{
  "id": "yugo",
  "name": "Yugo Class",
  "aliases": [],
  "domain": "naval",
  "country": "PRK",
  "category": "Diesel-electric midget submarine",
  "status": null,
  "fielded": 1965,
  "operators": [
    "IRN",
    "PRK",
    "VNM"
  ],
  "prolif_count": 3,
  "summary": "The North Korean Yugo class (NATO code name) is said by some sources to be so named because it was built to plans supplied by Yugoslavia in 1965. The Yugoslav Navy was designed to control the coast of the Adriatic with fast patrol boats, frigates, and small submarines.",
  "specs": [
    {
      "k": "crew",
      "v": 2,
      "src": [
        "weg-yugo"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "length_m",
      "v": 22,
      "src": [
        "weg-yugo"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "beam_m",
      "v": 2,
      "src": [
        "weg-yugo"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Draft",
      "section": "dims",
      "v": "1.6 m",
      "src": [
        "weg-yugo"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Displacement (surface)",
      "section": "dims",
      "v": "76 tons",
      "src": [
        "weg-yugo"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "displacement_t",
      "v": 90,
      "src": [
        "weg-yugo"
      ],
      "conf": "medium",
      "label": "Displacement (submerged)"
    },
    {
      "k": "propulsion",
      "v": "1 x MTU Diesel Electric",
      "src": [
        "weg-yugo"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Engine power",
      "section": "mobility",
      "v": "160 shp",
      "src": [
        "weg-yugo"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Torpedo Weapon Systems",
      "section": "armament",
      "v": "2 x 533-mm tubes (2 torpedoes carried)",
      "src": [
        "weg-yugo"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    }
  ],
  "payloads": [],
  "variants": [
    {
      "name": "Note",
      "text": "Names are unavailable, there are 36 units reported to have been built.",
      "src": [
        "weg-yugo"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "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/yugo.html",
  "sources": {
    "weg-yugo": {
      "title": "Yugo Class North Korean Diesel-Electric Midget Submarine",
      "publisher": "U.S. Army TRADOC G-2 Worldwide Equipment Guide (ODIN)",
      "url": "https://odin.t2com.army.mil/WEG/Asset/Yugo_Class_North_Korean_Diesel-Electric_Midget_Submarine",
      "published": "2026-03-20",
      "tier": 1,
      "checked": "2026-10-10"
    }
  }
}