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 made in China and also the first Chinese made diesel-electric submarine to …

The Type 039A submarine[a] (NATO reporting name: Yuan class) is a class of diesel-electric submarine in China's People's Liberation Army Navy. [8] . It is China's first AIP powered submarine. [9] . The Yuan class is the successor of the Song class submarine. [10] .

039型潜艇 （北约代号:“ 宋级 ”， 英文： Song-class），是 中国人民解放军海军 701所 开发的新型 常规动力潜艇，由 江南造船厂 和 武昌造船厂 建造，首艇1992年开工，1994年下水，20世纪90年代中期公开露面。 039採用多目標聲納，由解放軍從 法國 Thomson-CSF TSM-2233聲納的研究心得中開發而來，可以追蹤30公里內4-12個目標，稱為H/SQG-04被動測距聲納，使用新型反潜/反舰鱼雷系统，在1998至1999年，320號艦成功進行了水下發射反艦導彈的測試。

2010年4月15日 · The Type 039 / Song Class attack submarine was built by Wuhan Shipyard (Wuchang Shipyard) for the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) of China. It was the first indigenously built submarine of China. The class is preceded by Type 035 (Ming Class) and succeeded by Type 041 (Yuan Class) submarines.

2015年8月31日 · In the essay, Henry Holst, argues that the Type 039A/B Yuan-class submarine was “designed primarily as an anti-ship cruise missile (ASCM) platform capable of hiding submerged for long periods of time in difficult to access shallow littorals.”

It carries a 165 kg (364 lb) time-delayed semi-armour-piercing high-explosive warhead, with a maximum range of 80-120 km (50-75 mi) and speed of Mach 0.9. The Type 039A is also capable of firing the CY-1 anti-submarine warfare (ASW) missile under water, but the status of the missile is in question because nothing is heard about its production.

039型常规动力潜艇（西方称：宋级），为中国自行设计建造的第二代常规动力潜艇。 039型潜艇在研制过程中充分吸收西方发达国家常规潜艇的新概念，大量采用新型动力、自动化设备、声纳和武器装备。

039型對作戰全過程可實施集中指揮，並可對多種武器進行綜合控制，還可在一定距離上對來襲魚雷預警。039人員編制估計為60名，估計自動化程度接近同時期世界水平。

The Type 039, Song NATO codename, represents the first generation of Chinese designed diesel-electric submarines. The People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) has ordered the Type 039 as the replacement for obsolete Romeo/Ming class submarines. Construction of the first boat started in the mid 1990s at Wuhan Shipbuilding Industry Company.

The Type 039 Wuhan C -class submarines, also referred to as the S20 Song -class, is China's most modern indigenously built diesel attack submarine. The Song-class, produced at the Wuhan shipyard,...