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General characteristics
Class and type 500m3 class
Electronic warfare & decoys None
Armament Unarmed
Aircraft carried None
Aviation facilities None
The 500 cubic meter-class barge is a class of little known naval auxiliary ship currently in service with the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN).[1] The name of this class is after the first unit commissioned, with the exact type still remains unknown, and a total of seven of this class have been confirmed in active service as of mid-2010s.[1] This class has twin chimneys.
The 500 cubic meter-class barge series in PLAN service are designated by a combination of two Chinese characters followed by three-digit number. The second Chinese character is Bo (驳), short for Bo-Chuan (驳船), meaning barge in Chinese, because these ships are classified as barges. The first Chinese character denotes which fleet the ship is service with, with East (Dong, 东) for East Sea Fleet , North (Bei, 北) for North Sea Fleet , and South (Nan, 南) for South Sea Fleet . However, the pennant numbers may have changed due to the change of Chinese naval ships naming convention.
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Nuclear ballistic missile (SSBN) Nuclear attack (SSN) Conventional ballistic missile (SSB) Conventional attack (SS/SSK)
Air-independent propulsion equipped submarine (SSI/SSP)
Type 039A/AG/B/C or Type 041 (Yuan class)
Hunter-killer submarine (SSK)
Type 039/039G (Song class)
Project 636 (Kilo II class)
Project 877EKM (Kilo I class)
ES5E/F and Type 035G/035ET/035B (Ming class)
Medium submarines (SS)
ES5C/D and Type 035/035A (Ming class)
Unclassified Miscellaneous Submarine (IXSS)
Aircraft carriers (CV)Destroyers (DDG)
Type 052D (Luyang III class)
Type 052C (Luyang II class)
Type 052B (Luyang I class)
Type 052 (Luhu class)
Frigates (FFG)
Type 053H3 (Jiangwei II class)
Type 053H1G (Jianghu V class)
Type 053H1 (Jianghu II class)
Coastal warfare vessels
Corvettes (FS)Submarine chasers (PCSC)Armed merchantmen (SP )Missile boats (PCM)
Type 22 (Houbei class)
Type 037-II (Houjian class)
Type 037-IG (Houxin class)
Type 021 (Houdong class)
Type 021 (Huangfeng class or Soviet Osa-I class)
Type 021 (Hola class)
C 14 (China Cat class)
Type 024 (Heku/Hegu/Houku/Hougu class)
Torpedo boats (PT)
Type 6625/025/026/026II/R704 (Huchuan class)
Gunboats (PG)
Type 062-I (Shanghai III class)
Type 062 (Shanghai II class)
Type 062 (Shanghai I class)
Type 206 (Huludao class)
Patrol boats (PB)
Seagoing Port security boat (PSB) Reconnaissance patrol combatant (PGR)
Amphibious warfare vessels
Mine warfare vessels (MCM)
Minelayers (ML)Auxiliary minelayers (MMA) Minehunters (MH)
Type 081 (Wochi class)
Type 081A
Type 082 (Wosao class)
Type 082II (Wozang class)
Minesweepers (MS)Minesweeping drone (MSD) Auxiliary Minesweepers (MSA)
Ammunition ships (AE/AEM)
Buoy tenders (AGL)Cargo ships (AK)
Degaussing /deperming ships (ADG)
Type 911
Type 912
Type 912I
Type 912III (Yanbai class)
Type 912IIIA
Type 912IIIAH
Dive tenders (YDT)Engineering ships
Cable layers (ARC)
Type 911II
Type 991I
Type 991II (Youdian class)
Crane ship (AB)Dredgers (AGD)Floating pile drivers (YPD )
Harbor utility craft (YFU) Hospital ships (AH)
Hospital ships (AH)Medical evacuation ships (AHP) Ambulance transports (APH) Ambulance craftd (YH)
Icebreakers (AGB)Museum ships Personnel transport (AP)
Replenishment ship (AEFS) Repair ships (AR)
Rescue and salvage ships
Heavy-lift ship (YHLC)Rescue ships (ARS) Salvage ships (ATS)
Type 922II (Dalang class)
Type 922III (Dalang II class)
Type 922IIIA (Dalang II class)
Scientific research ships
Spy ships (AGI)Submarine support ships
Submersibles (X)
Tankers
Technological research ships
Training ships (AX)
Training ship (AX) Training ship, sail (AXS) Onshore stationary training facilities
Tugs (AT)
Rescue Tug (ATR) Sea-going Tug (ATA) Harbor tug (AT)
Unmanned surface vehicles (USV) Unmanned underwater vehicles (UUV)
Remotely operated underwater vehicle (ROUV)
8A4 ROUV
RECON-IV ROUV
7B8 ROUV
Goldfish class ROUV
HR-01 ROUV
HR-02 ROUV
JH-01 ROUV
SJT-5 ROUV
SJT-10 ROUV
SJT-40 ROUV
Seahorse ROUV
Sea Dragon-I ROUV
Sea Dragon-II ROUV
Autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV)
* = Under construction or procurement, CG = Classified as guided missile cruiser by NATO