Type 917 rescue and salvage ship
Type 917 rescue and salvage ship is a type of rescue and salvage ship developed by China for its People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN). A total of two ships have entered service by mid-2014, and more units are planned.
Type 917 is the first ship in PLAN to adopt a trimaran hull. The advantage of trimaran include stability and high speed in rough seas, and large deck area equivalent to much larger ship, thus enabling small ship to carry helicopter that can only be carried by larger ships in traditional monohull design. Designed by the Multihull Ship Technology National Defense Important Academic Majors Laboratory (多体船技术国防重点学科实验室) of Harbin Engineering University, Type 917 carries a pair of newly designed rescue boat, with one on each side, stored in the davit position.[1] The ship is equipped with a newly designed H/PJ14 single 30 mm gun controlled by electro-optical sensor.[2] Type 917 series in PLAN service are designated by a combination of two Chinese characters followed by three-digit number. The second Chinese character is Jiu (救), meaning rescue in Chinese, because these ships are classified as rescue ship. 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.
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- Project 636 Kilo II class
- Project 877EKM Kilo I class
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- Project 956EM Sovremenny II class
- Project 956 Sovremenny I class
Anshan class+
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- Type 025 Huchuan class
- P4 class
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- Type 062-I Shanghai III class
- Type 062 Shanghai II class
- Type 062 Shanghai I class
- Type 206 Huludao class
- Shantou class+
- Beihai class+
- Huangpu class+
- Yulin class+
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- Type 037-IS Haiqing class
- Type 037-I Haijiu class
- Type 062-I Haizhui class
- Type 037 Hainan class
- Project 122bis Kronshtadt class
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- Type 726Yuyi class LCAC
- Type 722-II Jinsha II class LCAC
- Type 722-I Jinsha I class LCAC
- Type 716-II Dagu B class LCAC
- Type 716-I Dagu A class LCAC+
- Project 1232.2 Zubr class LCAC*
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- Type 271 Yupen class LCU+
- Type 271II LCU+
- Type 271IID LCU+
- Type 271III LCU
- Type 271IIIA LCU
- Type 067 Yunnan class LCU
- Type 363/363A/55 LCM+
- Type 066/066K/066A Yuzhai class LCM+
- Type 068/069 Yuch'in class LCM
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- Type 918 Wolei class minelayer
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| * = Under construction or procurement + = Retired |
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