Chinese submarine 361

History
China
Name	No. 361
General characteristics
Class and type	Ming-class submarine
Displacement	1,584 tonnes (1,559 long tons) surfaced; 2,113 tonnes (2,080 long tons) submerged;
Length	76 m (249 ft 4 in)
Beam	7.6 m (24 ft 11 in)
Draft	5.1 m (16 ft 9 in)
Propulsion	2 × Shaanxi 6E 390 ZC1 diesels rated at 5,200 hp (3.82 MW); 2 × Xiangtan alternators; 2 shafts;
Speed	15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) surfaced; 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph) submerged;
Complement	55 (9 officers)
Armament	6 × bow torpedo tubes; 2 × stern torpedo tubes;

The submarine hull No. 361 named Great Wall #61 (长城61号) was a Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy Type 035AIP (ES5E variant) (NATO reporting name Ming III) conventional diesel/electric submarine. In April 2003, during a military exercise in the Yellow Sea between North Korea and China's Shandong Province, the vessel suffered a mechanical failure that killed all 70 crew members on board. It was one of China's worst peacetime military disasters. The PLA Navy's Commander Shi Yunsheng and Political Commissar Yang Huaiqing were both dismissed as a result of the accident.

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