{
  "id": "type-039",
  "name": "Type 039 Class (Song Class)",
  "aliases": [],
  "domain": "naval",
  "country": "CHN",
  "category": "Diesel-electric submarine",
  "status": null,
  "fielded": 1998,
  "operators": [
    "CHN"
  ],
  "prolif_count": 1,
  "summary": "The Type 039 submarine (NATO reporting name: Song class) is a class of diesel-electric submarines of the People's Liberation Army Navy. The class is the first diesel-electric submarine to be fully developed within China and also the first Chinese diesel-electric submarine to use the modern teardrop hull shape.",
  "specs": [
    {
      "k": "crew",
      "v": 60,
      "src": [
        "weg-type-039"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "length_m",
      "v": 74.9,
      "src": [
        "weg-type-039"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "beam_m",
      "v": 8.4,
      "src": [
        "weg-type-039"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Draft",
      "section": "dims",
      "v": "5.3 m",
      "src": [
        "weg-type-039"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Displacement (surface)",
      "section": "dims",
      "v": "1,992 tons surface",
      "src": [
        "weg-type-039"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "displacement_t",
      "v": 2250,
      "src": [
        "weg-type-039"
      ],
      "conf": "medium",
      "label": "Displacement (submerged)"
    },
    {
      "k": "propulsion",
      "v": "4 x MTU type 16V396 SE83/84",
      "src": [
        "weg-type-039"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Engine power",
      "section": "mobility",
      "v": "6,092 total bhp; 1 shaft",
      "src": [
        "weg-type-039"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "speed_kt",
      "v": 15,
      "src": [
        "weg-type-039"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "range_km",
      "v": 41,
      "src": [
        "weg-type-039"
      ],
      "conf": "low",
      "note": "22 nm at 22 kts.; 72 nm at 3 kts. Automated check: outside the expected range for this type; verify against the source."
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Name",
      "section": "firecontrol",
      "v": "1 x Thales TSM-2233 Eledone; 1 Thales TSM-2255 Fenelon or Chinese SQB-2",
      "src": [
        "weg-type-039"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "EW",
      "section": "protection",
      "v": "CEIEC Type 921A intercept",
      "src": [
        "weg-type-039"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Torpedo Launcher: number of tubes",
      "section": "armament",
      "v": "6 x 533-mm tubes",
      "src": [
        "weg-type-039"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Mines",
      "section": "armament",
      "v": "36 x mines in lieu of torpedoes",
      "src": [
        "weg-type-039"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "armament",
      "v": "C-801 (CSS-N-4 Sardine); Yu-5",
      "src": [
        "weg-type-039"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "hulls",
      "v": 13,
      "src": [
        "weg-type-039"
      ],
      "conf": "medium",
      "note": "Hulls listed in the source card"
    }
  ],
  "payloads": [
    {
      "name": "C-801 (CSS-N-4 Sardine)",
      "role": "Anti-Ship Cruise Missile",
      "src": [
        "weg-type-039"
      ],
      "conf": "medium",
      "caps": {
        "Type": "Anti-Ship Cruise Missile",
        "Guidance": "Inertial navigation/active radar homing terminal guidance",
        "Warhead": "165 kg",
        "Speed": "Mach 0.9",
        "Length": "5.81 m"
      },
      "range_km": 42
    },
    {
      "name": "Yu-5",
      "role": "Wire-Guided Torpedo",
      "src": [
        "weg-type-039"
      ],
      "conf": "medium",
      "caps": {
        "Type": "Wire-Guided Torpedo",
        "Guidance": "active / passive acoustic homing + wire guidance",
        "Warhead": "400 kg",
        "Speed": "Up to 50-knot (93 km/h)",
        "Length": "7.8 m"
      },
      "range_km": 30,
      "qty": "6 ea"
    }
  ],
  "variants": [
    {
      "name": "Yuanzheng 20",
      "text": "Commissioned: June 1999 Status: Active",
      "src": [
        "weg-type-039"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Yuanzheng 21",
      "text": "Commissioned: April 2001 Status: Active",
      "src": [
        "weg-type-039"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Yuanzheng 22",
      "text": "Commissioned: Dec. 2001 Status: Active",
      "src": [
        "weg-type-039"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Yuanzheng 14",
      "text": "Commissioned: Nov. 2003 Status: Active",
      "src": [
        "weg-type-039"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Yuanzheng 15",
      "text": "Commissioned: Dec. 2003 Status: Active",
      "src": [
        "weg-type-039"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Yuanzheng 16",
      "text": "Commissioned: 2004 Status: Active",
      "src": [
        "weg-type-039"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Yuanzheng 23",
      "text": "Commissioned: 2004 Status: Active",
      "src": [
        "weg-type-039"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Yuanzheng 24",
      "text": "Commissioned: 2004 Status: Active",
      "src": [
        "weg-type-039"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "art": "submarine",
  "image": null,
  "verified": null,
  "changelog": [
    {
      "date": "2026-10-10",
      "change": "Entry created from the Worldwide Equipment Guide (ODIN), bulk import"
    }
  ],
  "url": "https://www.defensepedia.com/systems/type-039.html",
  "sources": {
    "weg-type-039": {
      "title": "Type 039 Class (Song Class) Chinese Diesel-Electric Submarine",
      "publisher": "U.S. Army TRADOC G-2 Worldwide Equipment Guide (ODIN)",
      "url": "https://odin.t2com.army.mil/WEG/Asset/Type_039_Class_Song_Class_Chinese_Diesel-Electric_Submarine",
      "published": "2026-03-20",
      "tier": 1,
      "checked": "2026-10-10"
    }
  }
}