Jump to content

East Sea Fleet: Difference between revisions

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Browse history interactively
← Previous edit
Content deleted Content added
VisualWikitext
m Grammatically
 
(114 intermediate revisions by 52 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
{{Short description|Chinese naval unit}}
{{update|date=July 2018}}
{{Infobox military unit
{{Infobox military unit
|unit_name= East Sea Fleet
| unit_name = Eastern Theater Command Navy
|image=Naval Ensign of the People's Republic of China.svg{{!}}border
| image = Naval Ensign of the People's Republic of China.svg
|caption=The People's Liberation Army Navy's jack and ensign
| caption = The People's Liberation Army Navy's jack and ensign
| dates = 1955–present
|dates= 1949–present
| country = [[China]]
|country={{Flag|China|name=People's Republic of China}}
| allegiance = [[Chinese Communist Party]]
|allegiance = {{Nowrap|{{Flagicon image|Flag of the Chinese Communist Party.svg|size=23px}} [[Communist Party of China]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a495052.pdf|title=The PLA Oath|quote=I am a member of the People's Liberation Army. I promise that I will follow the leadership of the Communist Party of China...|date=February 2009|accessdate=October 30, 2015}}</ref>}}
| branch = [[People's Liberation Army Navy]]
|branch= {{Navy|China|size=23px}}
|type= Naval fleet
| type = Naval fleet
| size =
|size=
|command_structure=
| command_structure = [[Eastern Theater Command]]
|garrison=[[Ningbo Fleet Headquarters]], China
| garrison = [[Ningbo]], China
|garrison_label=
| garrison_label =
|equipment=
| equipment =
|equipment_label=
| equipment_label =
|nickname=
| nickname =
|motto=
| motto =
|march=
| march =
|mascot=
| mascot =
|battles=
| battles =
|anniversaries=
| anniversaries =
|decorations=
| decorations =
|battle_honors=
| battle_honors =
|current_commander=
| current_commander = [[Wei Gang (PLA Navy)|Wei Gang]]
|current_commander_label=
| current_commander_label =
|notable_commanders=
| notable_commanders =
|identification_symbol=
| identification_symbol =
|identification_symbol_label=
| identification_symbol_label =
|identification_symbol_2=
| identification_symbol_2 =
|identification_symbol_2_label=
| identification_symbol_2_label =
}}
}}


The '''Eastern Theater Command Navy''' ('''ETCN'''), or the '''East Sea Fleet''' ('''ESF''') before February 2018, is a formation of [[China]]'s [[People's Liberation Army Navy]] (PLAN) and the naval component of the [[Eastern Theater Command]].{{sfn|Saunders et al.|2019|pp=240-241}}
The '''East Sea Fleet''' was the first naval force formed by the [[People's Republic of China]], 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 [[J302 Chongmingdao|''Chongmingdao'']].


==History==
The fleet was used in a support role during the [[People's Liberation Army]]'s (PLA) invasion of the previously [[Kuomintang]]-held island of [[Yijiangshan Islands|Yijiangshan]] on 14 January 1955. It has engaged in numerous other battles against the [[Republic of China Armed Forces|Taiwanese military]]. It has also operated in support of the [[South Sea Fleet]] against the [[People's Army of Vietnam]], particularly in the 1980s.
The PLAN was formed toward the end of the [[Chinese Civil War]]. In March 1949, [[Zhang Aiping]] of the [[Third Field Army]] was ordered by the [[Central Military Commission (China)|Central Military Commission]] (CMC) of the [[Chinese Communist Party]] to create a naval force from the field army. Zhang's only previous naval experience was organizing an irregular riverine force near [[Hongze Lake]] in 1941 and leading it in a successful campaign against local bandits.{{sfn|Yoshihara|2022|pp=25-26}} The PLAN was created on 21 April when Zhang established the East China Military Region Navy, or East China Navy (ECN), with a thirteen-member headquarters,{{sfn|Yoshihara|2022|p=27}} and he was formally appointed by the CMC as the ECN's commander and commissar on 4 May.{{sfn|Yoshihara|2022|p=28}} The ECN was reinforced by personnel from the Third Field Army,{{sfn|Yoshihara|2022|p=27}} which would also dominate its and the later ESF's leadership,{{sfn|Yoshihara|2022|p=131}} but its early operational capabilities were based on personnel and [[materiel]] captured or recruited from the retreating [[Republic of China (1912–1949)|Republic of China]] (ROC). The latter included Lin Zun, who defected with the [[Republic of China Navy|ROC Navy]]'s Second Squadron and became the ECN's, and later the ESF's, deputy commander. The ECN's First Flotilla was formed in early May at [[Zhenjiang]]. The headquarters moved to [[Shanghai]] on 27 May. By late-June, the ECN was responsible for operational and naval industrial activities along the [[East China Sea]] coastline and the [[Yangtze]] up to [[Jiujiang]].{{sfn|Yoshihara|2022|pp=28-30}}


