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The Beituo 659-class tug is a class of Chinese naval auxiliary ship currently in service with the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN).[1] Its name is taken from the first unit commissioned, with the exact type still unknown.
Two of this class had been confirmed in active service as of 2019.[1] The Type 659-class is a design with a single deck and two levels of superstructures, with a semi-enclosed platform atop the second level.[1]
Nomenclature[]
The Beituo 659-class series ships in PLAN service are designated by a combination of two Chinese characters followed by a three-digit number. The second Chinese character is tuo (拖), meaning 'tug' in Chinese. 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 in naming conventions for Chinese naval ships.