500 cubic meter-class barge

The 500 cubic meter-class barge is a class of little known naval auxiliary ship currently in service with the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN).[1] The name of this class is after the first unit commissioned, with the exact type still remains unknown, and a total of seven of this class have been confirmed in active service as of mid-2010s.[1] This class has twin chimneys.

Class overview
Operators People's Liberation Army Navy
General characteristics
Class and type500m3 class
Electronic warfare
& decoys
None
ArmamentUnarmed
Aircraft carriedNone
Aviation facilitiesNone

The 500 cubic meter-class barge series in PLAN service are designated by a combination of two Chinese characters followed by three-digit number. The second Chinese character is Bo (驳), short for Bo-Chuan (驳船), meaning barge in Chinese, because these ships are classified as barges. 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. However, the pennant numbers may have changed due to the change of Chinese naval ships naming convention.

Class Pennant # Status Fleet
500m3 class Bei-Bo 65 Active North Sea Fleet
500m3 class Bei-Bo 66 Active North Sea Fleet
500m3 class Bei-Bo 67 Active North Sea Fleet
500m3 class Bei-Bo 68 Active North Sea Fleet
500m3 class Nan-Bo 37 Active South Sea Fleet
500m3 class Nan-Bo 42 Active South Sea Fleet
500m3 class Nan-Bo 44 Active South Sea Fleet

References

  1. "500m3 class barge". Retrieved 3 August 2015.
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