Yuan Yelie became ECN commander in February 1951.{{sfn|Yoshihara|2022|p=131}} The ECN became the ESF in 1955.{{sfn|Yoshihara|2022|p=55}}{{sfn|Yoshihara|2022|p=131}}
The fleet would have a key role in any invasion of [[Taiwan]], and one of its principal missions is to effectively support a PLA amphibious operation against that island. The fleet has been augmented by two [[Sovremenny class|''Sovremenny''-class]] missile destroyers, with a further 2 delivered by the end of 2006. Four [[Kilo class]] attack submarines have also joined the fleet.


==Components==
==Major naval bases of the fleet==
ETCN headquarters is at [[Ningbo]], with additional bases in [[Fujian]] and [[Zhoushan]]. It controls coastal defenses from [[Lianyungang]] to [[Dongshan County]].{{sfn|The International Institute for Strategic Studies|2024|p=261}}
* Ningbo Fleet Headquarters
* Shanghai Naval Base
* Xiangshan Naval Base
* Zhoushan Naval Base
* Fujian Naval Base


In 2017, subunits included:
==Ships in the fleet==
[[Image:fleets in Dong Hai.jpg|thumb|250px|Fleets in Dong Hai]]


* 3rd Destroyer ''Zhidui''{{refn|group=note|''Zhidui'' is a division leader grade organization variously translated as "flotilla", "naval ship brigade", or "detachment".{{sfn|Pollpeter|Allen|2012|p=52}}}}<ref name="wood_2017-03-14">{{cite web |last1=Wood |first1=Peter |title=Snapshot: China’s Eastern Theater Command |url=https://jamestown.org/program/snapshot-chinas-eastern-theater-command/ |website=Jamestown Foundation |date=14 March 2017 |access-date=10 May 2024}}</ref>
'''[[Rescue and salvage ship]]:
* 6th Destroyer ''Zhidui''<ref name="wood_2017-03-14" />
* 1 [[Type 925 submarine support ship|''Dajiang''-class]]
* 8th Frigate ''Dadui''{{refn|group=note|''Dadui'' is a regiment leader grade organization in the PLAN sometimes translated as "squadron".{{sfn|Pollpeter|Allen|2012|p=52}}}}<ref name="wood_2017-03-14" />
** ''Chongmingdao'' (862)(崇明岛）
* 21st Fastboat ''Zhidui''<ref name="wood_2017-03-14" />
* 22nd Submarine ''Zhidui''<ref name="wood_2017-03-14" />
* 42nd Submarine ''Zhidui''<ref name="wood_2017-03-14" />
* 2nd Combat Support Ship ''Zhidui''<ref name="wood_2017-03-14" />
* 4th Air Division<ref name="wood_2017-03-14" />
* 6th Air Division<ref name="wood_2017-03-14" />
* 1st Flying Panther Regiment<ref name="wood_2017-03-14" />


'''[[Destroyer]]s'''
* 4 [[Type 052C destroyer|''Luyang II''-class（旅洋II）]]:
**''052C Type''
*** ''Changchun'' (150)（长春）
*** ''Zhengzhou'' (151)(郑州）- flagship of the Fleet
*** ''Jinan'' (152)（济南）
*** ''Xi-an'' (153) (西安）
* 4 [[Sovremenny class destroyer#PLAN variants|''Sovremenny''-class（现代）]]:
**''956E Type''
*** ''Hangzhou'' (136)（杭州）
*** ''Fuzhou'' (137)（福州）
**''956EM Type''
*** '' Taizhou'' (138)（泰州）
*** '' Ningbo'' (139)（宁波）
* 1 [[Type 051 destroyer|''Luda''-class（旅大）]]:
**''051D Type''
*** ''Zunyi'' (134)（遵义）

