The Type 648 repair ship is a Chinese submarine
repair ship currently in service with the
People's Liberation Army Navy
The People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN; ), also known as the People's Navy, Chinese Navy, or PLA Navy, is the maritime service branch of the People's Liberation Army.
The PLAN traces its lineage to naval units fighting during the Chinese ...
(PLAN). It was one of the two units consisting the proposed mobile repair flotilla, but the
floating dry dock with lifting capacity of 2000 tons was never built, and Type 648 repair ship was the one only completed. Type 648 has received with
NATO reporting name
NATO reporting names are code names for military equipment from Russia, China, and historically, the Eastern Bloc (Soviet Union and other nations of the Warsaw Pact). They provide unambiguous and easily understood English words in a uniform manne ...
Dadao class (大岛, meaning Great Island).
The Type 648 is designed by the 3rd Directorate of the 708th Institute of
China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC), which is also more commonly known a
China Shipbuilding and Oceanic Engineering Design Academy (中国船舶及海洋工程设计研究) nowadays, after receiving the assignment from PLAN in October 1975. Construction begun in July 1980 and completed in December 1984, and the ship was formally handed over to PLAN in January 1985 with name as Dong-Xiu (东修, meaning ''East Repair'' in Chinese) 911. Type 648 was specially designed to repair submarines and has elaborate repair facilities on board. After decades of service and numerous upgrades, the ship remain in active service in the early 2010s.
Specifications:
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*Length (m): 84
*Waterline (m): 78.7
*Depth (m): 5.8
*Draft (m): 4
*Beam (m): 12.4
*Displacement (t): 1962
*Speed (kn): 15.1
*Range (nmi): 2000
*Endurance (day): 20
*Crew: 105
*Armament: 4 Type 61 twin 25 mm gun
*Propulsion: 2 D39 diesel engines @ 1360 kW (1850 hp)
References
{{Ship classes of the Chinese Navy, state=uncollapsed
Auxiliary ships of the People's Liberation Army Navy
Auxiliary repair ship classes
zh:大岛级打捞救生船