_torpedo_boat#P_6-class_torpedo_boat" title="P 4-class torpedo boat">Project 183 P-6-class torpedo boat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Type_021-class_missile_boat" title="Type 021-class missile boat">Type 021 missile boat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Type_024_missile_boat" title="Type 024 missile boat">Type 024 missile boat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Golf-class_submarine#Variants" title="Golf-class submarine">Type 031 ballistic submarine (SSB)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Romeo-class_submarine#Chinese_Type_033_Romeo-class_and_its_variants" title="Romeo-class submarine">Type 033 submarine (SS)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Type_051_destroyer" title="Type 051 destroyer">Type 051 destroyer</a> (DDG)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Type_053_frigate#Ships" title="Type 053 frigate">Type 053K frigate (FFG)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Type_091_submarine" title="Type 091 submarine">Type 091 submarine</a> (SSN)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anshan-class_destroyer" title="Anshan-class destroyer">Type 6607 destroyer (DDG)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Research_vessel#Modern_types" title="Research vessel">Oceanographic<br />research ships (AGOR)</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Type_639_research_ship" title="Type 639 research ship">Type 639A Shupang class</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Type_645_oceanographic_research_ship" title="Type 645 oceanographic research ship">Type 645</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chinese_oceanographic_research_ship_Zhang_Jian" class="mw-redirect" title="Chinese oceanographic research ship Zhang Jian"><i>Zhang Jian</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Research_vessel#Modern_types" title="Research vessel">Oceanographic<br />surveillance ships (AGOS)</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Type_927_oceanographic_surveillance_ship#Ruili_No._10" title="Type 927 oceanographic surveillance ship"><i>Ruili No. 10</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Type_927_oceanographic_surveillance_ship" title="Type 927 oceanographic surveillance ship">Type 927 Dongjian class</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Type_988_oceanographic_surveillance_ship" title="Type 988 oceanographic surveillance ship">Type 988</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Passenger_ship" title="Passenger ship">Personnel<br />transport (AP)</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Barracks_ship" title="Barracks ship">Barracks ships</a> (APB)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Daguan-class_troopship" title="Daguan-class troopship">Daguan class</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Dispatch_boat" title="Dispatch boat">Dispatch boat</a> (YFB/YFL)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Duchuan-class_dispatch_boat" title="Duchuan-class dispatch boat">Duchuan class</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dufei-class_dispatch_boat" title="Dufei-class dispatch boat">Dufei class</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dukou-class_dispatch_boat" title="Dukou-class dispatch boat">Dukou class</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duludao-class_dispatch_boat" title="Duludao-class dispatch boat">Duludao class</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dumuju-class_dispatch_boat" title="Dumuju-class dispatch boat">Dumujiu class</a></li> <li>Dusso class</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duzhou-class_dispatch_boat" title="Duzhou-class dispatch boat">Duzhou class</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nanjiao_90-class_dispatch_boat" title="Nanjiao 90-class dispatch boat">Nanjiao 90 class</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Transport_ship" class="mw-redirect" title="Transport ship">Transport ships</a> (AP)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Type_081_transport_ship" class="mw-redirect" title="Type 081 transport ship">Type 081 Red Flag class</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darong-class_transport" title="Darong-class transport">Darong class APT/AP</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Troopship" title="Troopship">Troopships</a> (APT)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Daguan-class_troopship" title="Daguan-class troopship">Daguan class</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darong-class_transport" title="Darong-class transport">Darong class AP/APT</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qiongsha-class_cargo_ship#troopship" title="Qiongsha-class cargo ship">Qiongsha class</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Range support &<br /><a href="/wiki/Target_ship" title="Target ship">target ships</a> (AGT)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dachou-class_torpedo_retriever/target_ship" title="Dachou-class torpedo retriever/target ship">Dachou class TR/TWR/AGT</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dubei-class_target_ship" title="Dubei-class target ship">Dubei class AGE/AGT</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Type_811_target_ship&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Type 811 target ship (page does not exist)">Type 811</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Type_917_torpedo_retriever/target_ship" title="Type 917 torpedo retriever/target ship">Type 917 Damen class TR/TWR/AGT</a></li> <li>Decommissioned ships</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Repair_ship" title="Repair ship">Repair ships</a> (AR)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Repair <a href="/wiki/Dry_dock" title="Dry dock">dry<br />docks</a> (ARD)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/120_ton-class_repair_dry_dock" title="120 ton-class repair dry dock">120t