| Eastern Theater Command Navy | |
|---|---|
 The People's Liberation Army Navy's jack and ensign | |
| Active | 1949–present |
| Country |  People's Republic of China |
| Allegiance |  Chinese Communist Party |
| Branch | People's Liberation Army Navy |
| Type | Naval fleet |
| Garrison/HQ | Ningbo, China |
| Commanders | |
| Current commander | Vice Admiral Wei Gang |
The East Sea Fleet (ESF; 东海舰队), concurrently the Eastern Theater Command Navy (东部战区海军),[1] is one of the three fleets of the Chinese Communist Party's People's Liberation Army Navy. Responsible for the East China Sea, the fleet provides naval forces to 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 the Type 052C destroyer 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 during the 1980s.
Major naval bases of the fleet
Ships in the fleet
Chinese Sovremenny-class destroyers in the East China Sea, 2007
- 2 Type 075 landing helicopter dock (Yushen-class)
- Guangxi (32, 广西)
- Anhui (33, 安徽)
- 8 Type 052D (Luyang III-class)
- 4 Type 052C (Luyang II-class)
- 4 Sovremenny-class (现代, Project 956EM)
- 12 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)
- 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
- 8 Kilo-class:
- 364
- 365
- 366
- 367
- 368
- 369
- 374
- 375
- 10 Type 039A/B/C
- 330
- 331
- 332
- 333
- 334
- 335
- 336
- 337
- 338
- 339
- 3 Type 071 amphibious transport dock ( Yuzhao-Class):
- Yimeng Shan (988)
- Longhu Shan (980)
- Siming Shan (986)
- 7 Type 072A landing ship (Yuting III-class):
- Baxian Shan (913)
- Wuyi Shan (914)
- Culai Shan (915)
- Tianmu Shan (916)
- Wutai Shan (917)
- Dabie Shan (981)
- TaihangShan (982)
- 4 Type 072II LST (Yuting-class):
- Lingyan Shan (930)
- Dongting Shan(931
- Helan Shan (932)
- Liupan Shan (933)
- 5 Type 072III LST (Yuting-I class
- Yandang Shan (908)
- Jiuhua Shan (909)
- Putuo Shan (939)
- Huanggang Shan (910)
- Tiantai Shan (940)
- 4 Type 073A LSM (Yudao class)
- Cheng Shan (941)
- Lu Shan (942)
- Meng Shan (943)
- Yu Shan (944)
- 3 Type 903/A (Fuchi-class)
- 1 Type 920 Hospital Ship
- Daishan dao (866, 岱山岛)
- 1 Type 925 submarine support ship (Dajiang-class)
- Chongmingdao (862, 崇明岛)
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. Archived from the original on 26 December 2017. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
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