List of active People's Liberation Army Navy ships

List of active People's Liberation Army Navy ships is a list of ships currently in active service with the People's Liberation Army Navy.

There are 697 ships listed below that constitute active ships, but this figure however does not include the various auxiliary vessels of the PLAN, so any official number of active ships would be much higher. A summary of ships listed below is as follows; one aircraft carrier, three amphibious transport docks, 92 landing ship tanks and landing ship medium, 24 destroyers, 45 frigates 62 submarines (of which 11 are nuclear-powered), eight corvettes, 122 missile boats, 231 patrol vessels, 107 mine countermeasures vessels and five replenishment oilers.

All ships and submarines currently in commission with the People's Liberation Army Navy were built in China, with the exception of 4 Sovremenny class destroyers, 12 Kilo class submarines and the aircraft carrier Liaoning. Those vessels were either imported from, or originated from Russia or Ukraine. As of 2008, English-language official Chinese state media no longer uses the term "People's Liberation Army Navy", instead the term "Chinese Navy" along with the usage of the prefix "CNS" for "Chinese Navy Ship" is now employed.^[1]

Submarines[]

Main article: People's Liberation Army Navy Submarine Force

Nuclear-powered submarines[]

Class	Picture	Type	Quantity	Displacement^{[N 1]}	Notes
Nuclear-powered submarines (9 in Service)
Type 094 Jin	File:Type 094 submarine.jpg	Ballistic missile submarine (SSBN)	3	9,000 tonnes	3 more to be commissioned.
Type 092 Xia		Ballistic missile submarine (SSBN)	1	7,000 tonnes
Type 093 Shang		Attack submarine (SSN)	2	6,500 tonnes
Type 091 Han		Attack submarine (SSN)	3	5,500 tonnes

Conventionally-powered submarines[]

Class	Type	Quantity	Displacement^{[N 2]}	Notes
Conventionally-powered submarines (54 in Service)
Type 032 Qing	Ballistic missile submarine	1	6,628 tonnes	An experimental SLBM test platform.
Type 041 Yuan	Attack submarine	10	4,000 tonnes	More under construction.
Type 039 Song	Attack submarine	13	2,250 tonnes
Kilo-class	Attack submarine	12	3,900 tonnes	Imported from Russia.
Type 035 Ming	Attack submarine	17	1,830 tonnes	Obsolescent class being replaced.
Project 629 Golf	Ballistic missile submarine	1	3,553 tonnes	An experimental SLBM test platform.

Surface fleet[]

Main article: People's Liberation Army Navy Surface Force

Aircraft carriers[]

Class	Picture	Type	Quantity	Displacement	Notes
Aircraft carriers (1 in Service)
Admiral Kuznetsov-class aircraft carrier		Aircraft carrier	16 Liaoning	67,500 tonnes	^[2]

Amphibious warfare ships, landing ships[]

Note: In addition to these vessels the PLAN maintain some 170 landing craft that operate from and in conjunction with the vessels below. See; List of active landing craft of the People's Liberation Army Navy

Class	Type	Quantity	Displacement	Notes
Amphibious warfare ships (3 in Service)
Type 071 Yuzhao	Amphibious transport dock (LPD)	989 Changbaishan 998 Kunlunshan 999 Jinggangshan	20,000 tonnes
Landing ships (96 in Service)
Type 072A	Landing ship tank (LST)	9	4,800 tonnes
Type 072III Yuting II	Landing ship tank (LST)	11	4,800 tonnes
Type 072II Yuting I	Landing ship tank (LST)	4	4,800 tonnes
Type 072 Yukan	Landing ship tank (LST)	3	4,170 tonnes
Type 074A Yubei	Landing ship medium (LSM)	7	800 tonnes
Type 074 Yuhai	Landing ship medium (LSM)	20	800 tonnes
Type 073	Landing ship medium (LSM)	12	1,500 tonnes	Yudao, Yudeng and Yunshu variants.
Type 079II Yulian	Landing ship medium (LSM)	30	1,100 tonnes

Destroyers and frigates[]

