Engineering:Vietnamese submarine Hồ Chí Minh City

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History
Vietnam People's Navy
Name: Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh
Namesake: Ho Chi Minh City
Ordered: 14 December 2009
Builder: Admiralty Shipyards
Launched: 28 December 2012
Commissioned: 3 April 2014
Homeport: Cam Ranh
Identification: HQ-183
Status: Active
General characteristics
Class and type: Kilo-class submarine (Project 636.1)
Type: Attack submarine
Displacement: 2350t / 3950t
Length: 70.0–73.8 m (229 ft 8 in–242 ft 2 in)
Beam: 9.9 m (32 ft 6 in)
Draft: 6.2 m (20 ft 4 in)
Installed power: Diesel-electric
Propulsion:
  • Diesel-electric propulsion
  • 2 × 1000 kW Diesel generators
  • 1 × 5,500–6,800 shp (4,100–5,100 kW) Propulsion motor
  • 1 × fixed-pitch 7 bladed propeller
Speed: 9-17 knots
Endurance: 45 days
Complement: 52
Armament:

Hồ Chí Minh City (HQ-183) is a Kilo-class submarine of the Vietnam People's Navy. She is one of six Kilo-class submarines in service with Vietnam.[2][3][4]


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