'''[[Frigate]]s'''
* 9 [[Type 054A frigate|''Jiangkai''-class II（江凯II）]]:
** ''Zhoushan'' (529)（舟山）
** ''Xuzhou'' (530)（徐州）
** ''Yiyang'' (548)（益阳）
** ''Changzhou'' (549)（常州）
** ''Huanggang'' (577) (黄冈)
** ''Yangzhou'' (578) (扬州)
** ''Jingzhou'' (532) (荆州)
** ''XiangTan'' (531) (湘潭)
** "Binzhou" (515) (滨州)
* 2 [[Type 054 frigate|''Jiangkai''-class（江凯）]]:
** ''Ma'anshan'' (525)（马鞍山）
** ''Wenzhou'' (526)（温州）
* 4 [[Type 053H3 frigate|''Jiangwei II''-class（江卫II）]]:
** ''Jiaxing'' (521)（嘉兴）
** ''Lianyungang'' (522)（连云港）
** ''Putian'' (523)（莆田）
** ''Sanming'' (524)（三明）
* 2 [[Type 053 frigate|''Jianghu V''-class]]:
** ''Beihai'' (558)（北海）
** ''Foshan'' (559)（佛山）
* 1 [[Type 053 frigate#Versions|''Jianghu I''-class]]:
** ''Jiujiang'' (516)（九江）

'''[[Corvette]]s'''
* 9 [[Type 056 corvette|''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 submarine|''Kilo''-class]]:
** ''364''
** ''365''
** ''366''
** ''367''
* 3 [[Song class|''Song''-class]]
** ''320''
** ''321''
** ''322''

'''[[Amphibious warfare ship|Landing ship]]s'''
* 1 [[Type 071 amphibious transport dock|'' Yuzhao''-Class]] [[Landing platform dock|LPD]]:
** ''Yimeng Shan'' (988)
* 1 [[Type 072A-class landing ship|''Yuting III''-class]] [[Landing Ship, Tank|LST]]:
** ''Baxian Shan'' (913)
* 6 [[Type 072III-class landing ship|''Yuting II''-class]] [[Landing Ship, Tank|LST]]:
** ''Danxia Shan'' (934)
** ''Xuefeng Shan'' (935)
** ''Haiyang Shan'' (936)
** ''Qingcheng Shan'' (937)
** ''Putuo Shan'' (939)
** ''Tiantai Shan'' (940)
* 1 [[Type 072II-class landing ship|''Yuting''-class]] [[Landing Ship, Tank|LST]]:
** ''Lingyan Shan'' (930)
* 3 [[Type 072-class landing ship|''Yukan''-class]] [[Landing Ship, Tank|LST]]:
** ''Yuntai Shan'' (927)
** ''Wufeng Shan'' (928)
** ''Zijin Shan'' (929)

==See also==
{{Portal|China}}
{{Portal|China}}
* [[South Sea Fleet]]
* [[North Sea Fleet]]<!--


==Notes==
These ships belong to China North Sea Fleet
{{reflist|group=note}}


== References ==
9 Jianghu-Class:
=== Citations ===
Shaoxing (510)
{{Reflist}}
Nantong (511)
Wuxi (512)
Huaiyin (513)
Zhenjiang (514)
Xiamen (515)
Jiujiang (516)
Nanping (517)
Ji'an (518)-->
==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}


==External links==
=== Sources ===
{{refbegin}}
* [http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/china/east-sea.htm GlobalSecurity.org]
* {{Cite book |author=The International Institute for Strategic Studies |title=The Military Balance 2024 |date=13 February 2024 |publisher=Routledge |location=London |isbn=978-1-032-78004-7 }}
* {{cite report |editor1-last=Pollpeter |editor1-first=Kevin |editor2-last=Allen |editor2-first=Kenneth W. |date=14 June 2012 |title=The PLA as Organization v2.0 |url=https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/citations/AD1082742 |publisher=China Aerospace Studies Institute }}
* {{cite book |editor1-last=Saunders |editor1-first=Phillip C. |editor2-last=Ding |editor2-first=Arthur S. |editor3-last=Scobell |editor3-first=Andrew |editor4-last=Yang |editor4-first=Andrew N.D. |editor5-last=Joel |editor5-first=Wuthnow |title=Chairman Xi Remakes the PLA: Assessing Chinese Military Reforms |url=https://ndupress.ndu.edu/Publications/Books/Chairman-Xi-Remakes-the-PLA/ |date=2019 |publisher=National Defense University Press |location=Washington, D.C. |isbn=978-1070233420 |ref={{harvid|Saunders et al.|2019}}}}
* {{cite book |last1=Yoshihara |first1=Toshi |title=Mao's Army Goes To Sea: The Island Campaigns and the Founding of China's Navy |date=2022 |publisher=Georgetown University Press |location=Washington, D.C. |isbn=9781647122829}}
{{refend}}


