Type 039 submarine

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Type 039 submarine
Class overview
Name	Song class
Builders	Wuhan Shipbuilding Jiangnan Shipyard
Operators	People's Liberation Army Navy
Preceded by	Type 035 (Ming class)
Succeeded by	Type 039A (Yuan class)
In commission	1998-present
Planned	13
Completed	13
Active	13
General characteristics
Type	SSK
Displacement	2,250 tonnes (submerged)
Length	74.9 m
Beam	8.4 m
Draft	5.3 m
Propulsion	diesel-electric, 1 shaft
Speed	22 knots (41 km/h)
Test depth	300 m
Complement	60
Armament	6 × 533 mm torpedo tubes, for: 18 × torpedoes or: 36 × naval mines

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