Tench-class submarine vs Type 093 submarine

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Tench-class submarine — licensed reference photograph

ASubmarines

Tench-class submarine

Diesel-electric submarine

Credit

U.S. Navy · Public domain · Resized · Public domain · Source ↗ · Modified

AI-generated illustration · Not a photograph — Representative exterior of Type 093 submarine

BSubmarines

Type 093 submarine

Nuclear-powered attack submarine

AI-generated illustration · Not a photograph

Credit

ForceTally · AI-generated illustration · Not a photograph · AI-generated · OpenAI output terms · Source ↗ · Modified

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At a glance

Side by side

Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

Tench-class submarineLength · source measurement 2

95 m

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Type 093 submarineType 093B

110 m

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Measured figures

Head to head

17 of 30 rows sourced on both sides

95mLength · source measurement 2

110mType 093B

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All recorded figures & sources

94.996 m

Length · source measurement 1

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95 m

Length · source measurement 2

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Configuration

Details

Tench-class submarine and Type 093 submarine configuration
Specification	Tench-class submarine	Type 093 submarine
Power	4 × diesel engines driving electrical generators ( Fairbanks-Morse or General Motors ( Corsair only)) 2 × 126- cell Sargo batteries 2 × low-speed direct drive electric motors ( Elliott Company , General Electric , or Westinghouse ) two propellers 5,400 shp (4,000 kW) surfaced 2,740 shp (2,040 kW) submerged^[source]	—
Builders	Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Electric Boat Company Boston Navy Yard^[source]	Bohai Shipyard , Huludao^[source]
Operators	United States Navy Republic of China Navy Turkish Navy Hellenic Navy Peruvian Navy Pakistan Navy Royal Canadian Navy Italian Navy Brazilian Navy Bolivarian Navy of Venezuela^[source]	People's Liberation Army Navy^[source]
Preceded by	Balao class^[source]

Succeeded by	Barracuda class^[source]	Type 095^[source]

Subclasses	Corsair class^[source]	—

Built	1944–1951^[source]	—

In commission	1944–present^[source]	2006–present^[source]

Completed	29^[source]	9+^[source]

Canceled	51^[source]	—

Active	1^[source]	Total 12 to 14: Type 093: 2 Type 093A: 4 Type 093B: 6-8^[source]

Lost	1^[source]	—

Retired	27^[source]	—

Preserved	3^[source]	—

Type	Diesel-electric submarine^[source]	Nuclear-powered attack submarine^[source]

Test depth	400 ft (120 m)^[source]	—

Armament	10 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes (6 forward, 4 aft) 28 torpedoes 1 × 5-inch (127 mm) / 25 caliber deck gun Bofors 40 mm and Oerlikon 20 mm cannon^[source]	6 × 533 mm (21.0 in) torpedo tubes Yu-3 , Yu-4 , Yu-6 torpedoes YJ-18 anti-ship cruise missile YJ-82 anti-ship cruise missile 24-cell vertical launching system (VLS) (Type 093B)^[source]