Class	Picture	Type	Quantity	Displacement	Noteses
Destroyers and frigates (69 in Service)
Type 052C Luyang II		Guided missile destroyer	150 Changchun 151 Zhengzhou 152 Jinan 153 Xi'an 170 Lanzhou 171 Haikou	7,000 tonnes
Type 052B Luyang I		Guided missile destroyer	168 Guangzhou 169 Wuhan	6,500 tonnes
Type 051C Luzhou	File:Type 051C destroyer.jpg	Guided missile destroyer	115 Shenyang 116 Shijiazhuang	7,100 tonnes
Type 051B Luhai		Guided missile destroyer	167 Shenzhen	6,100 tonnes
Sovremenny-class		Guided missile destroyer	136 Hangzhou 137 Taizhou 138 Fuzhou 139 Ningbo	7,940 tonnes	Imported from Russia.
Type 052 Luhu		Guided missile destroyer	112 Harbin 113 Qingdao	4,800 tonnes
Type 051 Luda		Destroyer	109 Kaifeng 110 Dalian 133 Chongqing 134 Zunyi 164 Guilin 165 Zhanjiang 166 Zhuhai	3,670 tonnes	Obsolescent class being replaced.
Type 054A Jiangkai II		Frigate	529 Zhoushan 530 Xuzhou 538 Yantai 546 Yancheng 547 Linyi 548 Yiyang 549 Changzhou 550 Weifang 568 Hengyang 569 Yulin 570 Huangshan 571 Yuncheng 572 Hengshui 573 Liuzhou 574 Sanya 575 Yueyang	4,200 tonnes	4 more under construction.
Type 054 Jiangkai I		Frigate	525 Ma'anshan 526 Wenzhou	4,000 tonnes
Type 053H3 Jiangwei II		Frigate	521 Jiaxing 522 Lianyungang 523 Putian 524 Sanming 527 Luoyang 528 Mianyang 564 Yichang 565 Huludao 566 Huaihua 567 Xiangyang	2,500 tonnes
Type 053H2G Jiangwei I	File:Type 053H2G frigate.jpg	Frigate	539 Anqing 540 Huainan 541 Huaibei 542 Tongling	2,300 tonnes
Type 053 Jianghu		Frigate	533 Taizhou 534 Jinhua 537 Cangzhou 543 Dandong 545 Linfen 553 Shaoguan 555 Shaotong 558 Beihai 559 Foshan 560 Dongguan 561 Shantou 562 Jiangmen 563 Zhaoqing	2,000 tonnes	Obsolescent class being replaced.

Corvettes[]

Class	Picture	Type	Quantity	Displacement	Notes
Corvettes (8 in Service)
Type 056 Jiangdao		Corvette	8	1,440 tonnes	Total of 20 to be built.^[3]

Missile boats[]

Class	Type	Quantity	Displacement	Notes
Missile boats (129 in Service)
Type 037-II Houjian	Missile boat	6	520 tonnes
Type 037-IG Houxin	Missile boat	30	478 tonnes
Type 022 Houbei	Missile boat	60	220 tonnes	A Stealth wave-piercing catamaran hull.

Mine countermeasure vessels[]

Class	Type	Quantity	Displacement	Notes
Mine countermeasure vessels (107 in Service)
Type 918 Wolei	Minelayer	1	2,300 tonnes
Type 082II Wozang	Minehunter	2	575 tonnes
Type 082 Wosao	Minesweeper	5	320 tonnes
Type 081 Wochi	Minehunter	8	600 tonnes
Lianyun-class	Minesweeper	50	400 tonnes
Type 010	Minesweeper	40	590 tonnes	In reserve.
Type 312	Minesweeper drone	Unknown	45 tonnes	A drone.

Patrol vessels[]

Class	Type	Quantity	Displacement
Patrol vessels (231 in Service)
Haiqing-class	Submarine chaser/Gunboat	36	478 tonnes
Type 062I	Submarine chaser/Gunboat	17	170 tonnes
Type 037 Hainan	Submarine chaser	78	400 tonnes
Type 062 Shanghai II	Gunboat	100	135 tonnes

Auxiliary fleet[]

Replenishment oilers[]

Class	Type	Quantity	Displacement
Replenishment oilers (7 in Service)
Type 903 Fuchi	Replenishment oiler	886 Qiandaohu 887 Weishanhu 889 Taihu 890 Chaohu	23,000 tonnes
Fusu	Replenishment oiler	885 Qinghaihu	37,000 tonnes
Fuqing	Replenishment oiler	881 Hongzehu 882 Poyanghu	21,750 tonnes

Other auxiliary vessels[]

For a complete list of auxiliary vessels currently in service with the People's Liberation Army Navy please see; People's Liberation Army Navy Surface Force#Auxiliaries. Note that it may contain significant inaccuracies due to use of open sources.

Notes[]

↑ Displacement when dived.
↑ Displacement when dived.

References[]

Bibliography[]

International Institute for Strategic Studies; Hackett, James (ed.) (2010-02-03). The Military Balance 2010. London: Routledge. ISBN 1-85743-557-5.
Sinodefence
China Defense
Hui Tong's Website

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[2] Displacement when dived.

[3] Displacement when dived.

[1] ttp://eng.mod.gov.cn/SpecialReports/2008-11/11/content_4098588.htm

[4] "China’s Second Aircraft Carrier Will Be "Larger"". April 25, 2013. http://www.defencetalk.com/chinas-second-aircraft-carrier-will-be-larger-47579/.

[5] "First Type 056 class corvette commissioned". March 2, 2013. http://defenseupdates.blogspot.com/2013/03/first-type-056-class-corvette-light.html.

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