class</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dongxiu_912-class_repair_dry_dock" title="Dongxiu 912-class repair dry dock">Dongxiu 912</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hua_Chuan_No._1-class_repair_dry_dock" title="Hua Chuan No. 1-class repair dry dock">Hua Chuan No. 1 class</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Repair_ship" title="Repair ship">Repair ships</a> (AR)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Type_648_repair_ship" title="Type 648 repair ship">Type 648 Dadao class</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Salvage_ship" class="mw-redirect" title="Salvage ship">Rescue and<br />salvage ships</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Heavy-lift_ship" title="Heavy-lift ship">Heavy-lift ship</a> (YHLC)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Type_633_heavy-lift_ship" title="Type 633 heavy-lift ship">Type 633</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Rescue ships (ARS)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Datuo-class_rescue_and_salvage_ship" title="Datuo-class rescue and salvage ship">Datuo class ATR/ARS</a></li> <li>Haijiu 101 class</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Longma-class_dive_tender" title="Longma-class dive tender">Longma class YDT/ARS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Type_917_rescue_ship" title="Type 917 rescue ship">Type 917 Dasan class</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Salvage_ship" class="mw-redirect" title="Salvage ship">Salvage ships</a> (ATS)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Type_922_rescue_and_salvage_ship#Type_922II" title="Type 922 rescue and salvage ship">Type 922II Dalang class</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Type_922_rescue_and_salvage_ship#Type_922III" title="Type 922 rescue and salvage ship">Type 922III Dalang II class</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Type_922_rescue_and_salvage_ship#Type_922IIIA" title="Type 922 rescue and salvage ship">Type 922IIIA Dalang III class</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Spy_ship" title="Spy ship">Spy ships</a> (AGI)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Type_814A_spy_ship" title="Type 814A spy ship">Type 814A Dadie class</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Type_815_spy_ship#Type_815" title="Type 815 spy ship">Type 815 Dongdiao I class</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Type_815_spy_ship#Type_815G" title="Type 815 spy ship">Type 815G</a>/<a href="/wiki/Type_815_spy_ship#Type_815A" title="Type 815 spy ship">Type 815A Dongdiao II class</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Type_8105_naval_trawler" title="Type 8105 naval trawler">Type 8105</a>/<a href="/wiki/Type_792_naval_trawler#Type_8154_naval_trawler" title="Type 792 naval trawler">Type 8154</a>/<a href="/wiki/Type_792_naval_trawler" title="Type 792 naval trawler">Type 792 FT-14 AIT class</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Submarine<br />support ships</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Submarine_rescue_ship" title="Submarine rescue ship">Submarine<br />rescue ships (ASR)</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Type_930_submarine_rescue_ship" title="Type 930 submarine rescue ship">Type 930 Hudong class</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Type_946_submarine_rescue_ship#Type_946" title="Type 946 submarine rescue ship">Type 946 Dazhou class</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Type_946_submarine_rescue_ship#Type_946A" title="Type 946 submarine rescue ship">Type 946A Dadong class</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Submarine_tender" title="Submarine tender">Submarine tenders</a> (AS)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Type_925_submarine_support_ship" title="Type 925 submarine support ship">Type 925 Dajiang class</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Type_926_submarine_support_ship" title="Type 926 submarine support ship">Type 926 Dalao class</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Submersible" title="Submersible">Submersibles</a> (X)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Deep-submergence_rescue_vehicle" title="Deep-submergence rescue vehicle">Deep-submergence<br />rescue vehicle (DSRV)</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Type_7103_DSRV" class="mw-redirect" title="Type 7103 DSRV">Type 7103 DSRV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LR7" title="LR7">LR7</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Deep-submergence_vehicle" title="Deep-submergence vehicle">Deep-submergence<br />vehicle (DSV)</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sea_Pole-class_bathyscaphe#Harmony_class_bathyscaphe" title="Sea Pole-class bathyscaphe">Harmony class</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jiaolong_(submersible)" title="Jiaolong (submersible)">Jiaolong class</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rainbowfish-class_bathyscaphe" title="Rainbowfish-class bathyscaphe">Rainbowfish class</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sea_Pole-class_bathyscaphe" title="Sea Pole-class bathyscaphe">Sea Pole class</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Struggler_(bathyscaphe)" class="mw-redirect" title="Struggler (bathyscaphe)">Struggler class</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other<br /><a href="/wiki/Submersible" title="Submersible">Submersibles</a> (X)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Osprey-class_submersible" title="Osprey-class submersible">Osprey-class submersible</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=QSZ-class_submersible&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="QSZ-class submersible (page does not exist)">Mobile diving bell</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=QSZ-class_submersible&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="QSZ-class