{{-}}
{{Ship classes of the Chinese Navy}}
{{People's Liberation Army}}


[[Category:East Sea Fleet| ]]
[[Category:Fleets of the People's Liberation Army Navy]]
[[Category:Fleets of the People's Liberation Army Navy]]
[[Category:Military units and formations established in 1949]]
[[Category:East China Sea]]
[[Category:East Sea Fleet| ]]
[[Category:Eastern Theater Command]]
[[Category:Nanjing Military Region]]
[[Category:Nanjing Military Region]]
[[Category:Military units and formations established in 1955]]
[[Category:1955 establishments in China]]

Latest revision as of 23:05, 19 November 2024

Eastern Theater Command Navy
The People's Liberation Army Navy's jack and ensign
Active1955–present
CountryChina
AllegianceChinese Communist Party
BranchPeople's Liberation Army Navy
TypeNaval fleet
Part ofEastern Theater Command
Garrison/HQNingbo, China
Commanders
Current
commander		Wei Gang

The Eastern Theater Command Navy (ETCN), or the East Sea Fleet (ESF) before February 2018, is a formation of China's People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) and the naval component of the Eastern Theater Command.[1]

History

[edit]

The PLAN was formed toward the end of the Chinese Civil War. In March 1949, Zhang Aiping of the Third Field Army was ordered by the Central Military Commission (CMC) of the Chinese Communist Party to create a naval force from the field army. Zhang's only previous naval experience was organizing an irregular riverine force near Hongze Lake in 1941 and leading it in a successful campaign against local bandits.[2] The PLAN was created on 21 April when Zhang established the East China Military Region Navy, or East China Navy (ECN), with a thirteen-member headquarters,[3] and he was formally appointed by the CMC as the ECN's commander and commissar on 4 May.[4] The ECN was reinforced by personnel from the Third Field Army,[3] which would also dominate its and the later ESF's leadership,[5] but its early operational capabilities were based on personnel and materiel captured or recruited from the retreating Republic of China (ROC). The latter included Lin Zun, who defected with the ROC Navy's Second Squadron and became the ECN's, and later the ESF's, deputy commander. The ECN's First Flotilla was formed in early May at Zhenjiang. The headquarters moved to Shanghai on 27 May. By late-June, the ECN was responsible for operational and naval industrial activities along the East China Sea coastline and the Yangtze up to Jiujiang.[6]

Yuan Yelie became ECN commander in February 1951.[5] The ECN became the ESF in 1955.[7][5]

Components

[edit]

ETCN headquarters is at Ningbo, with additional bases in Fujian and Zhoushan. It controls coastal defenses from Lianyungang to Dongshan County.[8]

In 2017, subunits included:

Notes

[edit]
  1. ^ Zhidui is a division leader grade organization variously translated as "flotilla", "naval ship brigade", or "detachment".[9]
  2. ^ Dadui is a regiment leader grade organization in the PLAN sometimes translated as "squadron".[9]

References

[edit]

Citations

[edit]
  1. ^ Saunders et al. 2019, pp. 240–241.
  2. ^ Yoshihara 2022, pp. 25–26.
  3. ^ a b Yoshihara 2022, p. 27.
  4. ^ Yoshihara 2022, p. 28.
  5. ^ a b c Yoshihara 2022, p. 131.
  6. ^ Yoshihara 2022, pp. 28–30.
  7. ^ Yoshihara 2022, p. 55.
  8. ^ The International Institute for Strategic Studies 2024, p. 261.
  9. ^ a b Pollpeter & Allen 2012, p. 52.
  10. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Wood, Peter (14 March 2017). "Snapshot: China's Eastern Theater Command". Jamestown Foundation. Retrieved 10 May 2024.

Sources

[edit]
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=East_Sea_Fleet&oldid=1258473867"