East Sea Fleet

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.

Eastern Theater Command Navy
The People's Liberation Army Navy's jack and ensign
Active1949–present
Country People's Republic of China
Allegiance Chinese Communist Party
Branch People's Liberation Army Navy
TypeNaval fleet
Garrison/HQNingbo, China
Commanders
Current
commander		Vice Admiral Wei Gang

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
Amphibious assault ship
Destroyers
Frigates
Corvettes
  • 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
Landing ships
  • 3 Type 071 amphibious transport dock ( Yuzhao-Class):
  • 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)
Replenishment ships
Rescue and salvage ship

See also

References
  1. "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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