submersible (page does not exist)">QSZ-II submersible</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Diver_propulsion_vehicle" title="Diver propulsion vehicle">Diver propulsion<br />vehicles (DPV)</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Diver_propulsion_vehicle#Modern_DPVs" title="Diver propulsion vehicle">QX-50</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diver_propulsion_vehicle#Modern_DPVs" title="Diver propulsion vehicle">QY-18</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diver_propulsion_vehicle#Modern_DPVs" title="Diver propulsion vehicle">QY-40</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diver_propulsion_vehicle#Modern_DPVs" title="Diver propulsion vehicle">QJY-001</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Tanker_(ship)" title="Tanker (ship)">Tankers</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Replenishment_oiler" title="Replenishment oiler">Replenishment tanker (AOR)</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chinese_tanker_Hua_Chuan" title="Chinese tanker Hua Chuan"><i>Hua Chuan</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Transport oiler (AOT)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fubai-class_tanker" title="Fubai-class tanker">Fubai class</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fujian-class_tanker" title="Fujian-class tanker">Fujian class</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fushi-class_tanker" title="Fushi-class tanker">Fushi class</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Type_620_tanker" title="Type 620 tanker">Type 620 Shengli class</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Type_631_tanker" title="Type 631 tanker">Type 631 Fuchang class</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Type_637_tanker" title="Type 637 tanker">Type 637 Fuxiao class</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Water tanker (AWT)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fujian-class_tanker" title="Fujian-class tanker">Fujian class</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fushi-class_tanker" title="Fushi-class tanker">Fushi class</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jinyou-class_oil_tanker" title="Jinyou-class oil tanker">Jinyou class</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nanshui_701-class_water_tanker" title="Nanshui 701-class water tanker">Nanshui 701 class</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Type_637_tanker" title="Type 637 tanker">Type 637 Fuxiao class</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Type_645_tanker" title="Type 645 tanker">Type 645 Guangzhou class</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Research_vessel" title="Research vessel">Technological<br /> research<br />ships</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Sonar trials ships</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chinese_sonar_trials_ship_Beidiao_993" title="Chinese sonar trials ship Beidiao 993">Kantan class AGE/AGTR</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Technical_research_ship" title="Technical research ship">Technical research<br />ships</a> (AGTR)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chinese_research_ship_Mirage_Hunter" title="Chinese research ship Mirage Hunter"><i>Mirage Hunter</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Unclassified Miscellaneous<br />Submarine (IXSS)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chinese_sailless_submarine" title="Chinese sailless submarine">Chinese sailless submarine</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Torpedo_trials_craft" title="Torpedo trials craft">Torpedo trials craft</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Torpedo retrievers<br />(TR/TWR)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dachou-class_torpedo_retriever/target_ship" title="Dachou-class torpedo retriever/target ship">Dachou class AGT/TR/TWR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Type_803_torpedo_retriever" title="Type 803 torpedo retriever">Type 803</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Type_917_torpedo_retriever/target_ship" title="Type 917 torpedo retriever/target ship">Type 917 Damen class AGT/TR/TWR</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Torpedo trials ships (YTT)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Type_906_torpedo_trials_craft" title="Type 906 torpedo trials craft">Type 906 Xiang Yang Hong 9 class AGE/YTT</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Type_907A_torpedo_trials_craft" title="Type 907A torpedo trials craft">Type 907A</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Tracking_ship" title="Tracking ship">Tracking ship</a> (AGM)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Type_830_tug" class="mw-redirect" title="Type 830 tug">Type 830 ATR/AGM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yuan_Wang-class_tracking_ship" title="Yuan Wang-class tracking ship">Yuanwang class ARIS/AGM</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Training_ship" title="Training ship">Training ships</a> (AX)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Training ship (AX)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Daguan-class_troopship" title="Daguan-class troopship">Daguan class</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Type_680_training_ship" title="Type 680 training ship">Type 680 Dadu class</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chinese_ship_Shichang" title="Chinese ship Shichang"><i>Shichang</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chinese_ship_Zheng_He" title="Chinese ship Zheng He"><i>Zheng He</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Training ship, sail (AXS)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Type_2630_training_ship" title="Type 2630 training ship">Type 2630</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Onshore stationary<br />training