Type 837 tug


The Type 837 tug with the NATO reporting name Hujiu is a type of ocean-going tug that China developed for the People's Liberation Army Navy. Out of a total of 20 ships built in the 1980s by the Wuhu shipyard, 18 are still in PLAN service and all of them still remain active as of the early 2010s. One ship was exported to Bangladesh in 1984, and another was sold in 1995.
The ships in the type 837 series in PLAN service are labeled with a combination of two Chinese characters followed by a three-digit number. The second Chinese character is Tuo, meaning tug in Chinese, because these ships are tugs. The first Chinese character denotes which fleet the ship is in service with; for example, with East for East Sea Fleet, North for North Sea Fleet, and South for South Sea Fleet. However, the pennant numbers may have changed due to the change of Chinese naval ships naming convention. Specification:
TypePennant #StatusFleet
837Dong-Tuo 836ActiveEast Sea Fleet
837Dong-Tuo 837ActiveEast Sea Fleet
837Dong-Tuo 842ActiveEast Sea Fleet
837Dong-Tuo 843ActiveEast Sea Fleet
837Dong-Tuo 875ActiveEast Sea Fleet
837Dong-Tuo 877ActiveEast Sea Fleet
837Bei-Tuo 622ActiveNorth Sea Fleet
837Bei-Tuo 635ActiveNorth Sea Fleet
837Bei-Tuo 711ActiveNorth Sea Fleet
837Bei-Tuo 712ActiveNorth Sea Fleet
837Bei-Tuo 717ActiveNorth Sea Fleet
837Nan-Tuo 147ActiveSouth Sea Fleet
837Nan-Tuo 155ActiveSouth Sea Fleet
837Nan-Tuo 156ActiveSouth Sea Fleet
837Nan-Tuo 164ActiveSouth Sea Fleet
837Nan-Tuo 174ActiveSouth Sea Fleet
837Nan-Tuo 175ActiveSouth Sea Fleet
837Nan-Tuo 185ActiveSouth Sea Fleet