Duludao class dispatch boat is a class of little known naval auxiliary ship currently in service with the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN).[1][2] The exact type still remains unknown, but it has received the NATO reporting name Duludao class. Of approximately more than a dozen units commissioned,[1] many of them have been decommissioned since mid 2010s.[2]
| History | |
|---|---|
 PRC | |
| Status | Active |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Duludao class |
| Type | Dispatch boat |
| Sensors and processing systems | Navigation radar |
| Electronic warfare & decoys | None |
| Armament | Unarmed |
| Aircraft carried | None |
| Aviation facilities | None |
Ships of this class in PLAN service are designated by a combination of two Chinese characters followed by s two-digit number. The second Chinese character is Jiao (交), short for Jiao-Tong-Ting (交通艇), meaning dispatch boat (ferry) in Chinese, because these ships are classified as dispatch boats. 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 are subject to change due to changes of Chinese naval ships naming convention, or when units are transferred to different fleets.
| Type | NATO designation | Pennant No. | Name (English) |
Name (Han 中文) |
Commissioned | Displacement | Fleet | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duludao class dispatch boat (YFL) | Duludao class | Bei-Jiao 74 | North Traffic 74 | 北交 74 | ? | ? t | North Sea Fleet | Active |
| Dong-Jiao 92 | East Traffic 92 | 东交 92 | ? | ? t | East Sea Fleet | Active | ||
| Dong-Jiao 93 | East Traffic 93 | 东交 93 | ? | ? t | East Sea Fleet | Active | ||
| Nan-Jiao 92 | South Traffic 92 | 南交 92 | ? | ? t | South Sea Fleet | Active | ||
| Bei-Jiao 57 | North Traffic 57 | 北交 57 | ? | ? t | North Sea Fleet | Retired | ||
| Bei-Jiao 59 | North Traffic 59 | 北交 59 | ? | ? t | North Sea Fleet | Retired | ||
| Bei-Jiao 60 | North Traffic 60 | 北交 60 | ? | ? t | North Sea Fleet | Retired | ||
| Bei-Jiao 69 | North Traffic 69 | 北交 69 | ? | ? t | North Sea Fleet | Retired | ||
| Bei-Jiao 72 | North Traffic 72 | 北交 72 | ? | ? t | North Sea Fleet | Retired | ||
| Dong-Jiao 83 | East Traffic 83 | 东交 83 | ? | ? t | East Sea Fleet | Retired | ||
| Dong-Jiao 89 | East Traffic 89 | 东交 89 | ? | ? t | East Sea Fleet | Retired | ||
| Dong-Jiao 91 | East Traffic 5 | 东交 91 | ? | ? t | East Sea Fleet | Retired | ||
| Nan-Jiao 84 | South Traffic 84 | 东交 84 | ? | ? t | South Sea Fleet | Retired | ||
| Nan-Jiao 89 | South Traffic 89 | 东交 89 | ? | ? t | South Sea Fleet | Retired |
References
edit- ^ a b "Beijiao 57-class dispatch boat". Retrieved 3 August 2015.
- ^ a b "PLANS recognition guide 2015". August 7, 2015.