Dongdao-class reefer ship

History
PRC
Name	Dongdao
Namesake	East Island
Completed	1960 - 1962
Acquired	1960 - 1962
Commissioned	1960 - 1962
Maiden voyage	1960
In service	1960 onward
Fate	In reserve
Status	Being retired
General characteristics
Displacement	1,600 long tons (1,600 t)
Length	65.7 m (215 ft 7 in)
Beam	12.5 m (41 ft 0 in)
Draught	4 m (13 ft 1 in)
Propulsion	1 × marine diesel engine
Speed	12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement	40
Armament	Four 37 mm (1.5 in) guns and four 14.5 mm (0.57 in) machine guns

Dongdao (东岛, meaning East Island)-class reefer ship is a class of naval auxiliary ship currently in service with the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN), and at least three units were completed and entered service with PLAN from 1960 thru 1962.^[1] This class can carry between seven hundred to eight hundred tons of frozen cargo.^[1]

Dongdao-class ships in PLAN service are designated by a combination of two Chinese characters followed by three-digit number. The second Chinese character is Leng (冷), meaning cold in Chinese, because these ships are classified as refrigerator ship. 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.^[1] However, the pennant numbers may have changed due to the change of Chinese naval ships naming convention.

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