East Sea Fleet
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Eastern Theater Command Navy | |
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Active | 1949–present |
Country | People's Republic of China |
Branch | People's Liberation Army Navy |
Type | Naval fleet |
Garrison/HQ | Ningbo, China |
Commanders | |
Current commander | Vice Admiral |
The Eastern Theater Command Navy (Chinese: 东部战区海军),[1] or East Sea Fleet (ESF; Chinese: 东海舰队), is one of the three fleets of the People's Liberation Army Navy, operating in the East China Sea under the Eastern Theater Command. It was the first naval force formed by the People's Liberation Army, on 23 April 1949 and was initially based at Shanghai. Renamed in 1955, it has since been assigned to be part of the People's Liberation Army Navy and its headquarters have been moved to Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, but the fleet continues to patrol the East China Sea. Its flagship is 150 Changchun.
The fleet was used in a support role during the People's Liberation Army's (PLA) invasion of the Kuomintang-held island of Yijiangshan on 14 January 1955. It has engaged in numerous other battles against the Republic of China Armed Forces. It has also operated in support of the South Sea Fleet against the People's Army of Vietnam, particularly in the 1980s.
The fleet has been augmented by two Sovremenny-class missile destroyers, with a further 2 delivered by the end of 2006. Four Kilo class attack submarines have also joined the fleet.
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- Ningbo Fleet Headquarters
- Shanghai Naval Base
- Xiangshan Naval Base
- Zhoushan Naval Base
- Fujian Naval Base
Ships in the fleet[]
- 1 Type 925 submarine support ship (Dajiang-class)
- (862, 崇明岛)
- 9 Type 054A (Jiangkai II-class):
- 2 Type 054 (Jiangkai I-class):
- 4 Type 053H3 Jiangwei II-class:
- Jiaxing (521, 嘉兴)
- Lianyungang (522, 连云港)
- Putian (523, 莆田)
- Sanming (524, 三明)
- 2 Type 053H1G (Jianghu V-class ):
- Beihai (558, 北海)
- Foshan (559, 佛山)
- 1 Type 053H (Jianghu I-class):
- Jiujiang (516, 九江)
- 10 Type 056 (Jiangdao-class):
- Bengbu (582, 蚌埠)
- Shangrao (583, 上饶)
- Ji'an (586, 吉安)
- Quanzhou (588, 泉州)
- Sanmenxia (593, 三门峡)
- Suzhou (503, 宿州)
- Baoding (511, 保定)
- Heze (512, 菏泽)
- Ningde (510, 宁德)
- Ezhou (513, 鄂州)
- Diesel-electric submarines
- 4 Kilo-class:
- 364
- 365
- 366
- 367
- 3 Type 039 (Song-class)
- 320
- 321
- 322
- 2 Type 071 amphibious transport dock ( Yuzhao-Class):
- Yimeng Shan (988)
- Longhu Shan (980)
- 1 Type 072A landing ship (Yuting III-class):
- Baxian Shan (913)
- 6 Type 072III LST (Yuting II-class):
- Danxia Shan (934)
- Xuefeng Shan (935)
- Haiyang Shan (936)
- Qingcheng Shan (937)
- Putuo Shan (939)
- Tiantai Shan (940)
- 1 Type 072II LST (Yuting-class):
- Lingyan Shan (930)
- 3 Type 072 LST (Yukan-class):
- Yuntai Shan (927)
- Wufeng Shan (928)
- Zijin Shan (929)
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "媒体:成立东部战区海军 是不是东海舰队就没了". Guancha Syndicate. 7 March 2016. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
External links[]
- East Sea Fleet
- Fleets of the People's Liberation Army Navy
- East China Sea
- Eastern Theater Command
- Nanjing Military Region
- Military units and formations established in 1949
- 1949 establishments in China