Vietnamese submarine Hồ Chí Minh City
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Name | Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh |
Namesake | Ho Chi Minh City |
Ordered | 14 December 2009 |
Builder | Admiralty Shipyards |
Launched | 28 December 2012 |
Commissioned | 3 April 2014 |
Homeport | Cam Ranh |
Identification | HQ-183 |
Status | Active |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Kilo-class submarine (Project 636.1) |
Type | Attack submarine |
Displacement | 2350t / 3950t |
Length | 70.0–73.8 m (229 ft 8 in–242 ft 2 in) |
Beam | 9.9 m (32 ft 6 in) |
Draft | 6.2 m (20 ft 4 in) |
Installed power | Diesel-electric |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 9-17 knots |
Endurance | 45 days |
Complement | 52 |
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Hồ Chí Minh City (HQ-183) is a Kilo-class submarine of the Vietnam People's Navy. She is one of six Kilo-class submarines in service with Vietnam.[2][3][4]
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National flag of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (Cộng hòa Xã hội chủ nghĩa Việt Nam) and ensign of Vietnam People's Navy (Hải quân Nhân dân Việt Nam) waves on Hồ Chí Minh City, 3 April 2014.
References[]
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- ^ "Vietnam completes commission of six Kilo-class submarines". TUOI TRE NEWS. 2017-03-01. Archived from the original on 2017-03-01. Retrieved 2018-08-01.
- ^ "In Photos: Six Kilo-class submarines in close up". VOV - VOV Online Newspaper. 2017-02-15. Retrieved 2018-08-01.
Categories:
- Submarines of the Vietnam People's Navy
- Kilo-class submarines
- Attack submarines
- 2012 ships
- Submarine stubs