facilities</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Romeo-class_submarine#Chinese_Type_033_Romeo-class_and_its_variants" title="Romeo-class submarine">Type 033 (Romeo class)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Type_051_destroyer" title="Type 051 destroyer">Type 051/051Z (Luda class)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Type_053_frigate#Versions" title="Type 053 frigate">Type 053H1Q (Jianghu-IV class)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anshan-class_destroyer" title="Anshan-class destroyer">Type 6607 (Anshan class)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Tug" class="mw-redirect" title="Tug">Tugs</a> (AT)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Harbor tug (YT)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Beituo_617-class_tug" title="Beituo 617-class tug">Beituo 617 class</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beituo_699-class_tug" title="Beituo 699-class tug">Beituo 699 class</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beituo_702-class_tug" title="Beituo 702-class tug">Beituo 702 class</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beituo_715-class_tug" title="Beituo 715-class tug">Beituo 715 class</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Large harbor tug (YTB)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ducha-class_tug" title="Ducha-class tug">Ducha class</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duda-class_tug" title="Duda-class tug">Duda class</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duhast-class_tug" title="Duhast-class tug">Duhast class</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dupo-class_tug" title="Dupo-class tug">Dupo class</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Rescue Tug (ATR)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Beituo_739-class_tug" title="Beituo 739-class tug">Bei-Tuo 739 class</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Datuo-class_rescue_and_salvage_ship" title="Datuo-class rescue and salvage ship">Datuo class ARS/ATR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dongtuo_835-class_tug" title="Dongtuo 835-class tug">Dong-Tuo 835 class</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haixiu_121-class_tug" title="Haixiu 121-class tug">Haixiu 121 class</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Type_830_tug#Daozha_class" class="mw-redirect" title="Type 830 tug">Daozha class</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Type_830_tug" class="mw-redirect" title="Type 830 tug">Type 830 AGM/ATR</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Sea-going Tug (ATA)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Type_802_tug" title="Type 802 tug">Type 802 <i>Gromovoy</i> class</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Type_837_tug" title="Type 837 tug">Type 837 Hujiu class</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Type_852_tug" title="Type 852 tug">Type 852 Roslavl class</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Tugs of unknown class/type</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Bei-Tuo 153, 651, 704, 728, Dong-Tuo 845, 861, Nan-Tuo 142, 163, 168, 176, 187, 188</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/UAV" class="mw-redirect" title="UAV">UAV</a> mothershps (ATLS)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chinese_UAV_mothership_Fighting_Shark_No.1" class="mw-redirect" title="Chinese UAV mothership Fighting Shark No.1"><i>Fighting Shark No.1</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Unmanned_surface_vehicle" title="Unmanned surface vehicle">Unmanned surface<br />vehicles (USV)</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=CASIC_USV&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="CASIC USV (page does not exist)">CASIC USVs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chinese_Sea_Hunter" title="Chinese Sea Hunter">Chinese Sea Hunter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HEU_HiSiBi_Sky_Journey_1_USV" title="HEU HiSiBi Sky Journey 1 USV">Sky Journey 1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HUST_USV" title="HUST USV">HUST USVs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/JARI_USV" title="JARI USV">JARI USV</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=JUST_unmanned_vehicles&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="JUST unmanned vehicles (page does not exist)">JUST USV</a></li> <li>Ostar USVs</li> <li><a href="/wiki/PWT_unmanned_vehicles#PWT_USV" title="PWT unmanned vehicles">PWT USV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shanghai_University_USV" title="Shanghai University USV">Shanghai University USV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Type_80_demolition_boat" title="Type 80 demolition boat">Type 80 demolition boat</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=VVLAI_unmanned_vehicles&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="VVLAI unmanned vehicles (page does not exist)">VVLAI USV</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=WSST_unmanned_vehicles&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="WSST unmanned vehicles (page does not exist)">WSST USVs</a></li> <li>Yunzhou USVs</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Unmanned_underwater_vehicle" title="Unmanned underwater vehicle">Unmanned underwater<br />vehicles (UUV)</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Autonomous_underwater_vehicle" title="Autonomous underwater vehicle">Autonomous<br />underwater vehicle (AUV)</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Explorer_AUV#CR-01_AUV" title="Explorer AUV">CR series</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Explorer_AUV" title="Explorer AUV">Explorer series</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HSU-001" title="HSU-001">HSU-001</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Intelligent_Water_class_AUV" title="Intelligent Water class AUV">Intelligent 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